Peerage Record – 23511

     Lady Geraldine Digby St. Lawrence is the daughter of Thomas St. Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth and Henriette Elizabeth Digby Barfoot.¹

     Robert Spear Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson was born on 15 August 1886.¹ He was the son of Robert William Hudson and Gerda Frances Marion Bushel Johnson.¹ He married Hannah Randolph, daughter of Philip Synge Physick Randolph, on 1 December 1918.² He died on 2 February 1957 at age 70.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Cumberland, Whitehaven Division between 1924 and 1929.¹ He was awarded the Companion of Honour (C.H.)² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Southport between 1931 and 1952.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1938.² He held the office of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries between 1940 and 1945.² He was created 1st Viscount Hudson, of Pewsey, co. Wilts [U.K.] on 5 January 1952.¹

     Robert William Hudson was born in 1856 at Staffordshire, England.¹ He was the son of Robert Spear Hudson and Mary Bell.^1,2 He married, firstly, Gerda Frances Marion Bushel Johnson, daughter of Robert Johnson.¹ He married, secondly, Beatrice Sabina Gaudengio, daughter of Laurenzo Gaudengio, in 1932.¹ He died in 1937.¹
     He held the office of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1903.¹ He lived at Bidston Court, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England^G.² He lived at Danesfield House, Buckinghamshire, England^G.² He lived at Villa Paloma, Monaco^G.¹

     Robert Spear Hudson was born on 6 December 1812 at West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England^G.² He was the son of Reverend John Hudson and Sarah Spear.² He married, firstly, Mary Bell, daughter of Samuel Bell, on 21 February 1854 at Crescent Chapel, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^2,3 He married, secondly, Emily Frances Gilroy, daughter of Peter Gilroy, on 15 September 1868 at Donnybrook, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.^2,3 He died on 6 August 1884 at age 71 at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.^2,3
     He was founder of Hudsons Dry Soap Powder in 1837.² He lived at Bache Hall, Cheshire, England^G.¹

     Gerda Frances Marion Bushel Johnson was born circa 1857 at London, England.² She was the daughter of Robert Johnson.¹ She married Robert William Hudson, son of Robert Spear Hudson and Mary Bell.¹ She died in 1932.¹
     Her married name became Hudson.¹

     Beatrice Sabina Gaudengio was the daughter of Laurenzo Gaudengio.¹ She married Robert William Hudson, son of Robert Spear Hudson and Mary Bell, in 1932.¹ She died in 1950.¹
     From 1932, her married name became Hudson.¹

     Laurenzo Gaudengio lived at Lucca, Italy^G.¹

     Hannah Randolph was the daughter of Philip Synge Physick Randolph.¹ She married Robert Spear Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson, son of Robert William Hudson and Gerda Frances Marion Bushel Johnson, on 1 December 1918.¹ She died on 24 April 1969.¹
     From 1 December 1918, her married name became Hudson.¹ After her marriage, Hannah Randolph was styled as Viscountess Hudson on 5 January 1952.

     Philip Synge Physick Randolph lived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.^G.¹