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     Diana Constance Alexandra Royds is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Albert Henry Royds and Adeliza Beatrix Drummond.

     
     Joseph Bowstead Wilson lived at Knightwick, Worcestershire, England.¹

     Sheila Beatrice Davison was born on 14 June 1907.¹ She was the daughter of Sir William Henry Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane and Beatrice Mary Roberts.¹ She married George Edward Gordon-Duff, son of Thomas Duff Gordon-Duff, 9th of Drummuir, on 14 December 1936.¹ She died circa 1995.¹
     From 14 December 1936, her married name became Gordon-Duff.

     George Edward Gordon-Duff was born on 26 August 1895.² He was the son of Thomas Duff Gordon-Duff, 9th of Drummuir.¹ He married Sheila Beatrice Davison, daughter of Sir William Henry Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane and Beatrice Mary Roberts, on 14 December 1936.¹ He died on 10 November 1966 at age 71.¹
     George Edward Gordon-Duff gained the rank of Group Captain in the service of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.¹ He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1946.¹

     
     John Erskine lived at York, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Sir Albert Henry Stanley, 1st and last Baron Ashfield was born on 8 November 1874.¹ He was the son of Henry Stanley and Elizabeth Twigg.¹ He married Grace Lowrey Woodruff, daughter of Edward Lowrey Woodruff and Marian Bateman, on 5 December 1904 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A..¹ He died on 4 November 1948 at age 73, without male issue.²
     Sir Albert Henry Stanley, 1st and last Baron Ashfield was general manager of American Electric Railways.¹ He was the general manager of the Metropolitan District Railway and Tube Railways in 1907 at London, England.¹ He was managing director of the Underground Group of Companies in 1912.¹ He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1914.^1,2 He was Colonel of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps between 1914 and 1918.¹ He held the office of President of the Board of Trade between 1916 and 1919.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Unionist) for Ashton-under-Lyne between 1916 and 1920.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 13 December 1916.¹ He was decorated with the Territorial Decoration (T.D.).¹ He was Chairman of the Underground Group of Companies.¹ He was created 1st Baron Ashfield, of Southwell, co. Nottingham [U.K.] on 9 January 1920.¹ He was a director of Midland Bank.¹ He was Chairman of the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company.¹ He was a director of Imperical Chemical Industries Ltd.¹ He was Chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933.¹
     The Barony of Ashfield beacame extinct on his death.³

     Grace Lowrey Woodruff was the daughter of Edward Lowrey Woodruff and Marian Bateman.¹ She married Sir Albert Henry Stanley, 1st and last Baron Ashfield, son of Henry Stanley and Elizabeth Twigg, on 5 December 1904 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A..¹ She died on 21 June 1962.²
     Her married name became Stanley.

     Pauline Emma Tennant was the daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Bt..¹ She married Thomas Duff Gordon-Duff, 9th of Drummuir, son of Lachlan Gordon-Duff, 8th of Drummuir, on 2 February 1875.¹ She died on 16 November 1888.¹
     From 2 February 1875, her married name became Gordon-Duff.¹

     Anna Maria Gräfin zu Solms-Sonnenwalde was born on 24 January 1585.¹ She was the daughter of Otto Graf zu Solms-Sonnenwalde.¹ She married Philipp Ernst Graf zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, son of Wolfgang zu Hohenlohe, on 15 January 1609 at Sonnewalde, Germany.¹ She died on 20 November 1634 at age 49 at Ottweiler, Germany.¹ She was buried at St. Arnual.¹

     Sir Edward Archibald Hamilton, 4th Bt. was born on 26 January 1843. He was the son of John James Edward Hamilton and Favoretta Corbett. He married Mary Elizabeth Gill, daughter of Joseph Gill, on 28 May 1867. He died on 19 October 1915 at age 72.
     Sir Edward Archibald Hamilton, 4th Bt. gained the title of 2nd Baronet Hamilton, of Marlborough House. He gained the title of 4th Baronet Hamilton, of Trebinshun.