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     Helen Violet Portal was the daughter of Reverend George Raymond Portal and Helen Mary Charlotte Solesby. She married Richard Francis Nicholson on 31 March 1897. She died on 2 October 1927.
     Helen Violet Portal usually went by her middle name of Violet. Her married name became Nicholson.

     Rose Helen Nicholson was born on 13 May 1937. She is the daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st and last Bt. and Lady Katharine Constance Lindsay. She married Sir Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce, son of Sir William Henry Tucker Luce and Margaret Napier, on 5 April 1961.
     Her married name became Luce.

     Sir Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce was born on 14 October 1936.¹ He is the son of Sir William Henry Tucker Luce and Margaret Napier.¹ He married Rose Helen Nicholson, daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st and last Bt. and Lady Katharine Constance Lindsay, on 5 April 1961.
     Sir Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Arundel and Shoreham between 1971 and 1974.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Shoreham between 1974 and 1992.¹ He held the office of Minister of State, Foreign and Colonial Office between 1981 and 1982.¹ He held the office of Minister of State, Foreign and Colonial Office between 1983 and 1985.¹ He held the office of Minister of State, Privy Council Office between 1985 and 1990.¹ He held the office of Minister for the Arts between 1985 and 1990.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1986.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of West Sussex in 1991.¹ He held the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar between 1997 and 2000.¹ He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 2000.¹ He was created Baron Luce, of Adur in the County of West Sussex [U.K. Life Peer] on 2 October 2000.³

     Ella Louisa Wilson was the daughter of Sir John Wilson.¹ She married Vice-Admiral Gerard John Napier, son of Gerard Martin Berkely Napier and Mary Paul. She died in 1908.¹
     Her married name became Napier.¹

     Laura Violet Nicholson was born on 18 January 1939. She is the daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st and last Bt. and Lady Katharine Constance Lindsay.

     Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne was born on 16 October 1941. She is the daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st and last Bt. and Lady Katharine Constance Lindsay.
     Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne held the office of Member of the European Parliament (M.E.P.).¹ She was created Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, of Winterbourne in the Royal County of Berkshire [U.K. Life Peer] on 3 November 1997.¹

     Harriet Mary Nicholson was born on 29 June 1946. She is the daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st and last Bt. and Lady Katharine Constance Lindsay.

     Hon. Alexander Richard Luce was born in 1964. He is the son of Sir Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce and Rose Helen Nicholson.

     Hon. Edward Geoffrey Luce was born in 1968. He is the son of Sir Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce and Rose Helen Nicholson.

     Sir John Christopher Foggo Montgomery-Cuninghame, 12th Bt. was born on 24 July 1935. He is the son of Sir Thomas Andrew Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill, 10th Bt. and Nancy Macaulay Foggo.^1,2
     Sir John Christopher Foggo Montgomery-Cuninghame, 12th Bt. gained the title of 12th Baronet Cuninghame.