Peerage Record – 33510

     Benjamin Briggs Goodrich was born on 24 February 1799 at Brunswick County, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was the son of John Goodrich.¹ He married Serena Corrothers.¹ He died on 16 November 1860 at age 61.¹
     In 1836 he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.¹

     Serena Corrothers married Benjamin Briggs Goodrich, son of John Goodrich.¹
     Her married name became Goodrich.¹

     John Calvin Goodrich is the son of John Goodrich.¹

     Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland was born on 6 June 1907.¹ He was the son of John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland and Lady Marjorie Adeline Gordon.¹ He married Lucy Elisabeth Babington Smith, daughter of Sir Henry Babington Smith and Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce, on 11 September 1941.² He died in 1984.³
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Pentland, of Lyth, co. Caithness [U.K., 1909] on 11 January 1925.¹ He held the office of President of Cambridge Union in 1929.² He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1929 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was Assistant Secretary of the Combined Produce and Resources Board between 1944 and 1945 at Washington, D.C., U.S.A.^G.¹ He lived Associate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (A.M.I.C.E.)¹ On his death, his Barony became extinct.³

     Dirk Walter Bentinck was born on 1 September 1909.¹ He was the son of Arthur Harold Walter Bentinck and Emma Elizabeth Kemble Hayes.² He married Amelia Watkin, daughter of Alfred Watkin, on 2 August 1938.¹ He died on 30 December 1962 at age 53.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Surgery (B.Ch.)¹ He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.)¹ He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was registered as a Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London (L.R.C.P.) in 1936.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.¹
He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (M.R.C.O.G.) in 1949.¹

     Amelia Watkin is the daughter of Alfred Watkin.² She married Dirk Walter Bentinck, son of Arthur Harold Walter Bentinck and Emma Elizabeth Kemble Hayes, on 2 August 1938.¹
     From 2 August 1938, her married name became Bentinck.

     Antoinette Waltera Bentinck was born on 29 April 1906.¹ She is the daughter of Arthur Harold Walter Bentinck and Emma Elizabeth Kemble Hayes.² She married Denis Pirrie, son of Dr. unknown Pirrie, on 31 July 1931.¹
     From 31 July 1931, her married name became Pirrie. She lived in 2003 at Windover, Underhill Lane, Westmeston, Hassocks, Sussex, England^G.¹

     Dr. unknown Pirrie lived at Eastbourne, Sussex, England^G.¹