Peerage Record – 1043

     Hon. Laura Miranda Bonham Carter was born on 13 October 1918.² She was the daughter of Sir Maurice Bonham Carter and Lady Helen Violet Asquith, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury.¹ She married Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, son of Joseph Bowman Grimond and Lydia Helen Richardson, on 31 May 1938 at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England^G.³ She died on 14 February 1994 at age 75.²
     From 31 May 1938, her married name became Grimond. She held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Orkney and Shetland between 1950 and 1983.² She was Leader of the Liberal Party between 1956 and 1967.² She graduated from Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, with a Doctor of Law (LL.D.)² She was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)² She was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)²

     Hon. Helen Laura Cressida Bonham Carter was born on 22 April 1917.² She was the daughter of Sir Maurice Bonham Carter and Lady Helen Violet Asquith, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury.¹ She married Jasper Alexander Maurice Ridley, son of Hon. Sir Jaspar Nicholas Ridley and Natalie Louise Gräfin von Benckendorff, on 8 June 1939.¹ She died on 10 June 1998 at age 81 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.³
     Hon. Helen Laura Cressida Bonham Carter usually went by her middle name of Cressida.² She graduated from London University, London, England, with a Diploma of Architecture.² Her married name became Ridley. She was an archaeologist.³

     Lt. Lord Charles Oliver Edward FitzRoy was born on 13 July 1923.¹ He was the son of Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton and Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton.¹ He died on 6 August 1944 at age 21 at Normandy, France^G, killed in action.^1,2
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards.¹

     Lady Anne Mildred Ismay FitzRoy was born on 7 August 1920.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton and Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton.¹ She married Major Colin Dalzell Mackenzie, son of Lt.-Col. Douglas William Alexander Dalziel Mackenzie and Patience Elizabeth Hoare, on 19 April 1947.¹ She died on 4 November 2019 at age 99.²
     Her married name became Mackenzie. She lived in 2003 at Green Corner, Tyninghame, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland^G.¹

     Lucy Eleanor Barnes was born on 25 December 1897.² She was the daughter of Sir George Stapylton Barnes and Sybil de Gournay Buxton.^1,2 She married Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, son of Reverend Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy and Hon. Ismay Mary Helen Augusta FitzRoy, on 6 October 1924.¹ She died on 11 September 1943 at age 45.¹
     From 6 October 1924, her married name became FitzRoy.¹ After her marriage, Lucy Eleanor Barnes was styled as Duchess of Grafton on 4 August 1936.

     Rita Emily Carr-Ellison was the daughter of John Ralph Stockley Carr-Ellison.¹ She married, firstly, Lt.-Cdr. John Thurburn Currie before 1944.¹ She married, secondly, Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, son of Reverend Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy and Hon. Ismay Mary Helen Augusta FitzRoy, on 18 July 1944.¹ She died on 24 August 1970.¹
     From before 1944, her married name became Currie.¹ From 18 July 1944, her married name became FitzRoy.¹

     Mary Maxwell is the daughter of John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell and Agnes Stewart.¹ She married James Johnstone of Johnstone, son of Sir Adam Johnstone of Johnstone.²
     Her married name became Johnstone.¹

     Evelyn Georgina Matilda Fitzroy was born in 1841. She was the daughter of Henry Fitzroy and Jane Elizabeth Beauclerk.¹ She married, firstly, Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, son of Major Aubrey William de Vere Beauclerk and Ida Goring, on 1 December 1858.¹ She and Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk were divorced in 1895.¹ She married, secondly, George Simon Arthur Watson-Taylor, son of Simon Watson-Taylor and Lady Hannah Charlotte Hay, on 16 December 1895.¹ She died on 10 January 1931.¹
     From 1 December 1858, her married name became Beauclerk. From 16 December 1895, her married name became Watson-Taylor.

     Henry Fitzroy was born on 22 August 1806.² He was the son of Reverend Lord Henry Fitzroy and Caroline Pigot.² He married Jane Elizabeth Beauclerk, daughter of Charles George Beauclerk and Emily Charlotte Ogilvie, on 24 July 1830.² He died on 5 December 1877 at age 71.²
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)³ He lived at Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire, England^G.²

     John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell was born circa 1454.¹ He was the son of John Maxwell, Master of Maxwell and Janet Crichton.² He married Agnes Stewart, daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart, 3rd of Garlies and Elizabeth Douglas, from 15 February 1491 to 20 February 1491/92.³ He died on 9 September 1513 at Flodden Field, Northumberland, England, killed in action.³
     He succeeded as the 3rd Lord Maxwell [S., 1445] on 29 April 1486.³ In 1488 Battle of Sauchieburn.³ He held the office of Warden of the Western Marches.³ He fought in the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513.³