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     Beatrice Agnes Byng was born circa 1868. She was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Stafford and Emily Georgina Kerr. She died on 17 March 1868.

     Lady Rachel Theodora Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Stafford and Emily Georgina Kerr. She died on 25 September 1932, unmarried.

     Lady Irene Hildare Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Stafford and Emily Georgina Kerr. She died on 24 March 1908, unmarried.

     Lady Anne Dorothy Frederica Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Stafford and Emily Georgina Kerr. She married Captain James Harold Cuthbert on 24 September 1903. She died on 31 January 1907.
     Her married name became Cuthbert.

     Margaret Bruce was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Alexander Bruce and Hon. Mary Balfour.¹ She married Sir Laurence Dundas, 1st Bt. on 9 April 1738.² She died on 11 October 1802.¹
     From 9 April 1738, her married name became Dundas.²

     Sir Laurence Dundas, 1st Bt. married Margaret Bruce, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Alexander Bruce and Hon. Mary Balfour, on 9 April 1738.¹ He died on 8 August 1747.¹
     Sir Laurence Dundas, 1st Bt. gained the title of 1st Baronet Dundas, of Kerse.¹

     Brig.-Gen. James Bruce was the son of David Bruce and Margery Young.¹ He married Mary Swinton, daughter of Sir Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington, in 1690.¹ He died in August 1728.¹
     Brig.-Gen. James Bruce gained the rank of Brigadier-General.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Earl of Leven's Regiment of Foot.¹ He lived at Kennet, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.¹
     He had three younger sons and three daughters.¹

     Lady Hester Joan Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Stafford and Emily Georgina Kerr.¹ She married, firstly, Captain Hon. Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland, son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward, on 10 June 1913.² She married, secondly, Field Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of the County of Cavan, son of Sir Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of the County of Cavan and Mary Sneade Olive, on 27 November 1922 at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, Mayfair, London, England.^2,3 She died on 31 August 1976.²
     Lady Hester Joan Byng usually went by her middle name of Joan. From 10 June 1913, her married name became Mulholland. As a result of her marriage, Lady Hester Joan Byng was styled as Countess of the County of Cavan on 27 November 1922. From 27 November 1922, her married name became Lambart.² She was invested as a Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.) in 1927.²

     Captain Hon. Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland was born on 20 September 1882. He was the son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward.¹ He married Lady Hester Joan Byng, daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Stafford and Emily Georgina Kerr, on 10 June 1913.¹ He died on 1 November 1914 at age 32, killed in action.
     Captain Hon. Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Irish Guards.² He fought in the First World War.

     Jennifer May is the daughter of Rt. Hon. William May. She married Thomas Edmund Byng, 8th Earl of Strafford, son of Robert Cecil Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford and Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Cloete, in 1963. She and Thomas Edmund Byng, 8th Earl of Strafford were divorced in 1981.
     Her married name became Byng.