Peerage Record – 5485

     Major Desmond Eric Renforth Scarr was born on 20 May 1919 at Iquique, Chile.² He married, firstly, Jane Mary Naomi Seymour, daughter of Beauchamp Seymour and Eva Douglas Brown, on 8 January 1954.¹ He and Jane Mary Naomi Seymour were divorced in 1976.¹ He married, secondly, Margaret Joan Dennis, daughter of Randal Hamilton Dennis and Dorothy Montague Gulland, in 1976.² He died on 9 January 2013 at age 93.²
     He was with the Department of Energy.² He gained the rank of Major in the 14th/20th Kings Hussars.¹ He was chairman of the Petroleum Planning Committee.² He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1983.²

     Edward Desmond Renforth Scarr was born on 28 April 1958.¹ He is the son of Major Desmond Eric Renforth Scarr and Jane Mary Naomi Seymour.¹ He married Emily Stillman on 1 September 2000.¹

     Susan Renforth Scarr was born on 26 July 1956.¹ She is the daughter of Major Desmond Eric Renforth Scarr and Jane Mary Naomi Seymour.¹ She married Richard Hamill in 1989.¹
     From 1989, her married name became Hamill.¹

     Sarah Anne Renforth Scarr was born on 9 July 1960.¹ She is the daughter of Major Desmond Eric Renforth Scarr and Jane Mary Naomi Seymour.¹ She married Richard Berry in 1997.¹
     From 1997, her married name became Berry.¹

     Lavinia Lawrence was born on 13 April 1947.² She was the daughter of Sir William Lawrence, 4th Bt. and Pamela Mary Gordon.^1,2 She married Julian Conway Seymour, son of Beauchamp Seymour and Eva Douglas Brown, on 7 January 1971.¹ She died on 10 June 2023 at age 76.³
     From 7 January 1971, her married name became Seymour. She lived in 2003 at Waterdale House, East Knoyle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England^G.²

     Harry William Seymour was born on 30 September 1974.¹ He was the son of Julian Conway Seymour and Lavinia Lawrence.¹ He died on 23 November 2011 at age 37.²

     Camilla Jane Seymour was born on 22 March 1973.¹ She is the daughter of Julian Conway Seymour and Lavinia Lawrence.¹ She married Daniel Joseph Lombardi on 20 June 2009.²
     From 20 June 2009, her married name became Lombardi.²

     Anne Victoria Seymour was born on 13 October 1929.¹ She was the daughter of Beauchamp Seymour and Eva Douglas Brown.¹ She married Major Henry Robert Mansel Porter, son of Lt.-Col. Henry Colin Mansel Porter and Edith Enid Cheston, on 28 July 1951.¹ She died on 3 October 2017 at age 87.²
     Her married name became Porter. She lived in 2003 at Brockham, Birlingham, Pershore, Worcestershire, England^G.¹

     Major Henry Robert Mansel Porter was born on 11 August 1925.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. Henry Colin Mansel Porter and Edith Enid Cheston.^1,3 He married Anne Victoria Seymour, daughter of Beauchamp Seymour and Eva Douglas Brown, on 28 July 1951.¹ He died on 20 August 2014 at age 89.⁴
     He gained the rank of Major in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 60th Rifles.¹ He fought in the Palestine Campaign between 1946 and 1948.¹ He held the office of High Sherrif of Worcestershire in 1970.¹ He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)²

     Lt.-Col. Henry Colin Mansel Porter was born on 27 October 1882.² He was the son of Henry Robert Mansel Porter and Justine Henrietta Ross.^2,3 He married Edith Enid Cheston in 1925.⁴ He died in 1955.⁴
     He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.¹ He lived at Birlingham, Worcestershire, England^G.¹