Peerage Record – 25697

     Alfred Ashford lived at Bromley, Kent, England^G.¹

     Alfred Ashford was the son of Alfred Ashford.² He married Lady Winifred Anne Grizel Cochrane, daughter of Hon. Douglas Robert Hesketh Roger Cochrane and Enid Marion Davis, on 23 September 1967.¹ He died in 1981.¹

     Alexis Lee was born on 12 March 1969.¹ He is the son of Alfred Ashford and Lady Winifred Anne Grizel Cochrane.²
     He was given the name of Alexis Ashford at birth.¹ His name was legally changed to Alexis Lee by Deed Poll.¹

     John Robinson Benson was born on 18 March 1869 at Queensland, Australia^G.¹ He was the son of John Robinson Benson and Bertha D’Arcy.¹ He married Enid Wishaw.¹

     Enid Wishaw married John Robinson Benson, son of John Robinson Benson and Bertha D’Arcy.¹
     Her married name became Benson.¹

     Bertha D’Arcy is the daughter of William Francis D’Arcy and Elizabeth Baker Bradford.¹ She married John Robinson Benson.¹
     Her married name became Benson.¹

     Elizabeth Baker Bradford married William Francis D’Arcy, son of Lieutenant William D’Arcy and Mary Bartlett.¹
     Her married name became D’Arcy.¹

     Miranda Daphne Jane Smiley was born on 19 August 1940.¹ She was the daughter of Major Charles Michael Smiley and Lavinia Pearson.³ She married Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh, son of Major Arthur Onslow Edward Guinness, Viscount Elveden and Lady Elizabeth Cecilia Hare, on 12 March 1963.³ She and Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh were divorced in 1984.³ She died on 30 December 2010 at age 70.⁴
     From 12 March 1963, her married name became Guinness.³ After her marriage, Miranda Daphne Jane Smiley was styled as Countess of Iveagh on 14 September 1967.

     Major Charles Michael Smiley was born on 25 June 1910.¹ He was the son of Hubert Stewart Smiley and Elsie Hope Gill.² He married Lavinia Pearson, daughter of Major Hon. Bernard Clive Pearson and Hon. Alicia Mary Dorothea Knatchbull-Hugessen, on 15 September 1939.¹ He died in 1991.¹
     Major Charles Michael Smiley usually went by his middle name of Michael.¹ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was Major.¹ He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1940, where he became a POW.¹ He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)²

     Lady Marjorie Gwendoline Elsie Cochrane is the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald and Winifred Bamford-Hesketh.² She married Owsley Vincent Fydell Rowley, son of George Fydell Rowley and Alice Nina Corbet, on 1 June 1917.¹ She and Owsley Vincent Fydell Rowley were divorced in 1932.¹
     From 1 June 1917, her married name became Rowley.