Peerage Record – 12281

     Jeremy Christopher Watkins was born on 12 September 1959.¹ He is the son of Reverend Robert Henry Watkins and Margaret Casilda Tiefaine Alexander.¹

     Nicholas Henry Watkins was born on 31 March 1962.¹ He is the son of Reverend Robert Henry Watkins and Margaret Casilda Tiefaine Alexander.¹

     Rowena Margaret Watkins was born on 22 May 1958.¹ She is the daughter of Reverend Robert Henry Watkins and Margaret Casilda Tiefaine Alexander.¹

     Eleanor Tiefanie Watkins was born on 27 May 1964.¹ She is the daughter of Reverend Robert Henry Watkins and Margaret Casilda Tiefaine Alexander.¹

     Irma Casilda Anna Alexander was born on 27 April 1880.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Alexander and Cora Zwicker.¹ She died on 14 November 1964 at age 84, unmarried.¹

     Melita Cora Alexander was born on 12 September 1891.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Alexander and Cora Zwicker.¹ She died on 10 March 1969 at age 77, unmarried.¹

     Eva Mary Alexander was born on 27 May 1895.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Alexander and Cora Zwicker.¹ She died on 22 December 1987 at age 92, unmarried.¹

     Elsa Mary Collett was born on 6 September 1894.² She was the daughter of Sir Charles Henry Collett, 1st Bt. and Lilian Louisa Ionn.^1,2 She married Sir Frank Samuel Alexander, 1st Bt., son of Edward Alexander and Cora Zwicker, on 16 February 1922.¹ She died on 20 January 1959 at age 64.¹
     From 16 February 1922, her married name became Alexander.¹

     Sir Charles Henry Collett, 1st Bt. was born on 8 July 1864.² He was the son of Henry John Richard Collett and Jane Johnson Thomas.² He married, firstly, Lilian Louisa Ionn, daughter of Seymour Ionn, on 20 April 1892.² He married, secondly, Grace Audrey Ashford, daughter of Thomas Livingstone Ashford, on 30 December 1936.² He died on 23 November 1938 at age 74.²
     He held the office of Lieutenant of the City of London.² He held the office of Alderman of London between 1927 and 1938.² He held the office of Sheriff of London between 1932 and 1933.² He was appointed Knight in 1933.² He held the office of Lord Mayor of London between 1933 and 1934.² He was created 1st Baronet Collett, of Bridge Ward in the City of London [U.K.] on 1 November 1934.²

     John Edward Alexander was born on 1 August 1924.¹ He was the son of Sir Frank Samuel Alexander, 1st Bt. and Elsa Mary Collett.¹ He married Maureen Kettlewell Dickson, daughter of William Walter Dickson, on 11 April 1953.¹ He died on 25 May 2006 at age 81 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.²
     He was educated at Bishop’s Stortford College, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.¹ He was chairman of Crichton Brown and Mersey Insulation.¹ He was registered as a Associate, Insitute of Chartered Shipbrokers (A.I.C.S.)¹ He was director of Alexander Shipping.¹ He lived in 2003 at Oldfield Drive, Heswall, Cheshire, England^G.¹