Peerage Record – 10082

     Dimitrii Pavlovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia was born on 18 September 1891 [6 Sep 1891] at Ilyinskoye, Russia^G.¹ He was the son of Pavel Aleksandrovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and Alexandra zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark. He married Anna Audrey Emery, daughter of John Josiah Emery and Leila Alexander, on 21 November 1926 at Biarritz, France^G.¹ He and Anna Audrey Emery were divorced on 1 February 1937.¹ He died on 5 March 1942 at age 50 at Davos, Switzerland^G.¹
     He gained the title of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia.

     Nikolai Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia was born on 14 February 1850 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G.² He was the son of Konstantin Nikolaievich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and Alexandra Friederike Henriette Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg. He married Nadezhda Dreyer, daughter of Aleksandr Dreyer, in 1882 at Orenburg, Russia^G.² He died in February 1918 at Tashkent, Russia^G, murdered by the Bolsheviks.²
     He gained the title of Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich of Russia.¹

     Irina Aleksandrovna Romanov, Princess of Russia was born on 3 July 1895 at Peterhof, Russia^G. She was the daughter of Aleksandr Mikhailovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and Xenia Aleksandrovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia. She married Felix Felixovich Yousoupov, Prince Yousoupov, son of Felix Felixovich Soumarokoff-Elston and Princess Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova, on 9 February 1914 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G. She died on 26 February 1970 at age 74 at Paris, France^G.
     She gained the title of Princess Irina of Russia.¹

     Donna Elizabeta Fabrizievna Sasso-Ruffo, Duchesa di Sasso-Ruffo was born on 26 December 1886 at Znamenskoye, Kharkov, Ukraine^G.¹ She was the daughter of Don Fabrizio Sasso-Ruffo, Duca di Sasso-Ruffo and Princess Nataliya Aleksandrovna Mestcherskaya.² She married Aleksandr Friederici on 17 January 1907 at Tsarskoie Selo, Russia^G.² She and Aleksandr Friederici were divorced before 1916.² She married Andrei Aleksandrovich Romanov, Prince of Russia, son of Aleksandr Mikhailovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and Xenia Aleksandrovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, on 12 June 1918 at Yalta, Crimea, Russia^G.² She died on 29 October 1940 at age 53 at Wilderness House, Hampton Court, London, England^G.²
     She gained the title of Duchesa di Sasso-Ruffo.¹

     Sarah Margaret Ferguson was born on 15 October 1959 at Welbeck Nursing Home, 27 Welbech Street, Marylebone, London, England^G.² She is the daughter of Brigadier Ronald Ivor Ferguson and Susan Mary Wright.³ She married Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor, 1st Duke of York, son of Philip Mountbatten, 1st Duke of Edinburgh and Elizabeth II Windsor, Queen of the United Kingdom, on 23 July 1986 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G.² She and Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor, 1st Duke of York were divorced on 30 May 1996 at London, England^G.³
     From 23 July 1986, her married name became Duchess of York.² She co-authored the book My Story.³ She held the office of Chancellor of Salford University between 1991 and 1994.³ She wrote the book Dining with the Duchess, published 1998.³

     Brigadier Ronald Ivor Ferguson was born on 10 October 1931 at 15 Cumberland Terrace, London, England.^3,4 He was the son of Colonel Andrew Henry Ferguson and Marian Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott.³ He married, firstly, Susan Mary Wright, daughter of Fitzherbert Wright and Hon. Doreen Julia Wingfield, in January 1956 at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England^G.³ He married, secondly, Susan Rosemary Deptford, daughter of Frederick William Deptford and Phyllis Maud Easy, in 1976.³ He and Susan Mary Wright were divorced in 1974.³ He died on 16 March 2003 at age 71.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.³ He gained the rank of Major in the Life Guards.³ He was with Neilson McCarthy PR between 1969 and 1971.³ He was deputy chairman of the Guards Polo Club between 1971 and 1989.³ He wrote the book The Galloping Major, published 1994.³

     Susan Mary Wright was born on 9 June 1937 at Bramcote Hills, Nottimghamshire, England.^3,4 She was the daughter of Fitzherbert Wright and Hon. Doreen Julia Wingfield.³ She married, firstly, Brigadier Ronald Ivor Ferguson, son of Colonel Andrew Henry Ferguson and Marian Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, in January 1956 at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England^G.⁵ She and Brigadier Ronald Ivor Ferguson were divorced in 1974.⁵ She married, secondly, Hector Eduardo Barrantes, son of Martin Barrantes Figueroa and Clelia Josefina Sansoni Pais, in July 1975 at Registrar’s Office, Chichester, Sussex, England^G.⁵ She died on 19 September 1998 at age 61 at Argentina^G, killed in a car accident.³
     From January 1956, her married name became Ferguson. From July 1975, her married name became Barrantes.

     Teackle Wallis Warfield was born in 1869.² He was the son of Henry Mactier Warfield and Anna Emery.² He married Alice M. Montague, daughter of William Montague and Sallie Love.³ He died on 15 November 1896.²

     Alice M. Montague was the daughter of William Montague and Sallie Love.² She married, firstly, Teackle Wallis Warfield, son of Henry Mactier Warfield and Anna Emery.² She married, secondly, John Rasin.² She married, thirdly, Charles Gordon.² She died in 1929.²
     Her married name became Gordon.² Her married name became Warfield.² Her married name became Rasin.²

     Lady Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon was born on 17 April 1882.¹ She was the daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Nina Cecilie Cavendish-Bentinck.² She died on 17 October 1893 at age 11, from diptheria.¹