Peerage Record – 11283

     Anna Maria Fowler was the daughter of Edward Fowler.¹ She married Hon. Morgan Vane, son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard of Barnard’s Castle and Mary Randyll, on 19 February 1742.¹ She died on 19 July 1756, without issue.¹
     From 19 February 1742, her married name became Vane.¹

     Alexandra Anastasia Phillips was born on 27 February 1946 at Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.^G.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and Georgina Wernher.¹ She married James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, son of James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn and Lady Mary Katherine Crichton, on 20 October 1966 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G.² She died on 10 December 2018 at age 72.³
     Alexandra Anastasia Phillips also went by the nick-name of Sacha. From 20 October 1966, her married name became Hamilton. After her marriage, Alexandra Anastasia Phillips was styled as Duchess of Abercorn in 1979. She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in June 2008.⁴

     James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn was born on 4 July 1934 at London, England^G.^1,3 He is the son of James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn and Lady Mary Katherine Crichton.⁴ He married Alexandra Anastasia Phillips, daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and Georgina Wernher, on 20 October 1966 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.⁵ He was styled as Marquess of Hamilton between 1953 and 1979.¹ He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England^G.⁵ He succeeded as the 14th Lord Abercorn, co. Linlithgow [S., 1603] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 14th Lord Paisley, co. Renfrew [S., 1587] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Hamilton, of Donalong, co. Tyrone and of Nenagh, co. Tipperary [I., 1660] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 15th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, co. Tyrone [I., 1617] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 6th Marquess of Abercorn [G.B., 1790] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 7th Viscount Hamilton [G.B., 1786] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 5th Duke of Abercorn [I., 1868] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 5th Marquess of Hamilton, of Strabane, co. Tyrone [I., 1868] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 14th Earl Abercorn [S., 1606] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 14th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcashell and Kirkpatrick [S., 1606] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 9th Baron Mountcastle, co. Tyrone [I., 1701] on 4 June 1979.⁴ He succeeded as the 9th Viscount Strabane [I., 1701] on 4 June 1979.⁴

     James Harold Charles Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton was born on 19 August 1969 at London, England^G.² He is the son of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn and Alexandra Anastasia Phillips.³ He married Tanya Marie Nation, daughter of Douglas Percy Codrington Nation and Barbara Anne Brookes, on 7 May 2004 at Wellington Barracks, Guards Chapel, Westminster, London, England^G.⁴
     He was styled as Viscount Strabane.³ He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He was styled as Marquess of Hamilton in 1979.¹ He held the office of Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II between 1982 and 1984.¹

     Nicholas Harold Phillips was born on 23 August 1947 at London, England^G.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and Georgina Wernher.¹ He married Countess Maria Lucia Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, daughter of Count Paul Otto Ernst Theobald Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz and Elisabeth Maria Anna Christina Paula Leonhardine Baronin von Gudenus, on 18 October 1975 at Salzburg, Austria^G. He died on 1 March 1991 at age 43, from an accidental death, or possibly from committing suicide, as he was found in a fume filled car (and was possibly deep in debt at the time).³

     Fiona Mercedes Phillips was born on 30 March 1951 at London, England^G.² She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and Georgina Wernher.^2,1 She married James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys, son of Lt. Hon. Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil and Elizabeth Rohays Mary Burnett, on 7 July 1971 at London, England^G.¹
     From 7 July 1971, her married name became Burnett.¹

     Marita Georgina Phillips was born on 28 May 1954 at London, England^G.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and Georgina Wernher.¹ She married, secondly, Andrew Stephen Bower Knight, son of G/Capt. Marcus William Bower Knight, in 2006.³ She married Randall Stafford Crawley, son of Aidan Merivale Crawley and Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles, on 3 November 1982 at London, England^G.²
     From 3 November 1982, her married name became Crawley. From 2006, her married name became Knight.³

     Natalia Ayesha Phillips was born on 8 May 1959 at London, England^G.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and Georgina Wernher.¹ She married Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster and Hon. Viola Maud Lyttelton, on 7 October 1978.³
     Natalia Ayesha Phillips also went by the nick-name of Tally. From 7 October 1978, her married name became Grosvenor. After her marriage, Natalia Ayesha Phillips was styled as Duchess of Westminster on 19 February 1979.

     Dorothy Geraldine Welby was baptised on 2 August 1890 at Denton, Lincolnshire, England.^2,3 She was the daughter of Sir Charles Glynne Earle Welby, 5th Bt. and Lady Maria Louisa Helen Hervey.² She married Alexander Arthur Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy, son of Alexander William Frederick Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy and Mary Helena Grattan-Bellew, on 8 June 1920.⁴ She died in 1985.⁴
     From 8 June 1920, her married name became Fraser.

     Captain George Michael Alexander Wernher was born on 22 August 1918 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt. and Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, Countess de Torby.¹ He died on 4 December 1942 at age 24 at Beja, Egypt^G, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of Captain in 1942 in the 17th/21st Lancers.¹