Peerage Record – 27741

     Reverend James Bland was the son of Nathaniel Bland and Diana Kemeys.¹ He married, firstly, Elizabeth Julian, daughter of Christopher Julian, with other issue.¹ He married, secondly, Barbara Nash.¹
     He lived at Derriquin Castle, Kilcrohane, County Kerry, Ireland^G.¹

     Venerable Nathaniel Bland was the son of Major Nathaniel Bland and Letitia Bland.¹ He died on 25 February 1885.¹
     He held the office of Archdeacon of Aghadoe.¹

     Ernestine Perceval was born in 1870.¹ She was the daughter of Philip Perceval and Hon. Ernestine Wellington Sidney.¹ She died in 1887.¹

     Diana Kemeys was the daughter of Nicholas Kemeys.¹ She and Nathaniel Bland obtained a marriage license in 1721 (this was his first marriage.)¹
     Diana Kemeys owned Ferns Castle, Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland^G, which she leased to her father Nicholas Kemeys.¹ From 1721, her married name became Bland.¹

     Nicholas Kemeys lived at Ferns Castle, Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland^G.¹ Nicholas Kemeys leased Ferns Castle, Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland^G, from his daughter Diana Kemeys.¹

     Cornet John Bland was born in 1701, (this date is in question: partly because it was 20 years before the marriage of his parents, partly because it would give him an age at his death of 107 years, and partly because he would have been unlikely to have only attained the rank of Cornet by the time he fought in the battles he was in.)¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Bland and Diana Kemeys.¹ He died in 1808.¹
     He gained the rank of Cornet in the Bland’s Horse (under General Humphry Bland.)¹ He fought in the Battle of Dettingen.¹ He fought in the Battle of Fontenoy.¹ He fought in the Battle of Clifton Moor.¹ He left the Army for the stage, making his first appearance as Polydore in The Orphan at Covent Garden, London, England^G.¹ He was an Actor-Manager and Treasurer at Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹ He wrote the book Frederick the Forsaken (a novel.)¹ He was disinherited by his father, and cut out of the pedigree.¹

     Lucy Heaton was the daughter of Francis Heaton.¹ She married Nathaniel Bland, son of Very Rev. James Bland and Lucy Brewster.¹
     Her married name became Bland.¹

     Ernest Perceval was born on 19 November 1871 at Hamble Cliff, Southampton, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was the son of Philip Perceval and Hon. Ernestine Wellington Sidney.¹

     Grace Phillips was the daughter of Reverend unknown Phillips.¹ She married Francis Bland, son of Nathaniel Bland and Lucy Heaton.¹
     Her marriage to Francis Bland was annulled.¹ She was an actress, member of Thomas Sheridan’s company at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ Her married name became Bland.¹