Peerage Record – 1107

     Edward Julian George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith was born on 22 April 1916. He was the son of Raymond Asquith and Katharine Frances Horner.¹ He married Anne Mary Celestine Palairet, daughter of Michael Palairet and Mary de Vere Studd, on 28 August 1947.² He died on 16 January 2011 at age 94.³
     Edward Julian George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith also went by the nick-name of ‘Trim’. He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England.³ He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith [U.K., 1925] in 1928. He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Asquith, of Morley, co. York [U.K., 1925] in 1928. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.³ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1961.³ He held the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Seychelles between 1961 and 1967.³ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1964.³

     Algernon Walter Strickland was born on 5 March 1891.¹ He was the son of Algernon Henry Peter Strickland and Mary Selina Drummond.¹ He married Lady Mary Pamela Madeline Sibell Charteris, daughter of Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and Mary Constance Wyndham, on 4 December 1915.² He died on 2 August 1938 at age 47.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Gloucestershire Yeomanry.¹

     Major John George Lyon was born on 13 January 1901.¹ He was the son of John Stewart Lyon, 4th of Kirkmichael and Esme Agnes Mary Helen Dunlop.¹ He married, firstly, Laura Duncan, daughter of John Bryce Duncan, on 23 February 1928.¹ He and Laura Duncan were divorced in 1943.¹ He married, secondly, Lady Mary Pamela Madeline Sibell Charteris, daughter of Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and Mary Constance Wyndham, on 14 April 1943.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1939 in the Royal Artillery.¹

     John Stewart Lyon, 4th of Kirkmichael was born on 11 June 1868.¹ He was the son of George Francis Lyon, 3rd of Kirkmichael and Emma Ramsay Stark.¹ He married Esme Agnes Mary Helen Dunlop, daughter of Colin Dunlop, on 9 August 1899.¹ He died on 24 March 1934 at age 65.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Dumfries-shire.¹ He lived at Kirkmichael, Dumfries-shire, Scotland^G.

     Peter Bevan Warrall married Mary Beatrice Christie, daughter of James Christie, on 27 October 1914.¹
     He lived at New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     James Christie lived at Melbourne Hall, Yorkshire, England^G.¹

     David Holford Benson was born on 26 February 1938.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir Reginald Lindsay Benson and Leslie Foster.¹ He married Lady Elizabeth Mary Charteris, daughter of Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and Mavis Lynette Gordon Murray, on 17 October 1964.¹ He died on 17 October 2023 at age 85.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Byam Shaw School of the Arts, London, England^G.² He was with Shell Oil.² He was a merchant banker with Kleinwort Benson.²

     Matthew James Benson was born on 26 June 1966.¹ He is the son of David Holford Benson and Lady Elizabeth Mary Charteris.¹

     Henrietta Katherine Benson was born on 29 March 1969.¹ She is the daughter of David Holford Benson and Lady Elizabeth Mary Charteris.¹

     Finvola Macdonald was the daughter of Celestine Macdonald of Lochalsh and Finvola Maclean.¹ She married John Sutherland, 8th Earl of Sutherland, son of John Sutherland, 7th Earl of Sutherland and Margaret Baillie, in 1467.¹ She died, she was allegedly killed in a robbery just after a narrow escape from drowning while crossing the River Unes by ferry.¹
     From 1467, her married name became Sutherland.¹