Peerage Record – 13506

     Brigadier Ralph Emers Pickering was the son of Thomas Pickering.¹ He married May Frances Blunt, daughter of Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt and Ada Stone, on 24 October 1927.¹ He died on 27 March 1962.¹
     He gained the rank of Brigadier in the Queen’s Royal Regiment.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Thomas Pickering lived at The Hill House, Gilsland, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Ann Maurice Bates was born posthumously on 26 December 1925.¹ She is the daughter of Lieutenant Maurice Halifax Bates and May Frances Blunt.¹

     Sir Richard Dawson Hoult Bates, 3rd Bt. was born on 12 May 1956.¹ He is the son of Major Sir John Dawson Bates, 2nd Bt. and Mary Murray Hoult.¹ He married Harriet Domenique Scaramella, daughter of Domenico Scaramella, on 7 July 2001 at Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England^G.^1,2
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Durham University, Durham, County Durham, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Bates, of Magherabuoy, co. Londonderry [U.K., 1937] on 12 July 1998.¹ He lived in 2003 at Ballabeg Cottage, Grenaby, Ballasalla, Isle of Man^G.¹

     Harriet Domenique Scaramella is the daughter of Domenico Scaramella.¹ She married Sir Richard Dawson Hoult Bates, 3rd Bt., son of Major Sir John Dawson Bates, 2nd Bt. and Mary Murray Hoult, on 7 July 2001 at Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England^G.^1,2
     From 7 July 2001, her married name became Bates.¹

     Domenico Scaramella lived at Naples, Italy^G.¹

     Isobel Jessie Mary Bates was born on 6 May 2002.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Richard Dawson Hoult Bates, 3rd Bt. and Harriet Domenique Scaramella.¹

     Major Sir John Dawson Bates, 2nd Bt. was born on 21 September 1921.¹ He was the son of Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Bt. and Jessie Muriel Cleland.¹ He married Mary Murray Hoult, daughter of Lt.-Col. Joseph Murray Hoult, on 30 April 1953.¹ He died on 12 July 1998 at age 76.¹
     Major Sir John Dawson Bates, 2nd Bt. usually went by his middle name of Dawson.¹ He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Rifle Brigade.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1943.¹ He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Bates, of Magherabuoy, co. Londonderry [U.K., 1937] on 9 June 1949.¹ He was registered as a Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (F.R.I.C.S.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Chartered Land Agents’ Society (F.L.A.S.) in 1960.¹

     Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Bt. was born on 23 November 1876.¹ He was the son of Richard Dawson Bates and Mary Dill.¹ He married Jessie Muriel Cleland, daughter of Sir Charles John Cleland, on 8 April 1920.¹ He died on 9 June 1949 at age 72.¹
     Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Bt. usually went by his middle name of Dawson.¹ He was a solicitor in 1900.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1919.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for County Down.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Belfast.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1921.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Unionist) for East Belfast between 1921 and 1929.¹ He held the office of Minister of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1943.¹ He was appointed Knight on 11 February 1921.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Northern Ireland] in 1922.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Unionist) for Belfast Victoria between 1929 and 1943.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Bates, of Magherabuoy, co. Londonderry [U.K.] on 7 June 1937.¹

     Richard Dawson Bates married Mary Dill, daughter of Robert Foster Dill and Catherine Haughton Rentoul, on 11 April 1872.¹ He died in 1881.¹
     He was a solicitor at Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland^G.¹
     He also had three daughters.¹