Peerage Record – 29562

     William Abbott Reilly-Minchin was born on 17 October 1934.¹ He was the son of Commander Henry Falkiner Reilly Reilly-Minchin and Alice Rebecca Winifred Minchin.¹ He died on 24 August 1956 at age 21, killed in a road accident, unmarried.¹
     He was educated at St. Columba’s College, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.¹

     Lt.-Col. Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin was born on 16 June 1890.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Frederick Falkiner Minchin and Marjorie Emily Abbott.¹ He married Elizabeth Selby-Lowndes.¹ He died on 30 August 1927 at age 37, killed in the first British attempt to cross the Atlantic from east to west.¹
     He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches eight times.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the 2nd Connaught Rangers.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Royal Flying Corps.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1916 and bar.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1918.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1919.¹ He was with Imperial Airways. He surveyed the route to India in 1924.¹ In 1926 he piloted Bristol Blood Hound on endurance tests to Egypt.¹

     Elizabeth Selby-Lowndes married Lt.-Col. Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin, son of Maj.-Gen. Frederick Falkiner Minchin and Marjorie Emily Abbott.¹
     Her married name became Minchin.¹

     Violet Marjorie Minchin was born in 1889.¹ She was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Frederick Falkiner Minchin and Marjorie Emily Abbott.¹ She married Clifford E. Austin in 1913.¹ She died on 6 July 1959.¹
     From 1913, her married name became Austin.¹

     Clifford E. Austin married Violet Marjorie Minchin, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Frederick Falkiner Minchin and Marjorie Emily Abbott, in 1913.¹ He died on 23 March 1956.¹
     He was registered as a Civil Engineer.¹ He had one son.¹

     Caroline Jane Royds Lloyd was the daughter of John Lloyd.¹ She married Maj.-Gen. Frederick Falkiner Minchin, son of Falkiner John Minchin and Margaret Mary Anne Reilly, on 20 September 1905.¹ She died on 29 January 1938.¹
     From 20 September 1905, her married name became Minchin.¹

     John Lloyd lived at Astwick Manor, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹

     Richard Humphrey Lloyd Minchin was born on 15 February 1907.¹ He is the son of Maj.-Gen. Frederick Falkiner Minchin and Caroline Jane Royds Lloyd.¹ He married Annie Elizabeth de la Poer Roberts, daughter of Abraham Haynes Roberts, on 3 May 1938.¹
     He was educated at Eastbourne College, Eastbourne, Sussex, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He lived at Ballybrenagh, Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹ He lived in 1976 at Annagh, Midleton, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹

     Annie Elizabeth de la Poer Roberts is the daughter of Abraham Haynes Roberts.¹ She married Richard Humphrey Lloyd Minchin, son of Maj.-Gen. Frederick Falkiner Minchin and Caroline Jane Royds Lloyd, on 3 May 1938.¹
     Annie Elizabeth de la Poer Roberts usually went by her middle name of Elizabeth.¹ From 3 May 1938, her married name became Minchin.¹

     Abraham Haynes Roberts lived at Ballyadam, Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹ He lived at Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹