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     Cecilia Grace Blackwood was the daughter of Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwood and Harriet Sydney Dobbs.² She married Arthur Ernest Hobart-Hampden, son of Captain Hon. Charles Edward Hobart and Lucy Pauline Wright, on 18 March 1920.³ She died on 18 March 1929.³
     Her married name became Hobart-Hampden.

     Bessie Stephenson was the daughter of John West Stephenson.¹ She married Arthur Ernest Hobart-Hampden, son of Captain Hon. Charles Edward Hobart and Lucy Pauline Wright, on 18 April 1929.¹ She died on 2 September 1960.¹
     Bessie Stephenson was with the Royal Red Cross.¹ Bessie Stephenson also went by the nick-name of Betty.¹ Her married name became Hobart-Hampden.

     Edmund Southey was born in 1876 at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England.¹ He was the son of Colonel Edmund Southey and Elizabeth (?).¹

     Arthur Johnstone Blackwood was born on 25 April 1808.³ He was the son of Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Bt. and Harriet Gore.² He married Cecilia Georgiana Byng, daughter of Admiral Hon. George Byng, on 2 March 1830.¹ He died on 2 January 1874 at age 65.³
     Arthur Johnstone Blackwood held the office of Gentleman Usher to HM Queen Victoria.

     Cecilia Georgiana Byng is the daughter of Admiral Hon. George Byng.¹ She married, firstly, John Wright, son of John Wright, on 5 June 1827 at Paris, France.¹ She married, secondly, Arthur Johnstone Blackwood, son of Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Bt. and Harriet Gore, on 2 March 1830.¹
     From 5 June 1827, her married name became Wright.¹ Her married name became Blackwood.

     William Richard Stanley Hickson was the son of Stanley Hickson.¹ He married Mary Clifford Ward, daughter of Thomas Lawrence Ward and Elizabeth Mary Green, on 9 April 1907.¹ He died on 30 November 1930.¹

     Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Bt. was born on 28 December 1770.¹ He was the son of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt. and Dorcas Stevenson, Baroness Dufferin and Clandeboye.^1,2 He married, firstly, Jane Mary Crosbie, daughter of Lancelot Crosbie and Hon. Elizabeth Crosbie Blennerhassett, on 12 January 1795.³ He married, secondly, Eliza Waghorn, daughter of Captain Martin Waghorn, on 3 June 1799.³ He married, thirdly, Harriet Gore, daughter of Francis Gore, on 9 May 1803.³ He died on 14 December 1832 at age 61.¹ He was also reported to have died on 17 December 1832.³
     Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Bt. was commissioned in April 1781, in the service of the Royal Navy.³ He gained the rank of Signal Midshipman in 1790.³ He gained the rank of Lieutenant on 3 November 1790.³ He gained the rank of First Lieutenant on 1 June 1794.³ He gained the rank of Captain on 2 June 1795.³ He was commander of the inshore squadron under Nelson in the blockade of Cadiz in 1805.³ On 21 October 1805 he witnessed with Hardy of the oral codicil to Nelson's will in which he commended the care of Emma Hamilton and their daughter, Horatia, to the country.³ He gained the rank of Captain of the Fleet in May 1814.³ He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral on 4 June 1814.³ He was created 1st Baronet Blackwood [U.K.] on 1 September 1814.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1819.⁴ He was Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies between 1819 and 1822.³ He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Hanoverian Order (G.C.H.).⁴ He gained the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue in 1825.³ He gained the rank of Commander-in-Chief between 1827 and 1830 in the service of the The Nore.³

     Harriet Gore was the daughter of Francis Gore.² She married Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Bt., son of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt. and Dorcas Stevenson, Baroness Dufferin and Clandeboye, on 9 May 1803.¹ She died on 5 May 1851.¹
     Her married name became Blackwood.

     
     Francis Gore held the office of Governor of Grenada.¹