Peerage Record – 24443

     Edwina Gay Coombe was born on 27 January 1963.¹ She is the daughter of James Stafford Coombe and Susan Marjory Collett.²

     Georgina Susan Coombe was born in 1974.¹ She is the daughter of James Stafford Coombe and Susan Marjory Collett.²

     Genevieve Frances Coombe was born in 1983.¹ She is the daughter of James Stafford Coombe and Susan Marjory Collett.²

     John de Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham (of Runham) was born in 1319.¹ He was the son of Stephen de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham (of Runham) and Avice (?)¹ He died on 14 September 1362.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Cobham, of Runham [E., 1326] in 1332.¹ In 1342 he was in the French expedition.¹ He was appointed Knight between 1342 and 1346.¹

     Thomas Cobham, 3rd Lord Cobham (of Runham) was born in 1343.¹ He was the son of John de Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham (of Runham).¹ He married, firstly, Maud Morice, daughter of Thomas Morice.¹ He married, secondly, Beatrice (?) after 1389.¹ He died from 1393 to 1394.¹ He was buried at Birling, Kent, England^G.¹
     He succeeded as the 3rd Lord Cobham, of Runham [E., 1326] on 14 September 1362.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent in 1376.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent in 1382.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent in 1384.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent in 1390.¹

     Margaret Edith Collett was born on 27 April 1898.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Charles Henry Collett, 1st Bt. and Lilian Louisa Ionn.² She died in August 1913 at age 15.¹

     Maud Morice was the daughter of Thomas Morice.¹ She married Thomas Cobham, 3rd Lord Cobham (of Runham), son of John de Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham (of Runham).¹ She died between 1380 and 1389.¹
     Her married name became Cobham.¹

     Sir Henry Seymour Collett, 2nd Bt. was born on 14 February 1893.¹ He was the son of Sir Charles Henry Collett, 1st Bt. and Lilian Louisa Ionn.² He married Ruth Mildred Hatch, daughter of William Thomas Hatch, on 22 November 1920.¹ He died on 6 January 1971 at age 77.²
     He was educated at Bishop’s Stortford College, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded twice, and became a POW.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Suffolk Regiment and Royal Flying Corps.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Collett, of Bridge Ward in the City of London [U.K., 1934] on 23 November 1938.² He was awarded the National Order of the Ivory Coast in 1962.² He was awarded the Commander, Royal Order of the Phoneix of Greece in 1963.²

     William Thomas Hatch lived at Bromley, Kent, England^G.¹ He was registered as a Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.)¹

     Ruth Mildred Hatch was the daughter of William Thomas Hatch.² She married Sir Henry Seymour Collett, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Charles Henry Collett, 1st Bt. and Lilian Louisa Ionn, on 22 November 1920.¹ She died in 1994.¹
     From 22 November 1920, her married name became Collett.