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     Lt.-Col. Lancelot Holland was born on 17 July 1876 at Aberdeen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Henry Holland and Wilhelmina Margarita Nixon.¹ He died on 29 July 1943 at age 67 at Surrey, England.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders.¹

     Frederick Alexander Holland was born in 1880 at Scotland.¹ He was the son of Henry Holland and Wilhelmina Margarita Nixon.¹
     He was a planter at Malaysia.¹

     Violet Wason was born in 1885 at Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of James Wason and Wilhelmina Margarita Nixon.¹ She married Reverend Henry Sinclair Brooke, son of Reverend Henry Edward Brooke and Maria Jetter, in 1909 at Chelsea, London, England.¹ She died in October 1939 at Frant, Kent, England, killed when her bicycle was hit by a van at an intersection.¹

     Lt.-Col. Henry James Brooke was born in 1910 at Pembury, Kent, England.¹ He was the son of Reverend Henry Sinclair Brooke and Violet Wason.¹ He died in 1986 at Eastborne, Sussex, England.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Engineers.¹

     Paul Rigby Sinclair Brooke was born on 24 July 1912 at Pembury, Kent, England.² He was the son of Reverend Henry Sinclair Brooke and Violet Wason.² He died on 6 April 1942 at age 29 at Germany, lost in a mission over the Ruhr.²
     He graduated from Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1934 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He gained the rank of Pilot in the 9th Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, flying Mk III Wellingtons.² He fought in the Second World War.²

     William Graham Sinclair Brooke was born in 1914 at Pembury, Kent, England.¹ He was the son of Reverend Henry Sinclair Brooke and Violet Wason.¹ He died after 1939.¹

     Violet Honor Brooke was born in 1916 at Pembury, Kent, England.¹ She was the daughter of Reverend Henry Sinclair Brooke and Violet Wason.¹ She married Shaun Stewart in 1946 at Austria.¹ She died in 2001 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.¹
     From 1946, her married name became Stewart.¹

     Shaun Stewart married Violet Honor Brooke, daughter of Reverend Henry Sinclair Brooke and Violet Wason, in 1946 at Austria.¹

     Lt.-Gen. Sydney Rigby Wason was born on 27 September 1887 at Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland.^1,2 He was the son of James Wason and Wilhelmina Margarita Nixon.¹ He married Winifred Mary (?) in 1921 at Chelsea, London, England.¹ He died on 17 March 1969 at age 81 at Winchester, Wiltshire, England.^1,2
     He fought in the First World War.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) and Bar.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Royal Artillery.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹

     Winifred Mary (?) was born in 1889.¹ She married Lt.-Gen. Sydney Rigby Wason, son of James Wason and Wilhelmina Margarita Nixon, in 1921 at Chelsea, London, England.¹ She died in 1976 at Winchester, Wiltshire, England.¹
     From 1921, her married name became Wason.¹