Peerage Record – 1909

     John Dawnay, 9th Viscount Downe was born on 23 May 1872.² He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe and Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux.¹ He married Dorothy ffolkes, daughter of Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes, 3rd Bt. and Emily Charlotte Elwes, on 24 July 1902.² He died on 1 December 1931 at age 59.²
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 10th Hussars.² He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1901, where he was mentioned in despatches.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of the North Riding, Yorkshire.² He gained the rank of Major in the Norfolk Yeomanry.² He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)² He gained the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel.² He fought in the First World War.² He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.² He was Military Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the North Riding, Yorkshire.² He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Dawnay of Danby [U.K., 1897] on 21 January 1924.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Viscount Downe [I., 1681] on 21 January 1924.¹

     William Patrick Filmer-Sankey is the son of Commander Edmund Richard Filmer-Sankey.¹ He married Lady Ursula Mary Olivia Grosvenor, daughter of Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West, on 23 July 1924.¹ He and Lady Ursula Mary Olivia Grosvenor were divorced in 1940.¹ He married Waltraud Wirsching in 1960.²
     He gained the rank of officer in the 1st Life Guards.¹

     Major Stephen Vernon was the son of Bernard Morris Vernon.¹ He married Lady Ursula Mary Olivia Grosvenor, daughter of Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West, on 5 October 1940.¹ He died on 18 June 1989.¹
     He lived at Fairyfield, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹

     Brig.-Gen. Edward Langford Sullivan was born on 8 January 1865.² He was the son of T. K. Sullivan.³ He married Winifred Burns, daughter of Adam Burns.⁴ He died on 7 July 1949 at age 84 at Jersey, Channel Islands.²
     He was commissioned in 1885 with the rank of Lieutenant, in the service of the Leicestershire Regiment.² He fought in the Burma War between 1888 and 1889.² He fought in the Dongola Expedition in 1896.² He gained the rank of Captain in 1896 in the Indian Army.² He fought in the Tirah Campaign between 1897 and 1898, where he was severely wounded.² He fought in the Waziristan Campaign between 1901 and 1902, where he was mentioned in dispatches.² He gained the rank of Major in 1903.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1910.² He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, where he was mentioned in dispatches three times.² He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1915.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1915.² He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1918.¹ He lived at 55 Rouge Bouillon, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.^1,2

     Sir Edmund Cheyney married Alice Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford and Elizabeth Mautravers.²
     He lived at Broke, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He lived at Ottery, Devon, England.¹ He was also known as Sir Henry Cheyney.² He was also known as Sir Edmund Cheyne.³

     Hon. Elizabeth Willoughby was the daughter of Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby de Broke and Blanche Champernowne.² She married William FitzAlan, 11th/18th Earl of Arundel, son of Thomas FitzAlan, 10th/17th Earl of Arundel and Lady Margaret Woodville, before 1510.¹
     From before 1510, her married name became FitzAlan.¹

     Donald Hugh McMorran was born in 1983.¹ He is the son of William George McMorran and Janet Felicity Arbuthnott.¹

     Margaret St. John was the daughter of John St. John, 1st Lord St. John of Basing and Isabel Courtenay.¹ She married John Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset), son of John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Joan Chenduit.¹ She died on 19 November 1361.¹
     Her married name became Beauchamp.¹ After her marriage, Margaret St. John was styled as Baroness Beauchamp on 29 November 1336.