Peerage Record – 13914

     Thomas Edward Mash lived at Mitcham, Surrey, England^G.¹

     John Martin Mash was born on 3 August 1948.¹ He is the son of Albert Edward Louis Mash and Julia Wedgwood Benn.¹
     He was educated at Bradfield College, Bradfield, Reading, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Jennifer Dorothy Mash was born on 19 June 1946.¹ She is the daughter of Albert Edward Louis Mash and Julia Wedgwood Benn.¹

     Hon. Ursula Helen Alers Hankey was born circa 1909.² She was the daughter of Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey and Adeline Hermine Gertrude Ernestine de Smidt.^1,2 She married Sir John Andrews Benn, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Ernest John Pickstone Benn, 2nd Bt. and Gwendolen Dorothy Andrews, on 23 July 1929.¹ She died on 15 April 2006.²
     From 23 July 1929, her married name became Benn.¹ She lived in 2003 at 15 The Waldrons, Oast Road, Hurst Green, Oxted, Surrey, England^G.¹

     Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey was born on 1 April 1877.³ He was the son of Robert Alers Hankey and Helena A. Bakewell.³ He married Adeline Hermine Gertrude Ernestine de Smidt, daughter of Abraham de Smidt, on 16 September 1903.³ He died on 25 January 1963 at age 85.³
     He was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England^G.³ He lived in 1891 at Brighton, Sussex, England^G.⁴ He was educated at Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England^G.³ He was with the Naval Intelligence Department between 1902 and 1907.³ He was Assistant Secretary of CID between 1908 and 1912.³ He was Secretary of CID between 1912 and 1938.³ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1916.³ He was Secretary of the War Cabinet in 1916.³ He was Secreary of the Imperial War Cabinet between 1917 and 1918.³ He was British Secretary of the Peace Conference in 1919.³ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1919.³ In 1919 he received after WW I the thanks of Parliament and £25,000.³ He held the office of Secretary of the Cabinet between 1920 and 1938.³ He was Clerk to the Privy Council between 1923 and 1938.³ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) in 1929.³ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1934.³ He was British Government director of the Suez Canal Company between 1938 and 1939.³ He held the office of Minister without Portfolio in 1939.³ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1939.³ He was created 1st Baron Hankey, of The Chart, co. Surrey [U.K.] on 3 February 1939.³ He held the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1940.³ He held the office of Paymaster-General between 1941 and 1942.³ He was British Government director of the Suez Canal Company between 1945 and 1958.³

     Timothy John Benn was born on 27 October 1936.¹ He was the son of Sir John Andrews Benn, 3rd Bt. and Hon. Ursula Helen Alers Hankey.¹ He married, firstly, Valerie Hamlyn Davie, daughter of Captain Peter Hamlyn Wilson Davie and Bertha Ellen Jessie Goldsworthy, on 12 September 1959.¹ He and Valerie Hamlyn Davie were divorced in 1973.¹ He married, secondly, Susan Elizabeth Hodges, daughter of George Hodges, in 1973.¹ He married, thirdly, Christina Grace Townsend Hughes, daughter of W. R. Hughes, in 1982.¹ He died on 9 October 2019 at age 82.²
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He was educated at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.^G.¹ He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Scots Guards.¹ He was chairman and managing director of Benn Brothers Ltd.¹ He was chairman of Bouverie Publishing Ltd between 1983 and 1997.¹ He was chairman of Timothy Benn Publishing Ltd between 1983 and 1997.¹ He lived in 2003 at 4 Smith Square, Westminster, London, England^G.¹

     Valerie Hamlyn Davie was born in 1937.² She is the daughter of Captain Peter Hamlyn Wilson Davie and Bertha Ellen Jessie Goldsworthy.^1,2 She married Timothy John Benn, son of Sir John Andrews Benn, 3rd Bt. and Hon. Ursula Helen Alers Hankey, on 12 September 1959.¹ She and Timothy John Benn were divorced in 1973.¹
     From 12 September 1959, her married name became Benn.¹

     Captain Peter Hamlyn Wilson Davie was born in 1910.² He married Bertha Ellen Jessie Goldsworthy.² He died in 1943.²

     Susan Elizabeth Hodges is the daughter of George Hodges.¹ She married, secondly, Timothy John Benn, son of Sir John Andrews Benn, 3rd Bt. and Hon. Ursula Helen Alers Hankey, in 1973.¹
     Her married name became Hardingham.¹ From 1973, her married name became Benn.¹