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     Commander George Jonathan Gawthorne gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Navy.

     Hon. Henry Aylmer was born on 10 August 1816.¹ He was the son of Captain John Athelmar Aylmer and Elizabeth Coates.¹ He married Eliza Atkins, daughter of Henry Atkins, on 2 November 1846.¹ He died in 1900.¹
     On 15 May 1867 he was granted the rank of baron's son.¹

     Hon. Venetia Jane Digby was born on 3 November 1900.² She was the daughter of Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby of Geashill and Emily Beryl Sissy Hood.^2,3 She married Captain Hon. Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis, son of Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis and Mabel Leigh, on 5 December 1923.¹ She died on 16 March 1956 at age 55.¹
     Her married name became Cornwallis.

     Captain Hon. Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis was born on 16 March 1894.³ He was the son of Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis and Mabel Leigh.² He married Hon. Venetia Jane Digby, daughter of Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby of Geashill and Emily Beryl Sissy Hood, on 5 December 1923.³ He died on 28 January 1974 at age 79.³
     Captain Hon. Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight, England.³ He was educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, England.³ He was Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1919.³ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Navy.¹ He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).¹

     Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis was born on 27 May 1864.² He was the son of Major Fiennes Cornwallis and Harriet Elizabeth Mott.¹ He married Mabel Leigh, daughter of Oswald Peter Leigh, on 10 February 1886.² He died on 26 September 1935 at age 71.²
     Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Maidstone between 1888 and 1895.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Maidstone between 1898 and 1900.² He was decorated with the award of Territorial Decoration (T.D.).² He held the office of Chairman of the Kent County Council.² He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.).² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel in the service of the West Kent Imperial Yeomanry.² He was created 1st Baron Cornwallis, of Linton, co. Kent [U.K.] on 31 January 1927.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Kent.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Kent.² He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in 1933 in the service of the Thames and Medway Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army).²

     Mabel Leigh was born circa 1866.¹ She was the daughter of Oswald Peter Leigh.² She married Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis, son of Major Fiennes Cornwallis and Harriet Elizabeth Mott, on 10 February 1886.¹ She died on 6 March 1957.¹
     Her married name became Cornwallis. As a result of her marriage, Mabel Leigh was styled as Baroness Cornwallis on 31 January 1927.

     Oswald Peter Leigh is the son of James Heath Leigh and Frances Mosley.²
     Oswald Peter Leigh lived at Belmont, Cheshire, England.¹

     Hon. Henry Noel Kenelm Digby was born on 6 January 1954. He is the son of Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th Baron Digby of Geashill and Dione Marian Sherbrooke.¹ He married, firstly, Susan E. Watts, daughter of Peter Watts, on 12 July 1980.¹ He and Susan E. Watts were divorced in 2001.¹ He married, secondly, Sophia Malim, daughter of Robert Malim, on 7 August 2002.¹
     Hon. Henry Noel Kenelm Digby was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He was registered as a Associate, Institute of Chartered Accountants (A.C.A.).¹ He was vice-president of JP Morgan.¹

     Hon. Rupert Simon Digby was born on 21 August 1956.¹ He is the son of Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th Baron Digby of Geashill and Dione Marian Sherbrooke.¹ He married Charlotte Fleury Hirst, daughter of Robert Hirst, in 1986.¹
     Hon. Rupert Simon Digby was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire, England.¹ He lived in 2003 at Rookwood Farmhouse, Stockcross, Berkshire, England.¹

     Hon. Zara Jane Digby was born on 27 May 1958.¹ She is the daughter of Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th Baron Digby of Geashill and Dione Marian Sherbrooke.¹ She married James Edward Caulfeild Percy, son of Henry Edward Percy and Eileen Ruth Morley Caulfeild, in 1993.¹
     From 1993, her married name became Percy.¹ She was a dress designer.¹ She lived in 2003 at Gillans, Minterne Parva, Dorchester, Dorset, England.¹