Peerage Record – 13781

     Charles Michael Wentworth Noel-Hill, 9th Baron Berwick of Attingham was born on 4 March 1897.¹ He was the son of Reverend Charles Noel-Hill and Edith Mary Benson.¹ He died on 27 January 1953 at age 55, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Shropshire Light Infantry.² He held the office of Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India.² He succeeded as the 9th Baron Berwick of Attingham, co. Shropshire [G.B., 1784] on 12 June 1947.³
     On his death, his peerage became extinct.³

     Reverend Charles Noel-Hill was born on 18 February 1848.² He was the son of Hon. Charles Arthur Wentworth Harwood Noel-Hill and Catherine Mary Adams.¹ He married Edith Mary Benson, daughter of Reverend Riou George Benson and Mary Brooke, on 6 October 1891.² He died on 18 November 1911 at age 63.¹
     He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He was the Rector at Stockton, Shropshire, England^G.²

     Edith Mary Benson was born in 1862 at Church Stretton, Shropshire, England.² She was the daughter of Reverend Riou George Benson and Mary Brooke.^1,2 She married Reverend Charles Noel-Hill, son of Hon. Charles Arthur Wentworth Harwood Noel-Hill and Catherine Mary Adams, on 6 October 1891.³
     From 6 October 1891, her married name became Noel-Hill.³

     Reverend Riou George Benson was born in 1835 at Worcestershire, England.² He was the son of Moses George Benson and Charlotte Riou Browne.² He married Mary Brooke, daughter of Thomas Brooke, on 11 April 1861 at Honley, Yorkshire, England.² He died in 1896.²

     Hon. Charles Arthur Wentworth Harwood Noel-Hill was born on 22 April 1811.² He was the son of Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick of Attingham and Frances Maria Mostyn-Owen.³ He married Catherine Mary Adams, daughter of Charles Marsh Adams, on 29 August 1846.² He died on 2 June 1853 at age 42.¹

     Catherine Mary Adams was the daughter of Charles Marsh Adams.¹ She married Hon. Charles Arthur Wentworth Harwood Noel-Hill, son of Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick of Attingham and Frances Maria Mostyn-Owen, on 29 August 1846.² She died in 1894.²
     From 29 August 1846, her married name became Noel-Hill.¹

     Charles Marsh Adams lived at the Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England^G.¹

     Mary Munn was born on 3 March 1915 at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.² She was the daughter of Charles Alexander Munn and Mary Astor Paul.^1,3 She married Frederick Edward Neuflize Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough, son of Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough and Roberte de Neuflize, on 29 September 1948.¹ She died on 13 April 2013 at age 98 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.²
     From 29 September 1948, her married name became Ponsonby.¹ After her marriage, Mary Munn was styled as Countess of Bessborough on 10 March 1956. She was a still life painter.⁴ She lived in 2003 at Apartment 18c, The Barclay, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.^G.⁴

     Charles Alexander Munn married Mary Astor Paul.
     He lived at Paris, France^G.³ He lived at Washington, D.C., U.S.A.^G.³

     Alison Marjorie Storey is the daughter of William Storey.¹ She married Myles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough, son of Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough and Patricia Minnigerode, in 1972.¹
     From 1972, her married name became Ponsonby.¹