Peerage Record – 11854

     Sir Henry Portman was the son of Sir William Portman and Elizabeth Gilbert.^2,3 He married Jane Mitchell, daughter of Thomas Mitchell.⁴ He died in 1590.⁴
     He lived at Orchard Portman, Somerset, England^G.⁴ He lived at Somerset, England^G.¹

     Sir Gabriel Hawley married Margaret Portman, daughter of Sir Henry Portman and Jane Mitchell.¹

     Lt.-Gen. Sir Wroth Palmer Acland was born in 1770.¹ He was the son of Arthur Palmer Acland and Elizabeth Oxenham.^1,2 He died on 8 March 1816, from a fever.¹
     He gained the rank of Ensign in 1787 in the 17th Regiment.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1790.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1791.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1795.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1795.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1799 in the Coldstream Guards.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1803.¹ He gained the rank of Brigadier-General.¹ He fought in the Battle of Maida.¹ He fought in the Peninsular Wars between 1808 and 1809.¹ He gained the rank of Major-General in 1810.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1814.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1815 in the 1st Battalion, 60th Regiment.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1815.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.¹
     

     Captain Duncan Kirk adopted Diane Kirk Blundell.

     Sir John Grenfell Nutting, 4th Bt. was born on 28 August 1942.² He is the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Harold Anthony Nutting, 3rd Bt. and Gillian Leonora Strutt.^2,1 He married Diane Kirk Blundell, daughter of John Rutherford Blundell, in 1973.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1968 entitled to practise as a barrister.² He was Junior and Senior Treasury Counsel, Central Criminal Court between 1981 and 1983.² He held the office of Recorder of the Crown Court in 1986.² He held the office of Bencher of Middle Temple in 1991.² He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.) in 1995.² He held the office of Deputy High Court Judge in 1998.² He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Nutting, of St. Helen’s, co. Dublin [U.K., 1903] on 24 February 1999.² He lived in 2003 at Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹

     John David Welchman was born in 1942 at Minehead, Somerset, England^G.¹ He is the son of Colonel John Roger Welchman and Valerie Riley.¹ He married Sarah Alexandra Hyde in 1968.¹

     Laura Mary Catherine Keen was born on 1 May 1963.² She is the daughter of Charles William Lyle Keen and Lady Priscilla Mary Rose Curzon.^1,2 She married Hon. Nicholas Duncan Beatty, son of David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty and Diane Kirk Blundell, on 29 September 1990 at St. Mary’s Church, Bennham^G.^1,3
     From 29 September 1990, her married name became Beatty.¹

     Charles William Lyle Keen was born on 4 July 1936.² He is the son of Harold Hugh Keen and Catherine Eleanor Lyle Cummins.^3,4 He married Lady Priscilla Mary Rose Curzon, daughter of Edward Richard Assheton Penn Curzon, 6th Earl Howe and Priscilla Crystall Frances Weigall, on 21 July 1962.³
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.² He graduated from New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Dragoons.² He lived at Besthorpe Hall, Caunton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England^G.² He was Local Director of Barclays Bank Ltd.²

     David Brin Charles Beatty was born in 1992.¹ He is the son of Hon. Nicholas Duncan Beatty and Laura Mary Catherine Keen.¹

     Lady Miranda Katherine Beatty was born on 18 February 1963.¹ She is the daughter of David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty and Diane Kirk Blundell.¹ She married, firstly, Iain Alan Stewart, son of Sir Dugald Leslie Lorn Stewart, 16th Chisholm of Appin and Sibyl Anne Sturrock, in 1989.¹ She married, secondly, Michael John Hutchinson on 30 September 2000 at Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England^G.^2,3
     From 1989, her married name became Stewart.¹ From 30 September 2000, her married name became Hutchinson.²