Peerage Record – 14274

     Joan Birdwood is the daughter of Captain Herbert Christopher Impey Birdwood and Ethel Frances Palin.¹ She married Cyril Norman.¹
     Her married name became Norman.¹

     Cyril Norman married Joan Birdwood, daughter of Captain Herbert Christopher Impey Birdwood and Ethel Frances Palin.¹
     He lived at Canada^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood was born on 24 January 1867.¹ He was the son of Herbert Mills Birdwood and Edith Marion Sidonie Impey.¹ He married, firstly, Dora Davis, daughter of John Samuel Champion Davis, in 1902.¹ He married, secondly, Alice Caroline Finlay, daughter of Colonel Henry Thomas Finlay, after 1905.¹ He died on 14 April 1945 at age 78.¹
     He was educated at Clifton College, Clifton, Bristol, England^G.¹ He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)¹ He graduated with a Diploma in Public Health (D.P.H.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Medical Service.¹ He fought in the Arbor Expedition, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He fought in the Chitral Campaign.¹ He fought in the Waziristan Campaign.¹

     Dora Davis was the daughter of John Samuel Champion Davis.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood, son of Herbert Mills Birdwood and Edith Marion Sidonie Impey, in 1902.¹ She died in 1905.¹
     From 1902, her married name became Birdwood.¹

     John Samuel Champion Davis lived at Kingford, Devon, England^G.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood was born on 5 January 1905.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood and Dora Davis.¹ He married Phyllis Rosa Robinson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson, in 1930.¹ He died on 9 May 1995 at age 90.¹
     He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.)¹ He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Surgery (B.Ch.)¹ He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.)¹ He was registered as a Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London (L.R.C.P.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Medical Service.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He was Commander of the Military Hospital between 1945 and 1947 at Bannu, North-West Province, India^G.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Devon in 1962.¹ He held the office of Mayor of Bideford in 1963.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Devon in 1964.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Devon in 1964.¹

     Phyllis Rosa Robinson was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood, son of Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood and Dora Davis, in 1930.¹ She died on 23 April 1997.¹
     From 1930, her married name became Birdwood.¹

     Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson was born on 24 November 1853 at Rotherhithe, Surrey, England.² He was the son of Robert William Robinson and Frances Sarah Bilbe.² He married Elizabeth Phoebe Jane Sarah Jobling on 21 October 1876 at London, England.² He married Rosa Hannah Cowell on 6 May 1903 at Broadstairs, Kent, England.² He died on 15 May 1939 at age 85 at Redriff, Broadstairs, Kent, England.²
     He was appointed Knight in 1910.² He was Agent-General for Queensland between 1910 and 1919.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1913.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 1917.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) in 1920.³

     Roger Halhed Bilbe Birdwood was born in 1932.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood and Phyllis Rosa Robinson.¹ He married Cherry Harrison, daughter of Christopher Harrison, in 1960.¹

     Cherry Harrison is the daughter of Christopher Harrison.¹ She married Roger Halhed Bilbe Birdwood, son of Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood and Phyllis Rosa Robinson, in 1960.¹
     From 1960, her married name became Birdwood.¹