Peerage Record – 29658

     Major Nathaniel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton was born on 24 July 1922.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. Duncan Grant-Dalton and Gwavas May Spry.^1,2 He married Valentia Eveleigh-de Moleyns, daughter of Hon. Francis Alexander Innys Eveleigh-de Moleyns and Norah Caroline Hudson, on 19 September 1950.¹ He died on 25 August 2004 at age 82, from a heart attack while walking his dogs.²
     He was educated at Clifton College, Clifton, Bristol, England^G.² He was commissioned in 1942, in the service of the Royal Artillery.² He fought in the Second World War, in the Western Desert and Italy.² He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Horse Artillery.¹ He retired from the military in 1959, with the rank of Major, late of the Royal Horse Artillery.² He held the office of High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1986.¹

     Kevin Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton was born on 23 December 1952.¹ He is the son of Major Nathaniel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton and Valentia Eveleigh-de Moleyns.² He married Amanda Charlton de Smitt, daughter of F. E. de Smitt, in 1980.¹
     He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹

     F. E. de Smitt lived at Wimbledon, London, England^G.¹

     Amanda Charlton de Smitt is the daughter of F. E. de Smitt.² She married Kevin Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton, son of Major Nathaniel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton and Valentia Eveleigh-de Moleyns, in 1980.¹
     From 1980, her married name became Grant-Dalton.¹

     Samuel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton was born in 1985.¹ He is the son of Kevin Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton and Amanda Charlton de Smitt.²

     Jolyon Grant-Dalton was born in 1991.¹ He is the son of Kevin Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton and Amanda Charlton de Smitt.²

     Pippa Charlton Grant-Dalton was born in 1988.¹ She is the daughter of Kevin Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton and Amanda Charlton de Smitt.²

     Miranda Jane Grant-Dalton was born on 14 January 1955.¹ She is the daughter of Major Nathaniel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton and Valentia Eveleigh-de Moleyns.² She married Simon James Forrester, son of Maj.-Gen. Michael Forrester, in 1983.¹
     From 1983, her married name became Forrester.

     Maj.-Gen. Michael Forrester was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He lived at West Worldham, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Simon James Forrester is the son of Maj.-Gen. Michael Forrester.² He married Miranda Jane Grant-Dalton, daughter of Major Nathaniel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton and Valentia Eveleigh-de Moleyns, in 1983.¹