Peerage Record – 28481

     Robert William Campbell Becher was born on 8 December 1971 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada^G.¹ He is the son of Peter Lamb Becher and Suzanne Elaine Thornes.¹

     Richard Leonard Becher was born in 1848.¹ He was the son of Henry Corry Rowley Becher and Sarah Evanson Leonard.¹ He died on 19 December 1880, without issue.¹

     Florence Becher is the daughter of Henry Corry Rowley Becher and Sarah Evanson Leonard.¹ She married W. C. Furness at Canada^G.¹
     Her married name became Furness.¹

     W. C. Furness married Florence Becher, daughter of Henry Corry Rowley Becher and Sarah Evanson Leonard, at Canada^G.¹
     He had two sons and a daughter.¹

     Constantia Ann Becher was born in 1851.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Corry Rowley Becher and Sarah Evanson Leonard.¹ She married Colonel Sullivan Edward Becher, son of Sullivan James Becher and Mary Maria Sarah Nash, on 14 October 1874 at Church of the Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England^G.¹

     Colonel Sullivan Edward Becher was born on 25 June 1838 at Cawnpore, India^G.¹ He was the son of Sullivan James Becher and Mary Maria Sarah Nash.¹ He married Constantia Ann Becher, daughter of Henry Corry Rowley Becher and Sarah Evanson Leonard, on 14 October 1874 at Church of the Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England^G.¹
     He gained the rank of Ensign on 7 July 1860 in the Bengal Infantry.¹ He gained the rank of Captain on 27 November 1869.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the Bengal Infantry.¹

     Major Henry Sullivan Becher was born on 9 April 1876 at Mussoorie, Bengal, India^G.¹ He was the son of Colonel Sullivan Edward Becher and Constantia Ann Becher.¹ He died on 6 November 1914 at age 38 at Neuve Chapelle, France^G, killed in action.¹
     He was educated between September 1888 and 1892 at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Tirib Expedition between 1897 and 1898.¹ He fought in the North-West Frontier between 1897 and 1898.¹ He fought in the Waziristan Expedition between 1901 and 1902.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the King Edward’s Rifles.¹ He fought in the Abor Expedition between 1911 and 1912.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1914.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹

     Phyllis Ethel England Becher was born on 19 May 1884 at Bengal, India^G.¹ She was the daughter of Colonel Sullivan Edward Becher and Constantia Ann Becher.¹ She married Captain James Christie in 1907 at Marylebone, London, England^G.¹
     From 1907, her married name became Christie.¹