Peerage Record – 23208

     Isobel Diana Cripps was born on 2 September 1913 at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England^G.^1,2 She was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Stafford Cripps and Dame Isobel Swithinbank.¹ She married Lawrence Purcell Weaver, son of Sir Lawrence Weaver, on 20 September 1938.³ She died in December 1985 at age 72 at Oxfordshire, England^G.¹
     Isobel Diana Cripps usually went by her middle name of Diana.³ From 20 September 1938, her married name became Weaver.³ Her marriage to Lawrence Purcell Weaver was annulled in 1940.³

     Enid Margaret Cripps was born on 21 May 1921 at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Stafford Cripps and Dame Isobel Swithinbank.¹ She married Joseph Emmanuel Appiah, son of J.W. K. Appiah, on 18 July 1953 at St. John’s Church, St. John’s Wood, London, England^G.¹ She died on 11 February 2006 at age 84 at Komfoanokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana^G.¹
     From 18 July 1953, her married name became Appiah.^1,2 She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1996.³ She lived at Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana.²

     Joseph Emmanuel Appiah was born on 16 November 1918 at Adum, Kumasi, Ghana^G.¹ He was the son of J.W. K. Appiah.² He married Enid Margaret Cripps, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Stafford Cripps and Dame Isobel Swithinbank, on 18 July 1953 at St. John’s Church, St. John’s Wood, London, England^G.¹ He died on 6 July 1990 at age 71.¹ He was buried at Tafo Cemetery, Kumasi, Ghana^G.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) [Ghana] in 1956.¹ In 1957 he was imprisoned without trial by Nkrumah.¹ He held the office of Government Minister [Ghana] between 1966 and 1978.³ He wrote the book Joe Appiah: The Autobiography of an African Patriot, published 1990.³

     Kwame Anthony Akroma Ampim Kusi Appiah was born on 8 May 1954 at London, England^G.¹ He is the son of Joseph Emmanuel Appiah and Enid Margaret Cripps.¹
     He was educated at Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset, England^G.² He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He was a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Harvard University, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.^G.² He was a professor of philosophy between 1991 and 2002 at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.^G.¹ He wrote the book In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture, published 1993.³ He wrote the book In My Father’s House, published 1997.² He was Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy in 2002 at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Elizabeth Wilkinson is the daughter of Johnson Wilkinson.¹ She married Henry Thomas Colebrooke, son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Bt. and Mary Gaynor, in 1810.¹
     From 1810, her married name became Colebrooke.¹

     Louisa Ann (?) married, firstly, Captain Hy Stuart before 1820.¹ She married, secondly, Sir James Edward Colebrooke, 3rd Bt., son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Bt. and Mary Gaynor, on 31 January 1820.¹
     From before 1820, her married name became Stuart.¹ From 31 January 1820, her married name became Colebrooke.¹ In 1841 she remarried for a third time.²

     Captain Hy Stuart married Louisa Ann (?) before 1820.¹ He died before 1820.¹

     Elizabeth Margaret Richardson was born on 14 June 1823 at Westminster, London, England.² She was the daughter of John Richardson and Elizabeth (?)² She married Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Bt., son of Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Elizabeth Wilkinson, on 15 January 1857.¹ She died on 26 October 1896 at age 73 at Westminster, London, England.²
     From 15 January 1857, her married name became Colebrooke.¹

     Roland John Colebrooke was born in 1864 at St. George, Hanover Square, London, England.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Bt. and Elizabeth Margaret Richardson.¹ He died on 19 January 1910 at Barnet, Hertfordshire, England.¹