Peerage Record – 28224

     Horace Fitzgerald Blood was born on 16 February 1885.¹ He was the son of Alexander Findlater Blood and Rachel Anne Park.¹ He married Gladys Mason, daughter of A. R. Mason, on 13 January 1913.¹
     He was educated at St. Columba’s^G.¹ He was registered as a Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland (L.R.C.P.I.&L.M.) He was employed by the Trinidad Medical Service between 1910 and 1913.¹ He was registered as a Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland (L.R.C.S.I.&L.M.)¹ He fought in the First World War, as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.¹ As of 1976, Horace Fitzgerald Blood lived at Cedar Lodge, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland^G.¹

     Gladys Mason was the daughter of A. R. Mason.¹ She married Horace Fitzgerald Blood, son of Alexander Findlater Blood and Rachel Anne Park, on 13 January 1913.¹
     From 13 January 1913, her married name became Blood.¹

     A. R. Mason lived at Eglinton Road, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹

     Terence Blood was born on 15 July 1915.¹ He is the son of Horace Fitzgerald Blood and Gladys Mason.¹
     He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from St. John’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was with the Colonial Service in Nigeria and Gambia between 1939 and 1947.¹ He was with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food from 1949.¹ As of 1976, Terence Blood lived at 15 Tite Street, London, England^G.¹

     Denis Jeffrey Blood was born on 17 January 1917.¹ He is the son of Horace Fitzgerald Blood and Gladys Mason.¹
     He was educated at Bradfield College, Reading, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ As of 1976, Denis Jeffrey Blood lived at 11 Upper Montagu Street, London, England^G.¹

     Brigadier Jeffrey Armstrong Blood was born on 5 May 1893.¹ He was the son of Alexander Findlater Blood and Rachel Anne Park.¹ He married Mildred Mary O’Connor, daughter of Rt. Hon. Charles Andrew O’Connor and Blanch Mary Scully, on 12 June 1926.¹ He died on 7 August 1966 at age 73.¹
     He was educated at Stephen’s Green School, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He was commissioned in 1914, in the service of the Irish Fusiliers.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He was transferred to the Indian Army in 1918.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He retired from the military in 1946, with the rank of Brigadier, late of the Indian Amry.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1973.¹

     Mildred Mary O’Connor was born circa 1896. She was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Charles Andrew O’Connor and Blanch Mary Scully.^1,2 She married Brigadier Jeffrey Armstrong Blood, son of Alexander Findlater Blood and Rachel Anne Park, on 12 June 1926.¹ She died on 5 August 1969.¹
     From 12 June 1926, her married name became Blood.¹

     Rt. Hon. Charles Andrew O’Connor married Blanch Mary Scully, daughter of James Scully, on 13 August 1890.²
     He held the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland.¹ He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.)³ He lived at 28 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He lived at 48 Thurloe Square, London, England^G.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)¹

     Ruth Anne Blood was born on 29 April 1927.¹ She was the daughter of Brigadier Jeffrey Armstrong Blood and Mildred Mary O’Connor.¹ She married John Duncan Beardmore-Gray, son of Stewart Gray, on 2 September 1950.¹ She died on 14 December 2020 at age 93.²
     From 2 September 1950, her married name became Beardmore-Gray.¹

     John Duncan Beardmore-Gray was born in 1927.² He was the son of Stewart Gray.¹ He married Ruth Anne Blood, daughter of Brigadier Jeffrey Armstrong Blood and Mildred Mary O’Connor, on 2 September 1950.¹ He died on 2 February 2018.²
     As of 1976, John Duncan Beardmore-Gray lived at 7 Murdock Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, England^G.¹