Peerage Record – 13725

     Katherine Lowthian was the daughter of Isaac Lowthian.¹ She married Thomas Bell on 25 March 1815.¹ She died on 11 September 1875.¹
     From 25 March 1815, her married name became Bell.¹

     Isaac Lowthian lived at Newbiggin, Cumberland, England^G.¹

     Maria Shield was the daughter of John Shield.¹ She married Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Bt. and Margaret Pattinson, on 23 April 1867.¹ She died on 19 April 1871.¹
     From 23 April 1867, her married name became Bell.¹

     John Shield lived at Ashburn, Buteshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was born circa 1868.³ She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd Bt. and Maria Shield.¹ She died on 12 July 1926, unmarried.¹
     She was an author and Oriental scholar.¹ She was Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner, Mesopotamia.¹ She was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1917.¹

     Florence Eveleen Eleanor Olliffe was the daughter of Sir Joseph Olliffe.¹ She married Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Bt. and Margaret Pattinson, on 10 August 1876. She died on 16 May 1930.¹
     From 10 August 1876, her married name became Bell.¹ She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ She was appointed Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.) in 1918.¹ She gained the title of Dame Florence Bell in 1918.¹

     Sir Joseph Olliffe graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)¹

     Frances Helena Morkill is the daughter of John William Morkill.¹ She married Reverend Hugh Lowthian Bell, son of Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd Bt. and Florence Eveleen Eleanor Olliffe, on 24 November 1921.¹
     From 24 November 1921, her married name became Bell.¹

     John William Morkill lived at Newfield Hall, Bell Busk, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     John Lowthian Bell was born on 17 June 1925 at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa^G.¹ He was the son of Reverend Hugh Lowthian Bell and Frances Helena Morkill.¹ He died on 20 February 1944 at age 18, killed in action onboard H.M.S. Warwick.^1,2
     He gained the rank of Ordinary Seaman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Seaman.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹