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     Muriel Douglas-Pennant, Viscountess Daventry was born on 8 August 1869. She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-Pennant and Hon. Harriet Ella Gifford. She married Captain Rt. Hon. Edward Algernon Fitzroy, son of Charles Fitzroy, 3rd Baron Southampton and Ismania Catherine Nugent, on 19 November 1891. She died in 1962.
     Muriel Douglas-Pennant, Viscountess Daventry gained the title of Viscountess Daventry, suo jure. Her married name became Fitzroy.

     Captain John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler, V.C. was born on 20 December 1888 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Francis John Paul Butler and Hon. Elspeth Gifford. He died on 5 September 1916 at age 27 at Matombo, Tanzania, from wounds received in action.¹ He was buried at Morogoro Cemetery, Morogoro, Tanzania.¹
     Captain John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler, V.C. fought in the First World War. He was decorated with the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). He was decorated with the Victoria Cross (V.C.) on 23 August 1915, for his actions on 17 November 1914 and 27 December 1914. "In the Cameroons with a party of 13 men he went into thick bush and attacked and defeated a much greater force of the enemy. A machine gun and many loads of ammunition were captured. Whilst on patrol duty with a few men, he swam the Ekin River under heavy fire, carried out his reconnaissance on the far bank and swam back to safety."²

     Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry was born on 10 January 1893. He was the son of Captain Rt. Hon. Edward Algernon Fitzroy and Muriel Douglas-Pennant, Viscountess Daventry. He married Grace Zoe Guinness, daughter of Claude Hugh Guinness, on 5 September 1916. He died in 1986.
     Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry usually went by his middle name of Oliver. He gained the title of 2nd Viscount Daventry.

     Grace Zoe Guinness is the daughter of Claude Hugh Guinness. She married Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry, son of Captain Rt. Hon. Edward Algernon Fitzroy and Muriel Douglas-Pennant, Viscountess Daventry, on 5 September 1916.
     Her married name became Fitzroy.

     Hon. Mary Angela Fitzroy was born on 4 November 1919. She is the daughter of Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry and Grace Zoe Guinness. She married Major Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker, son of Major Herbert Musker, on 2 November 1940.
     Her married name became Musker.

     Major Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker was the son of Major Herbert Musker. He married Hon. Mary Angela Fitzroy, daughter of Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry and Grace Zoe Guinness, on 2 November 1940. He died on 8 August 1959, killed in a motor racing accident.

     Major Herbert Musker died before 1963.
     Major Herbert Musker lived at Rushford Hall, Thetford, Norfolk, England.

     Charles Dermot Fitzroy Musker was born on 10 October 1941. He is the son of Major Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker and Hon. Mary Angela Fitzroy.

     Herbert Oliver FitzRoy Musker was born on 21 November 1948. He is the son of Major Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker and Hon. Mary Angela Fitzroy. He married Lady Rose Diana Lambton, daughter of Lord Antony Claude Frederick Lambton and Belinda Bridget Blew-Jones, in 1979.¹ He and Lady Rose Diana Lambton were divorced in 1989.¹

     Robert Anthony Musker was born on 14 June 1952. He is the son of Major Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker and Hon. Mary Angela Fitzroy.