Peerage Record – 18293

     Charles Brotherton-Ratcliffe was born on 16 November 1926.² He was the son of Edward Brotherton-Ratcliffe and Germaine Ida ‘t Hoen.^1,2 He died on 19 September 2009 at age 82.³

     Edward Brotherton-Ratcliffe was born on 10 September 1915.² He was the son of Edward Brotherton-Ratcliffe and Germaine Ida ‘t Hoen.^1,2 He married Eleanor Marie Louise Curtis, daughter of Henry Curtis, on 21 August 1937 at St. James’s Church, Spanish Place, London, England.^2,3 He died on 21 January 1943 at age 27 at North Africa^G, killed in action.²
     He fought in the Second World War.²

     Eleanor Marie Louise Curtis is the daughter of Henry Curtis.¹ She married Edward Brotherton-Ratcliffe, son of Edward Brotherton-Ratcliffe and Germaine Ida ‘t Hoen, on 21 August 1937 at St. James’s Church, Spanish Place, London, England.^1,2
     From 21 August 1937, her married name became Brotherton-Ratcliffe.

     Lieutenant Alfred Victor Ratcliffe was born in 1887 at Gravesend, Kent, England.² He was the son of Frederick Edwin Ratcliffe and Florence Anne Brotherton.¹ He and Pauline Benson Clough were engaged.² He died in 1916, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Dulwich College, Dulwich, Surrey, England^G.² He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.² He was a poet, published in several anthologies of First World War poerty.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment.¹ He fought in the Battle of the Somme.¹
     He was a close friend of Rupert Brooke.¹

     Thomas Thompson Elliot was the son of Sir George Elliot, 1st Bt.¹ He married Margaret Walker Elliot.
     He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

     Sir George Elliot, 1st Bt. was born circa 1812. He died on 23 December 1893.
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for North Durham.¹

     Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was born on 22 May 1907 at Dorking, Surrey, England^G.¹ He was the son of Reverend Gerald Kerr Olivier and Agnes Louise Crookenden.^1,3 He married, firstly, Jill Esmond, daughter of Henry Vernon Esmond and Eva Moore, in 1930.¹ He and Jill Esmond were divorced in 1940.¹ He married, secondly, Vivien Leigh, daughter of Ernest Hartley, on 30 August 1940 at Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.^G.¹ He and Vivien Leigh were divorced on 2 December 1960.⁴ He married, thirdly, Dame Joan Ann Plowright, daughter of William Ernest Plowright and Daisy Margaret Burton, on 18 March 1961 at Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.A.^G.⁵ He died on 11 July 1989 at age 82 at Steyning, Sussex, England^G.⁵
     He was educated at St. Edward’s School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Elsie Fogerty’s Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War, in the Fleet Air Arm.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1947.¹ He was an actor. He was created Baron Olivier, of Brighton in the County of Sussex [U.K. Life Peer] on 5 March 1971.⁶ He was awarded the Order of Merit (O.M.) in 1981.¹

     Reverend Gerald Kerr Olivier was born in 1869.¹ He was the son of Reverend Henry Arnold Olivier and Anne Elizabeth Hardcastle Arnould.¹ He married, firstly, Agnes Louise Crookenden, daughter of I. A. Crookenden, in 1898.¹ He married, secondly, Isobel Buchanan Ronaldean, daughter of Thomas Ronaldean, in 1924.¹ He died on 30 March 1939.¹
     He was the minister at St. Martin’s Church, Dorking, Surrey, England^G.² He was the Rector between 1918 and 1924 at Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He was the Rector between 1924 and 1930 at Addington, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹

     Reverend Henry Arnold Olivier was born on 18 February 1826.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. Henry Stephen Olivier and Mary Dacres.² He married Anne Elizabeth Hardcastle Arnould, daughter of Joseph Arnould and Elizabeth Hardcastle.² He died in 1912.¹
     He was the Rector at Poulshot, Wiltshire, England^G.² He lived at Shapley Hill, Winchfield, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He also had three other daughters.²