Peerage Record – 2733

     Aileen Jane Chartres Boyle was born on 13 August 1896.² She was the daughter of William McCormac Boyle and Ellen Olympia Tayler.^1,3 She married Charles Daniel Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford, son of Major Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford and Marcella Araminta Victoria Ross, on 7 February 1918.¹ She died on 30 August 1977 at age 81.⁴
     Her married name became Finch-Knightley. She succeeded as the Countess of Aylesford on 28 May 1940. In 1976 at Packington Hall, Meriden, Warwickshire, England^G, (an unknown value.)²

     William McCormac Boyle was born in 1870.² He was the son of Hugh Boyle and Jane Boomer Charters.³ He married, firstly, Ellen Olympia Tayler, daughter of William Vansittart Graham Tayler and Juliette Georgina Harington Palmer.² He married, secondly, Tempe Isabel Frances Lattey, daughter of Arthur Pittar Lattey, on 15 September 1906.² He died on 14 July 1950.²
     He lived at County Armagh, Ireland^G.¹

     Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford was born on 2 November 1918.¹ He was the son of Charles Daniel Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford and Aileen Jane Chartres Boyle.¹ He married Margaret Rosemary Tyer, daughter of Major Austin Arnold Tyer, on 21 March 1946.¹ He died on 19 February 2008 at age 89.²
     He was educated at Oundle School, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was wounded.³ He gained the rank of Captain in the Black Watch.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Warwickshire in 1948.³ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Warwickshire in 1954.³ He succeeded as the 11th Earl of Aylesford, co. Kent [G.B., 1714] on 20 March 1958.¹ He succeeded as the 11th Baron of Guernsey [E., 1703] on 20 March 1958.¹ He held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands between 1964 and 1974.³ He was appointed Knight, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.St.J.)³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands between 1974 and 1993.³ He lived in 1999 at Packington Old Hall, Coventry, Warwickshire, England^G.³

     Margaret Rosemary Tyer was the daughter of Major Austin Arnold Tyer.¹ She married Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford, son of Charles Daniel Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford and Aileen Jane Chartres Boyle, on 21 March 1946.¹ She died in 1989.²
     Her married name became Finch-Knightley.

     Major Austin Arnold Tyer was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)² He was registered as a Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.)² He lived at Tunstall, Wadhurst, Sussex, England^G.¹ He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)²

     Heneage Charles Finch-Knightley, 12th Earl of Aylesford was born on 27 March 1947.¹ He is the son of Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford and Margaret Rosemary Tyer.¹ He married Penelope Anstice Crawley, daughter of Kenneth Arnold Gibbs Crawley and Mary Pamela Vickers, in 1971.¹
     Heneage Charles Finch-Knightley, 12th Earl of Aylesford usually went by his middle name of Charles.² He was educated at Oundle School, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England^G.¹ He was styled as Lord Guernsey between 1958 and 2008.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of West Midlands between 1986 and 1990.² He held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands in 1990.² He lived in 1999 at Packington Hall, Meriden, Coventry, Warwickshire, England^G.² He succeeded as the 12th Earl of Aylesford, co. Kent [G.B., 1714] on 19 February 2008.³ He succeeded as the 12th Baron of Guernsey [E., 1703] on 19 February 2008.³

     Hon. Anthony Heneage Finch-Knightley was born on 27 April 1920.¹ He was the son of Charles Daniel Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford and Aileen Jane Chartres Boyle.¹ He married Susan Mary Palmer, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Geoffrey Woodroffe Palmer, on 12 June 1948.¹ He died on 15 October 1995 at age 75.¹
     He was educated at Oundle School, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Black Watch.¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Captain in the Black Watch.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Huntingdonshire and Peterborough in 1965.¹

     Mary Anne Elizabeth Bacon was the daughter of Dashwood Bacon and Anne Barbara Ogilvie.¹ She married Sir Edmund Bacon, 9th and 10th Bt., son of Sir Edmund Bacon, 8th and 9th Bt. and Anne Beauchamp-Proctor, on 27 August 1801 at Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England^G.¹ She died on 24 October 1820.¹ She was buried at Raveningham, Norfolk, England^G.¹

     Dashwood Bacon was born in 1752. He was the son of Castell Bacon and Elizabeth Dashwood. He married Anne Barbara Ogilvie, daughter of unknown Ogilvie. He died in 1812.
     He lived at Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England^G.¹

     Sir Edmund Bacon, 8th and 9th Bt. was born on 14 October 1749 at Raveningham, Norfolk, England^G.¹ He was the son of Castell Bacon and Elizabeth Dashwood. He married Anne Beauchamp-Proctor, daughter of Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Bt. and Jane Tower, on 29 January 1778 at St. Marylebone Church, Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London, England^G.¹ He died on 5 September 1820 at age 70.¹ He was buried at Raveningham, Norfolk, England^G.¹
     He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Bacon, of Mildenhall, co. Suffolk [E., 1627] on 26 March 1773, and ‘of Raveningham Hall, Norfolk.¹‘ He succeeded as the 8th Baronet Bacon, of Redgrave, co. Suffolk [E., 1611] on 26 March 1773, and ‘of Raveningham Hall, Norfolk.¹‘