Peerage Record – 9873

     Hon. Helen Elizabeth Ward was born on 9 May 1912.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Maxwell Richard Crosbie Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor and Agnes Elizabeth Hamilton.¹ She died in July 2005 at age 93, unmarried.²
     She lived in 1999 at 7 Chelsea Lodge, 58 Tite Street, London, England^G.¹

     Hon. Margaret Bertha Ward was born on 29 September 1914.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Maxwell Richard Crosbie Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor and Agnes Elizabeth Hamilton.¹ She married, firstly, Lt.-Col. Desmond Charles Forde, son of Major William George Forde and Sylvia Dorothea Stewart, on 20 January 1938.¹ She and Lt.-Col. Desmond Charles Forde were divorced in 1947.¹ She married, secondly, Gavin Robert Sligh, son of Robert Scott Sligh, on 5 July 1947.¹ She and Gavin Robert Sligh were divorced in 1962.¹ She married, thirdly, Major Dennis Eric Smith in 1969.¹ She died on 19 September 2013 at age 98.²
     From 20 January 1938, her married name became Forde.¹ From 5 July 1947, her married name became Sligh.¹ From 1969, her married name became Eric Smith.¹

     Lt.-Col. Desmond Charles Forde was born on 26 February 1906.² He was the son of Major William George Forde and Sylvia Dorothea Stewart.^1,3 He married, firstly, Hon. Margaret Bertha Ward, daughter of Lt.-Col. Maxwell Richard Crosbie Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor and Agnes Elizabeth Hamilton, on 20 January 1938.¹ He and Hon. Margaret Bertha Ward were divorced in 1947.¹ He married, secondly, Kate Alexandra York Thompson, daughter of Robert Wood Thompson, on 7 October 1948.² He died on 31 January 1961 at age 54.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.² He fought in the Second World War.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards.¹ He was awarded the U.S. Bronze Star.² He held the office of High Sheriff of County Down in 1950.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Down.⁴ He lived at Seaforde, County Down, Ireland^G.⁴

     Major William George Forde was born on 7 March 1868.² He was the son of Major Thomas Douglass Forde and Georgina Isabella Catherine King.^3,2 He married Sylvia Dorothea Stewart, daughter of Major Alexander Frederick Stewart, on 16 April 1898.² He died on 25 December 1922 at age 54.²
     He lived at Seaforde, County Down, Ireland^G.¹

     Gavin Robert Sligh is the son of Robert Scott Sligh.¹ He married Hon. Margaret Bertha Ward, daughter of Lt.-Col. Maxwell Richard Crosbie Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor and Agnes Elizabeth Hamilton, on 5 July 1947.¹ He and Hon. Margaret Bertha Ward were divorced in 1962.¹

     Joseph von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg was born in 1873. He was the son of Egon von Schonberg and Elisabeth Gräfin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid. He married Elisabeth Gräfin von Montgelas in 1907. He died in 1957.

     Elisabeth Gräfin von Montgelas was born in 1884. She married Joseph von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg, son of Egon von Schonberg and Elisabeth Gräfin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, in 1907. She died in 1944.
     Her married name became von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg.

     Maria Immaculata von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg was born in 1917. She is the daughter of Joseph von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg and Elisabeth Gräfin von Montgelas. She married, firstly, Joseph William von Schilcher in 1939. She and Joseph William von Schilcher were divorced in 1943. She married, secondly, Wolfram Muller in 1944.
     From 1939, her married name became von Schilcher. From 1944, her married name became Muller.

     Joseph William von Schilcher was born in 1910. He married Maria Immaculata von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg, daughter of Joseph von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg and Elisabeth Gräfin von Montgelas, in 1939. He and Maria Immaculata von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg were divorced in 1943.

     Wolfram Muller was born in 1907. He married Maria Immaculata von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg, daughter of Joseph von Schonberg-Roth-Schonburg and Elisabeth Gräfin von Montgelas, in 1944. He died in 1981.