Peerage Record – 25546

     William Maddock was born in 1868 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He was the son of William Maddock and Samia Nesbitt Briscoe.¹

     Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel was born on 6 November 1870.¹ He was the son of Edwin Louis Samuel and Clara Yates.³ He married Beatrice Miriam Franklin, daughter of Ellis Abraham Franklin, on 17 November 1897.¹ He died in 1963.¹
     He was educated at University College School, Hampstead, London, England^G.¹ He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1893 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1897 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Cleveland between 1902 and 1918.¹ He held the office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Department between 1905 and 1909.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1908.¹ He held the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1909 and 1919.¹ He held the office of Postmaster-General between 1910 and 1914.¹ He held the office of president of the Local Government Board between 1914 and 1915.¹ He held the office of Postmaster-General between 1915 and 1916.¹ He held the office of Home Secretary between January 1916 and December 1916.¹ He was president of the Royal Statistical Society between 1918 and 1920.¹ He was British Special Commissioner to Belgium in 1919.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) in 1920.¹ He held the office of High Commissioner to Palestine between 1920 and 1922.¹ He held the office of High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief to Palestine between 1922 and 1925.¹ He was chairman of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry between 1925 and 1926.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1926.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Darwen between 1929 and 1935.¹ He was president of the Royal Institue of Philosophy between 1931 and 1963.¹ He held the office of Home Secretary between August 1931 and September 1932.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Samuel, of Mount Carmel, and of Toxteth, in the City of Liverpool [U.K.] on 8 June 1937.¹ He wrote the book Belief and Action.¹ He wrote the book Memoirs.¹ He wrote the book A Book of Quotations.¹ He wrote the book In Search of Reality.¹ He wrote the book A Threefold Card: Philosophy, Science, Religion.¹ He wrote the book Liberalism: its Principles and Proposals.¹ He was awarded the Order of Merit (O.M.) in 1958.¹

     Beatrice Miriam Franklin was born circa 1871.³ She was the daughter of Ellis Abraham Franklin.¹ She married Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, son of Edwin Louis Samuel and Clara Yates, on 17 November 1897.¹ She died on 13 September 1959.¹
     From 17 November 1897, her married name became Samuel.¹ After her marriage, Beatrice Miriam Franklin was styled as Viscountess Samuel on 8 June 1937.

     Ellis Abraham Franklin lived at Bayswater, London, England.²

     Catherine Odell is the daughter of John FitzCharles Odell and Margaret Cornwall.¹ She married Samuel Raymond in 1781.¹
     From 1781, her married name became Raymond.¹

     Samuel Raymond married Catherine Odell, daughter of John FitzCharles Odell and Margaret Cornwall, in 1781.¹

     Hon. Anne Geraldine de Courcy was the daughter of John de Courcy, 19th Lord Kingsale and Susan Blennerhassett.² She married James John Hamilton, son of Henry Hamilton and Mary Wetherall, in 1821.¹ She died on 20 February 1855.¹
     From 1821, her married name became Hamilton.¹

     Archibald Hamilton, 5th of Raploch was the son of James Hamilton, 3rd of Raploch and Isabel Weir of Blackwood.² He married, secondly, Margaret Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton of Newton and unknown daughter Somerville.³ He married, firstly, Marion Ogilvie.
     He lived at Raploch, Lanarkshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Gawen Hamilton is the son of Reverend Hans Hamilton and Janet Denham.¹
     He lived at Ballygally, County Waterford, Ireland^G.¹