Peerage Record – 73344

     Robert Clyde Packer was born on 24 July 1879 at Tasmania, Australia.¹ He was the son of Arthur Howard Packer and Margaret Fitzmaurice Clyde.¹ He married Ethel Maude Hewson, daughter of Reverend Francis Maurice Hewson and Frances Harriet Briscoe, on 13 July 1903 at St. Matthias Church, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹ He died on 12 April 1934 at age 54 at Marseilles, France.¹
     He was a journalist.¹ In 1918 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a co-founder of Smith’s Weekly.¹

     Arthur Howard Packer was the son of Frederick Alexander Packer and Augusta Gow.¹ He married Margaret Fitzmaurice Clyde.¹ He died on 20 August 1912.¹
     He was a customs official.¹

     Margaret Fitzmaurice Clyde was born in 1855.¹ She married Arthur Howard Packer, son of Frederick Alexander Packer and Augusta Gow.¹ She died in 1915.¹
     Her married name became Packer.¹

     Frederick Alexander Packer married Augusta Gow, daughter of Nathaniel Gow.¹
     He was educated at Royal Academy of Music, London, England.¹ He emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, arriving on 1852.¹

     Augusta Gow is the daughter of Nathaniel Gow.¹ She married Frederick Alexander Packer.¹
     She was educated at Royal Academy of Music, London, England.¹ Her married name became Packer.¹

     Nathaniel Gow is the son of Niel Gow.¹

     Niel Gow was a fiddler and composer of antiquity.¹

     Kathleen Mary Packer was born in 1910.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Clyde Packer and Ethel Maude Hewson.¹ She married Sir George Stening.¹ She died in 2000.¹
     Her married name became Stening.¹

     Sir Douglas Frank Packer was born on 3 December 1906 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹ He was the son of Robert Clyde Packer and Ethel Maude Hewson.¹ He married, firstly, Gretel Joyce Bullmore, daughter of Herbert Bullmore, on 24 July 1934 at All Saints Anglican Church, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia.¹ He married, secondly, Florence Adeline Porges in June 1964.¹ He died on 1 May 1974 at age 67 at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹
     Sir Douglas Frank Packer usually went by his middle name of Frank.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1951.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 1971.¹ In 1972 he sold The Daily Telegraph to Rupert Murdoch.¹

     Sir George Stening was born in 1904.¹ He married Kathleen Mary Packer, daughter of Robert Clyde Packer and Ethel Maude Hewson.¹ He died in 1996.¹