Peerage Record – 15446

     Mabel Wontner-Smith was born on 15 March 1866 at Essex Road, Islington, London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of James Edwards Wontner-Smith and Emma Scamell.¹ She died on 13 October 1934 at age 68 at Highgate, London, England^G.¹

     Thomas Wontner-Smith was born on 1 January 1868 at Essex Road, Islington, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of James Edwards Wontner-Smith and Emma Scamell.¹ He died on 27 November 1938 at age 70, unmarried.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the County of London in 1907.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.)¹ He was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal for saving life.¹ He was Chairman of Moorfield’s Hospital, and Member of the Executive Committees of the League of Mercy and the Surgical Aid Society.¹

     Harold Smith was born on 25 May 1870 at Essex Road, Islington, London, England^G.¹ He is the son of James Edwards Wontner-Smith and Emma Scamell.¹

     Bernard Smith was born on 17 April 1872 at Essex Road, Islington, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of James Edwards Wontner-Smith and Emma Scamell.¹ He died at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada^G.¹

     Leonard Wontner-Smith was born on 2 April 1874 at Essex Road, Islington, London, England^G.¹ He is the son of James Edwards Wontner-Smith and Emma Scamell.¹
     Moved to Canada, and was last heard of living in Montreal, Quebec in August 1905.¹

     Amy Wontner-Smith was born on 4 December 1875 at Essex Road, Islington, London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of James Edwards Wontner-Smith and Emma Scamell.¹ She married John William Ducat, son of David Andrew Ducat M.D. and Edith Mudie, on 1 June 1901 in a St Mary’s, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England marriage.¹ She died at St. Leonard’s-on-Sea, Sussex, England^G.¹

     John William Ducat was born on 8 February 1875.¹ He was the son of David Andrew Ducat M.D. and Edith Mudie.¹ He married Amy Wontner-Smith, daughter of James Edwards Wontner-Smith and Emma Scamell, on 1 June 1901 in a St Mary’s, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England marriage.¹ He died on 3 November 1938 at age 63.¹

     David Andrew Ducat M.D. married Edith Mudie.¹

     David Ducat was born on 1 June 1904 at Stoke Newington, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of John William Ducat and Amy Wontner-Smith.¹ He married Hilda Mildred Stokes on 22 April 1933 at Edmonton, London, England^G.¹ He died on 13 February 1989 at age 84 at Torquay, Devon, England^G.¹
     He graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1st class Honours in mathematics.¹ He was vice chairman and managing director of Metal Box Co. Ltd.¹ He was in the Ministry of Production between 1942 and 1945.¹ He was chairman of the British Tin Box Manufacturers’ Federation in 1952.¹ He became a Liveryman of the Worshipful COmpany of Merchant Taylors.¹ He was admitted to Freeman of the City of London.¹

     Hilda Mildred Stokes was born circa 1905 at Winchmore Hill, London, England^G.¹ She married David Ducat, son of John William Ducat and Amy Wontner-Smith, on 22 April 1933 at Edmonton, London, England^G.¹ She died on 22 February 2000.¹
     From 22 April 1933, her married name became Ducat.¹