Peerage Record – 27032

     Somers Henry Payne was the son of John Warren Payne-Sheares and Sarah Warren.
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He was a practising Barrister-at-law.¹ He lived at Carrigmahon, Monkstown, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹

     Major Richard Ludlow Beamish was born on 5 April 1922.¹ He was the son of Major Richard de Beaumont Beamish and Edith Elizabeth Payne.¹ He married Heather Margaret Ensor Lock, daughter of Major Henry Osmond Lock, on 25 August 1951.¹ He died on 11 May 2008 at age 86 at Whipps Cross Hospital, Waltham Forest, London, England.²
     He was educated at Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He retired from the military in 1958, with the rank of Major, late of the 15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars.¹ He was the Pensions Manager for Thorn Electrical Industries, Ltd.¹ As of 1976, Major Richard Ludlow Beamish lived at 17 The Charter Road, Woodford Green, Essex, England^G.¹

     Heather Margaret Ensor Lock was the daughter of Major Henry Osmond Lock.¹ She married Major Richard Ludlow Beamish, son of Major Richard de Beaumont Beamish and Edith Elizabeth Payne, on 25 August 1951.¹ She died before 2008.²
     From 25 August 1951, her married name became Beamish.¹

     Rachel Mary Bankes was born in 1893 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.¹ He was the son of Jerome Nugent Bankes and Muriel Frances Wingfield-Digby.¹

     David Richard Beamish was born on 20 August 1952.¹ He is the son of Major Richard Ludlow Beamish and Heather Margaret Ensor Lock.¹
     He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from St. John’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ and with a Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.) in 1974.¹ He was a Clerk in the Parliament Office, House of Lords.¹

     Peter Henry Ludlow Beamish was born on 9 November 1957.¹ He is the son of Major Richard Ludlow Beamish and Heather Margaret Ensor Lock.¹
     He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England^G.¹

     Patricia Anne Beamish was born on 7 July 1954.¹ She is the daughter of Major Richard Ludlow Beamish and Heather Margaret Ensor Lock.¹

     Caroline Margaret Beamish was born on 18 February 1963.¹ She is the daughter of Major Richard Ludlow Beamish and Heather Margaret Ensor Lock.¹

     Elizabeth Travers Beamish was born on 23 February 1925.¹ She is the daughter of Major Richard de Beaumont Beamish and Edith Elizabeth Payne.¹ She married Captain Eric Guildford Harper, son of Joseph Henry Harper, on 13 February 1943.¹
     From 13 February 1943, her married name became Harper.¹

     Captain Eric Guildford Harper is the son of Joseph Henry Harper.¹ He married Elizabeth Travers Beamish, daughter of Major Richard de Beaumont Beamish and Edith Elizabeth Payne, on 13 February 1943.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Cheshire Regiment.¹ As of 1976, Captain Eric Guildford Harper lived at Wyke, Mill Terrace, Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹