Peerage Record – 24456

     John Reeder Makeig-Jones lived at Southerton House, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England^G.¹ He was with the Indian Civil Service.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Teresa Mary Readman was born on 23 June 1947.¹ She was also reported to have been born on 23 January 1947.² She is the daughter of Colonel Alexander George Jeremy Readman and Mary Kay Curtis.³ She married Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham, son of Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham and Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones, in 1973.³
     Teresa Mary Readman usually went by her middle name of Tessa.³ From 1973, her married name became Lyttelton.³ After her marriage, Teresa Mary Readman was styled as Viscountess Cobham on 13 July 2006.

     Colonel Alexander George Jeremy Readman was born in 1920.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Jeffrey Readman.³ He married Mary Kay Curtis, daughter of Major Timothy Herbert William Curtis and Edith Marjorie Kay, on 10 June 1939.³ He died on 6 August 1973 at Chelmsford, Essex, England^G.²
     He lived at The Old Rectory, Fairstead, Essex, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the Royal Scots Greys.³ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹

     Mary Kay Curtis was born on 24 July 1917.² She was the daughter of Major Timothy Herbert William Curtis and Edith Marjorie Kay.² She married Colonel Alexander George Jeremy Readman, son of Lt.-Col. John Jeffrey Readman, on 10 June 1939.² She died on 8 January 2007 at age 89.³
     From 10 June 1939, her married name became Readman. She lived in 2003 at 15 Victoria Square, London, England^G.²

     Major Timothy Herbert William Curtis was born on 3 August 1882 at Folkestone, Kent, England^G.² He was the son of Colonel Charles Herbert Curtis and Frances Edith Pinckney.³ He married Edith Marjorie Kay, daughter of Frederick Aldcroft Kay and Edith Crosland, on 11 January 1913.³ He died on 11 June 1966 at age 83 at Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex, England^G.²
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.³ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.³ He gained the rank of Major in the 19th Royal Hussars.³ He fought in the Boer War in 1901.³ He fought in the Somaliland campaign in 1908.³ He gained the rank of Major in the East Surrey Militia.³ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1915.³ He was Assistant Chief Constable with the War Department Constabulary between 1940 and 1947.³

     Hon. Oliver Christopher Lyttelton was born on 24 February 1976.¹ He is the son of Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham and Teresa Mary Readman.¹

     Hon. Sophie Emma Lyttelton was born in 1978.¹ She is the daughter of Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham and Teresa Mary Readman.¹ She married George Frederick Merrylees, son of John Merrylees.²
     Her married name became Merrylees.²

     Romilly Barker is the daughter of H. Michael Barker.¹ She married Hon. Richard Cavendish Lyttelton, son of Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham and Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones, on 24 April 1971.¹
     From 24 April 1971, her married name became Lyttelton.¹