Peerage Record – 17695

     Alfred Victor Mason married Cicely Bowyer-Smijth, daughter of Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Bt. and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm, in 1900.¹ He died in 1950.¹

     Wilhelmina Bowyer-Smijth was born after 1875.¹ She was the daughter of Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Bt. and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Arthur Baldwin Battye, son of Major Legh Richmond Battye and Margaret Fanny Jane Moffat, on 2 July 1904.¹ She died on 13 March 1946.¹
     From 2 July 1904, her married name became Battye.¹

     Lt.-Col. Arthur Baldwin Battye is the son of Major Legh Richmond Battye and Margaret Fanny Jane Moffat.^1,2 He married Wilhelmina Bowyer-Smijth, daughter of Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Bt. and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm, on 2 July 1904.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 6th King Edward’s Own Cavalry, Indian Army.¹

     Adela Bowyer-Smijth was born after 1875.¹ She was the daughter of Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Bt. and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm.¹ She married Cyril Charles Stafford Northcote, son of Stafford Charles Northcote and Rosa Annette Wilson, on 6 January 1903.¹ She died on 31 October 1963.¹
     From 6 January 1903, her married name became Northcote.¹

     Cyril Charles Stafford Northcote was born on 22 September 1874.² He was the son of Stafford Charles Northcote and Rosa Annette Wilson.^1,2 He married Adela Bowyer-Smijth, daughter of Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Bt. and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm, on 6 January 1903.¹ He died on 9 November 1946 at age 72.²
     He fought in the First World War between 1915 and 1918, where he was mentioned in despatches.²

     Stafford Charles Northcote was born on 22 December 1844.² He was the son of Stafford Henry Northcote and Isabella McNeill.² He married Rosa Annette Wilson, daughter of Henry Wilson, on 15 August 1871.² He died on 9 August 1903 at age 58.²

     Henry Bowyer-Smijth was born illegitimately between 1860 and 1866.¹ He was the son of Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Bt. and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm.¹ He died before 1870.¹

     Margaret Joan McCowan was the daughter of Samuel McCall McCowan.¹ She married Sir Philip Weyland Bowyer-Smyth, 14th Bt., son of Clement Weyland Bowyer-Smijth and Edith Maude Gray, on 24 June 1922.¹ She and Sir Philip Weyland Bowyer-Smyth, 14th Bt. were divorced in 1951.¹ She died on 2 July 1976.¹
     Margaret Joan McCowan usually went by her middle name of Joan.¹ From 24 June 1922, her married name became Bowyer-Smyth.¹ She gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Women’s Royal Army Corps (Territorial Army.)¹ She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1952.¹

     Samuel McCall McCowan lived at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹

     Veronica Mary Bower was the daughter of Captain Cyril Whichelo Bower.¹ She married Sir Philip Weyland Bowyer-Smyth, 14th Bt., son of Clement Weyland Bowyer-Smijth and Edith Maude Gray, on 9 June 1951. She died on 4 June 2007 at Poitiers, France^G.²
     From 9 June 1951, her married name became Bowyer-Smyth.¹ She lived in 2003 at Stour House, Fordwich, Kent, England^G.¹