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     Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Bt. was born on 3 August 1879.¹ He was the son of Charles Wells and Josephine Grimbly.² He married Mary Dorothy Maltby, daughter of Christopher James Maltby, on 17 September 1907.¹ He died on 26 November 1956 at age 77.¹
     He was Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) Beds 1940.¹ He was educated Bedford Sch.¹ He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) (C) Bedford , V-Chm Primrose League 1928–46 (Chllr 1946–48), Chm Brewers' Society 1940–42, knighted 1938 in 1922.¹ On 21 January 1944 so created.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Wells on 21 January 1944.¹

     Christopher Shorrock Bates was born in 1864 at Manchester, Lancashire, England.¹ He married Jessy Fairfax Muckley, daughter of William Jabez Muckley and Mary Pardoe, in 1888 at Cockermouth, Cumberland, England.¹

     Mary Dorothy Maltby was the daughter of Christopher James Maltby.² She married Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Bt., son of Charles Wells and Josephine Grimbly, on 17 September 1907.¹ She died on 13 May 1956.¹
     Eldest.¹ She lived Travancore and Bedford.¹ Her married name became Wells.

     Sir Charles Maltby Wells, 2nd Bt. was born on 24 July 1908.¹ He is the son of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Bt. and Mary Dorothy Maltby.² He married Katharine Boulton Kenrick, daughter of Frank Matthew Boteler Kenrick, on 2 October 1935.¹ He died in 1996.¹
     He was also known as 2nd Baronet [U.K. Life Peer].¹ He was educated Bedford Sch and Pembroke College Cambridge.¹ He was Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Engineers (Territorial Army) WW II.¹ He was also known as Charles Maltby Wells.¹ He was Territorial Decoration (T.D.) in 1960.¹

     Christopher Hayward Wells was born on 26 September 1909.¹ He was the son of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Bt. and Mary Dorothy Maltby.² He married Christina Hilary Holmes, daughter of Sir Hugh Oliver Holmes, on 18 September 1937.¹ He died on 8 June 1940 at age 30, killed in action.
     He was Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy WW II.¹

     Jemima Jones is the daughter of Edward Jones.¹ She married Benjamin James Goldsmith, son of Sir James Michael Goldsmith and Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart, on 19 December 2014.¹
     From 19 December 2014, her married name became Goldsmith.¹

     John Hayward Wells was born on 16 November 1938.¹ He is the son of Christopher Hayward Wells and Christina Hilary Holmes.² He married Heather Donriel Kelly, daughter of John Gordon Christie Kelly, on 7 January 1965.¹
     He was educated Harrow and Pembroke College Cambridge.¹ He lived in 2003 at The Old Rectory, Shelton, Hunts, ZZZ.¹

     Heather Donriel Kelly is the daughter of John Gordon Christie Kelly.² She married John Hayward Wells, son of Christopher Hayward Wells and Christina Hilary Holmes, on 7 January 1965.¹
     CP.¹ S Africa.¹ Elder.¹ Her married name became Wells. She was Military Cross (M.C.)¹ She lived Riebeck West.¹

     Christopher Hayward Wells was born on 6 February 1966.¹ He is the son of John Hayward Wells and Heather Donriel Kelly.²