Peerage Record – 17421

     Raphael Douglas, Baron von Banfield was born on 2 June 1922 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England^G.¹ He married Maria delle Grazie dei Conti Brandolini d’Adda, daughter of Conte Carlo Brandolini d’Adda, Conte di Valmareno and Dona Maria José Alvares Pereira de Melo, on 27 December 1976.¹
     Raphael Douglas, Baron von Banfield used the stage-name of Raffaello de Banfield.¹

     Roland Borrie was born in 1918 at Redcar, Yorkshire, North Riding, England^G.¹ He was the son of Albert Victor Borrie and Hannah Nixon.¹ He died on 24 February 1967 at Redcar, Yorkshire, North Riding, England^G, unmarried.¹
     He was educated at Coatham School, Coatham, England^G.¹ He was a solicitor, with Nixon & Nixon, and then Mortimer, Goundry & Macallum.¹ Circa 1954 he purchased Albert Borrie & Sons from his uncle.¹

     Ernest Borrie was born on 29 May 1887 at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, North Riding, England^G.¹ He was the son of Albert Borrie and Beatrice Amelia Gertrude Johnson.¹ He married Annie Britton, daughter of John Britton and Mary Jane Sidgwick.¹ He died on 27 May 1959 at age 71.¹
     He was educated at Middlesbrough High School, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, North Riding, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, serving in the King’s Own Royal Lancasters, in Bangalore, the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.¹ He was a solicitor, with Albert Borrie & Sons.¹

     Annie Britton was born in 1884 at 76 Schoolcroft, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, North Riding, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of John Britton and Mary Jane Sidgwick.¹ She married Ernest Borrie, son of Albert Borrie and Beatrice Amelia Gertrude Johnson.¹ She died on 11 February 1972 at Redcar, Yorkshire, North Riding, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Borrie.¹

     John Britton was born in 1852.² He was the son of George Britton and Anne Foxcroft.² He married Mary Jane Sidgwick. He died in 1898.²
     He lived at Schoolcroft, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, North Riding, England.²

     Mary Jane Sidgwick was born in 1855.² She married John Britton, son of George Britton and Anne Foxcroft. She died in 1931.²
     Her married name became Britton.

     Albert Ernest Borrie was born on 31 December 1919 at 30 FitzWilliam Street, Redcar, Yorkshire, North Riding, England^G.¹ He was the son of Ernest Borrie and Annie Britton.¹ He married Dorothy Pacey, daughter of Sydney Clayton Pacey and Beatrice Alice Ringrose, in 1947.¹ He died on 28 September 2007 at age 87.²
     He was educated at Coatham School, Coatham, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War, in the Green Howards, fighting at Dunkirk and North Africa. He was captuerd personally by Rommel, and was a POW in Italy, Landau and Poland.¹ He was an articled clerk, with Albert Borries & Sons.¹ He was a solicitor, Clerk to Justices.¹