Peerage Record – 17370

     Hon. John Lothrop Motley married Mary Benjamin.
     He graduated with a Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)³ He held the office of U.S. Minister to the U.K.³ He held the office of U.S. Ambassador to the U.K.⁴ He was a U.S. historian.¹ He held the office of U.S. Minister to the Netherlands.⁵

     Mary Benjamin married Hon. John Lothrop Motley.
     Her married name became Motley.

     Mary Elizabeth Brinsley Sheridan was born on 19 October 1871 at Frampton Court, Dorset, England^G.^2,1 She was the daughter of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley.¹ She married, firstly, Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith, 1st Bt., son of Robert George Duff and Mary Astley, on 10 July 1894.¹ She and Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith, 1st Bt. were divorced.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Edward Paulet Stracey, 7th Bt., son of Sir Edward Henry Gervase Stracey, 6th Bt. and Mary Gertrude Des Voeux, on 17 December 1902.¹ She died on 10 April 1935 at age 63.³
     From 10 July 1894, her married name became Duff.¹ From 17 December 1902, her married name became Stracey.¹

     Sophie Florence Lothrop Sheridan was born on 19 September 1873 at Long Bredy, Dorset, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley.¹ She married, firstly, William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree, son of Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Bt. and Eliza Reid, on 29 September 1896.¹ She married, secondly, Francis Marion Bates Fisher, son of George Fisher and Laura Emma Tompkins, in 1947.² She died on 27 November 1952 at age 79.²
     From 29 September 1896, her married name became Walker.¹ She was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1918.³ After her marriage, Sophie Florence Lothrop Sheridan was styled as Baroness Wavertree on 27 October 1919. She was appointed Lady of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (L.G.St.J.)¹ She lived in 1937 at 54 Avenue Road, London, England^G.¹ From 1947, her married name became Fisher.² She was appointed Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)³

     Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born on 22 May 1874 at Frampton Court, Dorset, England^G.^2,1 He was the son of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley.¹ He was baptised on 1 July 1874 at Frampton Court, Dorset, England^G.² He died on 17 September 1901 at age 27 at Moddersfontein, South Africa^G, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He fought in the Boer War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 17th Lancers.¹

     John Lothrop Motley Sheridan was born on 21 June 1876 at Frampton Court, Dorset, England^G.¹ He was the son of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley.¹ He married Elizabeth Leally, daughter of John Leally, on 4 August 1906.²
     He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.² He fought in the Boer War.³

     Algernon Brinsley Sheridan was born on 21 June 1876 at Frampton Court, Dorset, England^G.^2,1 He was the son of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley.¹ He married Alice Louisa Dunford, daughter of John Thomas Dunford and Sarah Ann Viney, on 2 January 1909 at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales^G.² He died on 10 December 1952 at age 76 at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, Dorset, England.³
     He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.¹ He fought in the Boer War.⁴ He lived in 1937 at Southover Lodge, Dorchester, Dorchester, Dorset, England^G.¹

     Alice Louisa Dunford was born in 1888 at Abbotsbury, Dorset, England^G.² She was the daughter of John Thomas Dunford and Sarah Ann Viney.² She married Algernon Brinsley Sheridan, son of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley, on 2 January 1909 at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales^G.¹
     From 2 January 1909, her married name became Sheridan.¹

     Maurice Overing Sheridan was born on 9 November 1885.² He was the son of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley.²
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.² He lived in 1937 at Hawkchurch, Dorset, England^G.² He lived at Exeter, Devon, England^G.¹

     Elizabeth Knight married Richard Edgeworth, son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and Anna Maria Elers, at North Carolina, U.S.A.^G.¹
     Her married name became Edgeworth.¹