Peerage Record – 22555

     David Vernon Shakespear Miles was born on 12 August 1927.¹ He is the son of Alfred Shakespear Miles and Ethel Josephine Hirst.¹

     Margaret Elvira Miles was born on 18 August 1891.¹ She was the daughter of Alfred Miles and Edith Shakespear.¹ She married Norman Leslie on 7 April 1931.¹
     She was a nurse at British Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay^G.¹ From 7 April 1931, her married name became Leslie.¹

     Robert Hyde Villiers was born on 17 October 1943.¹ He was the son of Sir Charles English Hyde Villiers and Pamela Constance Flower.² He died on 17 October 1943.¹

     Norman Leslie married Margaret Elvira Miles, daughter of Alfred Miles and Edith Shakespear, on 7 April 1931.¹
     He was with the British Consular Service at Montevideo, Uruguay^G.¹

     Count Henri de la Barre d‘Erquelinnes lived at Jurbise, Belgium^G.¹

     Countess Marie José de la Barre d‘Erquelinnes was born on 30 April 1916 at Cuckfield, Sussex, England.² She was the daughter of Count Henri de la Barre d‘Erquelinnes.³ She married Sir Charles English Hyde Villiers, son of Algernon Hyde Villiers and Beatrix Elinor Paul, on 26 October 1946.¹ She died on 1 February 2015 at age 98.²
     She was with the Belgian Resistance during the Second World War.² From 26 October 1946, her married name became Villiers. She wrote the book Granny Was A Spy, published 1988.² She lived in 2003 at Blacknest House, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Diana Mary Villiers was born on 14 August 1947.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Charles English Hyde Villiers and Countess Marie José de la Barre d‘Erquelinnes.² She married Hon. John Dimitri Negroponte, son of Dimitri Negroponte, on 14 December 1976.¹
     She was awarded the Knight, Order of Leopold of Belgium in 1974.¹ From 14 December 1976, her married name became Negroponte.

     Hon. John Dimitri Negroponte is the son of Dimitri Negroponte.² He married Diana Mary Villiers, daughter of Sir Charles English Hyde Villiers and Countess Marie José de la Barre d‘Erquelinnes, on 14 December 1976.¹
     He was with the U.S. Foreign Service Officer.¹

     Anne Hyde Villiers was born on 25 January 1950.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Charles English Hyde Villiers and Countess Marie José de la Barre d‘Erquelinnes.² She married, firstly, Paul Nuttall Kesterton, son of Robin N. Kesterton, on 1 September 1973.¹ She married, secondly, Thomas Martin in 1993.¹
     From 1 September 1973, her married name became Kesterton. From 1993, her married name became Martin.¹