Peerage Record – 13505

     Martin Graves Bates was born on 26 June 1935.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. Austin Graves Bates and Jean Christian Marguerite Hunter.¹ He married Susan Myfanwy Prudence Ryder, daughter of Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, V.C. and Constance Hilaré Myfanwy Green-Wilkinson, on 2 October 1965.¹
     He was educated at Clifton School, England^G.¹ He graduated from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He lived in 2003 at 17 Queen’s Gate Place, London, England^G.¹

     Susan Myfanwy Prudence Ryder was born on 14 March 1944.² She is the daughter of Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, V.C. and Constance Hilaré Myfanwy Green-Wilkinson.^1,2 She married Martin Graves Bates, son of Lt.-Col. Austin Graves Bates and Jean Christian Marguerite Hunter, on 2 October 1965.¹
     From 2 October 1965, her married name became Bates.¹ She lived in 2003 at 17 Queen’s Gate Place, London, England^G.²

     Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, V.C. was born on 16 February 1908 at India^G.² He was the son of Colonel Charles Henry Dudley Ryder and Ida Josephine Grigg. He married Constance Hilaré Myfanwy Green-Wilkinson, daughter of Reverend Lumley Green-Wilkinson, on 26 April 1941.³ He died on 29 June 1986 at age 78, on board a yacht off Guernsey.²
     He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.³ He explored the Pacific and Atlantic in a small boat.³ Between 1934 and 1937 he commanded the ship transporting the Rymill expedition to Antartica.³ He was awarded the Polar Medal.³ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches four times.⁴ He fought in the St. Nazaire Raid on 27 March 1942, where he commanded H.M.S. Campbeltown.⁴ He was awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.) on 21 May 1942, for his actions on 27-28 March 1942.^1,4 He was awarded the Croix de Guerre.³ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Merton and Morden between February 1950 and May 1955.³

     Oliver Robert Hunter Bates was born on 29 March 1969.¹ He is the son of Martin Graves Bates and Susan Myfanwy Prudence Ryder.¹ He married Annabel Mitchell-Innes, daughter of David Ian Mitchell-Innes and Christine Tarne Exley, in 2000.¹

     Annabel Mitchell-Innes is the daughter of David Ian Mitchell-Innes and Christine Tarne Exley.² She married Oliver Robert Hunter Bates, son of Martin Graves Bates and Susan Myfanwy Prudence Ryder, in 2000.¹
     From 2000, her married name became Bates.¹

     Phoebe Hilaré Poett Bates was born on 18 April 2002.¹ She is the daughter of Oliver Robert Hunter Bates and Annabel Mitchell-Innes.¹

     Susannah Hilaré Myfanwy Bates was born on 15 May 1970.¹ She is the daughter of Martin Graves Bates and Susan Myfanwy Prudence Ryder.¹ She married Hon. Sacha William Robin Gurdon, son of Philip Bertram Gurdon, 3rd Baron Cranworth of Letton and Cranworth and Frances Henrietta Montagu Douglas Scott, on 1 December 2001 at St. Cuthbert’s Church, Norham, Northumberland, England.¹
     From 1 December 2001, her married name became Gurdon.¹

     Lieutenant Maurice Halifax Bates was born on 9 August 1898.¹ He was the son of Sir Edward Percy Bates, 2nd Bt. and Constance Elizabeth Graves.¹ He married May Frances Blunt, daughter of Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt and Ada Stone, on 21 March 1922.¹ He died on 23 September 1925 at age 27.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1917 and 1918.¹

     May Frances Blunt was born on 8 October 1902.² She was the daughter of Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt and Ada Stone.^1,2 She married, firstly, Lieutenant Maurice Halifax Bates, son of Sir Edward Percy Bates, 2nd Bt. and Constance Elizabeth Graves, on 21 March 1922.¹ She married, secondly, Brigadier Ralph Emers Pickering, son of Thomas Pickering, on 24 October 1927.¹ She died on 25 February 1969 at age 66.¹
     From 21 March 1922, her married name became Bates.¹ From 24 October 1927, her married name became Pickering.¹

     Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt was born on 14 March 1877.² He was the son of Frances Theophilus Blunt and Emily Ellen Hobert Rainsford.² He married Ada Stone, daughter of Commander Charles H. Stone, on 15 October 1901. He died on 29 May 1941 at age 64.²
     He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England^G.² He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He was in the Indian Civil Service between 1901 and 1936.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (K.C.I.E.)¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹