Peerage Record – 24551

     General John Cheape Brooke was born on 16 May 1818.² He was the son of Charles William Brooke.² He married Emma Caroline Smith, daughter of General Lucius Horton Smith and Emma Lydia Gardiner, on 27 October 1849.¹ He died on 23 January 1899 at age 80.²

     Hon. Charlotte Bateman-Hanbury was born on 4 May 1825 at London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon and Elizabeth Chichester.¹ She was baptised on 27 May 1825 at St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London, England.² She married, firstly, Major George John Whyte-Melville, son of John Whyte-Melville and Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne, on 7 August 1847 at London, England^G.¹ She married, secondly, Reverend Henry Peter Higginson, son of Henry Higginson and Anna Rountree, on 2 June 1886 at Geneva, Switzerland^G.³ She married, thirdly, Leslie Fraser Duncan, son of Joseph Duncan and Jane Fraser, on 7 June 1890 at Greenwich, London, England^G.^1,3 She was also reported to have been married on 7 August 1847 at Bennochy, Fife, Scotland^G.² She died on 29 October 1912 at age 87 at Marylebone, London, England^G.^1,3 She was buried at St. Mary’s Church, Whersted, Suffolk, England^G.³
     From 7 August 1847, her married name became Whyte-Melville.¹ From 2 June 1886, her married name became Higginson.³ Her marriage to Reverend Henry Peter Higginson was annulled in September 1887.³ From 7 June 1890, her married name became Duncan.¹

     Thomas John Lucas-Clements was born on 6 September 1962.¹ He is the son of John Nesbitt Lucas-Clements and Rosemary Anne Harman.¹

     Florence Elizabeth Whyte-Melville was born on 26 August 1848 at Marylebone, London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Major George John Whyte-Melville and Hon. Charlotte Bateman-Hanbury.¹ She married Clotworthy John Eyre Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene, son of John Skeffington, 10th Viscount Massereene and Olivia Deane Grady, on 4 October 1870 at St. Peter’s, Onslow Gardens, London, England^G.² She died on 14 October 1929 at age 81 at London, England^G.³
     After her marriage, Florence Elizabeth Whyte-Melville was styled as Viscountess Massereene on 4 October 1870. From 4 October 1870, her married name became Skeffington.²

     Clotworthy John Eyre Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene was born on 9 October 1842 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He was the son of John Skeffington, 10th Viscount Massereene and Olivia Deane Grady.^1,2 He married Florence Elizabeth Whyte-Melville, daughter of Major George John Whyte-Melville and Hon. Charlotte Bateman-Hanbury, on 4 October 1870 at St. Peter’s, Onslow Gardens, London, England^G.¹ He died on 26 June 1905 at age 62 at London, England^G.¹
     He was Lieutenant of County Louth and Drogheda.² He succeeded as the 4th Baron Oriel of Ferrard, co. Louth [U.K., 1821] on 28 April 1863.² He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Ferrard, co. Louth [I., 1797] on 28 April 1863.² He succeeded as the 11th Viscount Massereene, co. Antrim [I., 1660] on 28 April 1863.² He succeeded as the 11th Baron of Loughneagh, co. Antrim [I., 1660] on 28 April 1863.² He succeeded as the 4th Baron Oriel of Collon, co. Louth [I., 1790] on 28 April 1863.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Antrim Militia.²

     Leslie Fraser Duncan was born on 2 October 1821 at Blairnhall, Birnie, Morayshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of Joseph Duncan and Jane Fraser.¹ He married, firstly, Louisa Clissold Daniell, daughter of Joseph Clissold Daniell and Sarah Tocknell, on 7 August 1847.² He married, secondly, Jane Martin, daughter of John Martin, on 16 June 1868 at Kensington, London, England^G.² He married, thirdly, Emma Maria Hanson Dodds, daughter of William Dodds and Sarah Mary Lewis, on 7 May 1881 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England^G.² He married, fourthly, Hon. Charlotte Bateman-Hanbury, daughter of William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon and Elizabeth Chichester, on 7 June 1890 at Greenwich, London, England^G.^1,2 He died on 21 November 1913 at age 92 at Hyde Park, London, England^G, from a fall.¹
     He was given the name of Joseph Duncan at birth.¹ He was proprietor of the Matrimonial News between 1870 and 1890.¹ In 1891 he lost an action for breach of promise of marriage brought by a Miss Gladys Knowles (aged 22), who was awarded £10,000 damages.¹

     Joseph Duncan was born on 2 March 1785.² He married Jane Fraser.¹ He died on 14 September 1863 at age 78.²

     Jane Fraser was born circa 1793.² She married Joseph Duncan.¹ She died on 7 April 1865.²
     Her married name became Duncan.¹

     Lydia Sarah Harding is the daughter of Martin Harding.¹ She married William David Feilding, son of David Charles Feilding and Elizabeth Alice Fletcher, in 1980.¹
     From 1980, her married name became Feilding.¹

     Martin Harding lived at Chelsea, London, England^G.¹