Peerage Record – 18619

     Rose Amelia Clifton was born on 19 November 1952.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Peter Thomas Clifton and Patricia Mary Adela Gibson-Watt.¹ She married Hon. Mark William Vestey, son of Captain Hon. William Howarth Vestey and Helen Pamela Fullerton Melba Armstrong, on 6 February 1975.¹
     From 6 February 1975, her married name became Vestey. She lived in 2003 at Dummer House, Dummer, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Robert Cooper was born illegitimately on 5 March 1821 at London, England^G.¹ He was the son of Sir Horace David Cholwell St. Paul, 1st Bt. and Henrietta Campbell Cupples.¹ He married Anne Maria Davidson on 26 September 1848 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada^G.¹ He died on 19 June 1866 at age 45 at Huron County, Ontario, Canada^G.¹
     He was a judge.¹

     Hon. Mark William Vestey was born on 16 April 1943.² He was the son of Captain Hon. William Howarth Vestey and Helen Pamela Fullerton Melba Armstrong.² He married Rose Amelia Clifton, daughter of Lt.-Col. Peter Thomas Clifton and Patricia Mary Adela Gibson-Watt, on 6 February 1975.¹ He died on 5 November 2016 at age 73.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² In March 1955 he was granted the rank of a baron’s younger son.² He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.² He lived in 2003 at Foxcote Manor, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, England.²

     William Bruce was born on 12 July 1876.¹ He was the son of Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce, 4th Bt. and Ellen Maud Ricardo.¹ He married Constance Mary Mansergh, daughter of Colonel Richard Charles William Mansergh, on 9 August 1900.¹
     He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the East Yorkshire Regiment.¹ He fought in the Zululand Campaign in 1906.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1915 and 1916, where he was wounded twice.¹

     Colonel Richard Charles William Mansergh was born on 24 July 1846.² He was the son of Richard Martin Southcote Mansergh.² He died on 16 October 1883 at age 37.²

     Constance Mary Mansergh was born on 26 July 1872.² She was the daughter of Colonel Richard Charles William Mansergh.¹ She married, firstly, T. A. R. Purchas on 21 August 1895.^1,2 She married, secondly, William Bruce, son of Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce, 4th Bt. and Ellen Maud Ricardo, on 9 August 1900.¹
     From 21 August 1895, her married name became Purchas.¹ From 9 August 1900, her married name became Bruce.

     Henry James Bruce was born on 1 November 1880.¹ He was the son of Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce, 4th Bt. and Ellen Maud Ricardo.¹ He married Tamara Karsavina, daughter of Platon Karsavin, in 1915.¹ He died on 10 September 1951 at age 70.¹
     He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1907.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1917.¹ He was First Secretary of the Diplomatic Service.¹ He was British Delegate to the Inter-Allied Commission on Bulgaria in 1925.¹ He was Adviser to the National Bank of Hungary between 1931 and 1939.¹ He wrote the book Thirty Dozen Moons.¹ He wrote the book Silken Dalliances.¹

     Platon Karsavin lived at St. Petersburg, Russia^G.¹

     Tamara Karsavina was the daughter of Platon Karsavin.¹ She married Henry James Bruce, son of Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce, 4th Bt. and Ellen Maud Ricardo, in 1915.¹ She died in 1991.¹ She was also reported to have died in 1978.²
     She was a ballerina.¹ From 1915, her married name became Bruce.

     Nikita Bruce was born on 5 January 1916.¹ He was the son of Henry James Bruce and Tamara Karsavina.¹ He married, firstly, Kay Bannerman, daughter of Captain Robert George Bannerman, in March 1940.¹ He and Kay Bannerman were divorced in 1945.¹ He married, secondly, Dorothy Mary Norah Mostyn Bell, daughter of William Mostyn Bell, on 30 March 1957.¹ He died in May 2002 at age 86 at Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War, in the Sherwood Foresters and the Intelligence Corps.¹ He was an advertising executive for Schweppes.¹ He lived at 38 Longfield Drive, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹