Peerage Record – 7937

     Anna Louisa Stewart was the daughter of Sir J. Stewart, Bt.¹ She married, firstly, Captain unknown Staples before 1817.¹ She married, secondly, Richard Napier, son of Colonel Hon. George Napier and Lady Sarah Lennox, in 1817.¹ She died on 30 March 1867.¹
     From before 1817, her married name became Staples.¹ Her married name became Napier.

     Lillias Juliana Napier was the daughter of Charles George Napier and Susanna Juliana Ricarda Carolin.¹ She married Ernest Stanley Stork in 1902.¹ She died on 16 January 1954.¹
     Her married name became Stork.

     Lt.-Col. Arthur Lennox Peel was born on 30 May 1825.¹ He was the son of Laurence Peel and Lady Jane Lennox.² He died on 14 January 1875 at age 49, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 52nd Regiment.¹

     Reverend Alfred Lennox Peel was born on 4 June 1827.¹ He was the son of Laurence Peel and Lady Jane Lennox.² He died on 4 November 1863 at age 36, unmarried.¹
     He was the Rector at St. James Church, Dunbrody and Killesk, County Wexford, Ireland^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. Cecil Lennox Peel was born on 18 April 1830.² He was the son of Laurence Peel and Lady Jane Lennox.² He married Hon. Susan Caroline Maria Stapleton-Cotton, daughter of Colonel Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere of Bhurtpore and Susan Alice Sitwell, on 3 January 1867.¹ He died on 27 April 1910 at age 80.²

     Cecil Hester Lennox Peel was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Cecil Lennox Peel and Hon. Susan Caroline Maria Stapleton-Cotton.¹ She married Leicester Morgan Reed on 7 September 1898.¹ She died on 27 December 1951.¹
     Her married name became Reed.

     Leicester Morgan Reed married Cecil Hester Lennox Peel, daughter of Lt.-Col. Cecil Lennox Peel and Hon. Susan Caroline Maria Stapleton-Cotton, on 7 September 1898.¹ He died in 1944.¹

     Sonia Esmée Florence Butt was born on 14 May 1924 at Eastchurch, Kent, England.¹ She was the daughter of F/Lt. Leslie Acton Kingsford Butt and Thelma Esmé Florence Gordon. She married Guy d‘Artois.² She died on 21 December 2014 at age 90 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.¹
     Her married name became d’Artois.² On 28 May 1944 she parachuted into France as part of the Special Operatives Executive, as part of Operation Headmaster.² She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)²

     Rt. Hon. William Frederick Fownes Tighe was the son of William Tighe.² He married Lady Louisa Maddelena Lennox, daughter of General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon, on 18 April 1825.¹ He died on 11 June 1878, without issue.¹
     He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of County Kilkenny.¹ He lived at Woodstock, County Kilkenny, Ireland^G.¹

     Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge of Bristol was born illegitimately on 3 January 1788.² He was the son of Frederick Augustus Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley and Mary Cole.¹ He married, firstly, Lady Charlotte Lennox, daughter of General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon, on 4 December 1823.² He married, secondly, Lady Charlotte Reynolds-Moreton, daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie, on 30 September 1834.² He died on 17 October 1867 at age 79 at Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England^G.²
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Gloucester between 1831 and 1833.² He held the office of a Lord of the Admiralty between 1833 and 1834.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Gloucester between 1835 and 1837.² He held the office of a Lord of the Admiralty between 1837 and 1839.² He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1840.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Gloucester between 1841 and 1857.² He held the office of Naval Aide-de-Camp to HM Queen Victoria between 1846 and 1849.² He held the office of a Lord of the Admiralty between 1846 and 1852.² He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1849.² He held the office of a Lord of the Admiralty between 1852 and 1857.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1855.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1855.² He gained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1856.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1861.² On 26 February 1861 after inheriting his brother’s estates, he unsuccesfully claimed the Barony of Berkeley as being one by tenure of Berkeley Castle.² He was created 1st Baron FitzHardinge of Bristol, of the city and county of the city of Bristol [U.K.] on 5 August 1861.² He gained the rank of Admiral of the Blue in 1862.² He gained the rank of Admiral of the White in 1863.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³