Peerage Record – 30732

     Anne Williams Brown was born in 1813.² She was the daughter of William Williams Brown.¹ She married Thomas Benyon.¹ She died in 1852.²
     Her married name became Benyon.¹

     William Williams Brown was born on 10 February 1788. He was the son of James Brown and Anne Williams.
     He lived at Allerton Hall, Yorkshire, England^G.¹

     Sir Walter Orlando Corbet, 4th Bt. was born on 11 July 1856.¹ He was the son of Sir Vincent Rowland Corbet, 3rd Bt. and Caroline Elizabeth Anne Agnes Bridgeman.¹ He married Caroline Douglas Stewart, daughter of Captain James Affleck Stewart, on 25 July 1888.¹ He died on 20 October 1910 at age 54.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Shropshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for FIfe.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Coldstream Guards.¹ He fought in the Egyptian Expedition in 1882.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire [U.K., 1808] on 22 May 1891.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1898.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Shropshire Yeomanry.¹

     Caroline Douglas Stewart was the daughter of Captain James Affleck Stewart.¹ She married, firstly, Sir Walter Orlando Corbet, 4th Bt., son of Sir Vincent Rowland Corbet, 3rd Bt. and Caroline Elizabeth Anne Agnes Bridgeman, on 25 July 1888.¹ She married, secondly, Reginald Basil Astley, son of Lt.-Col. Francis L’Estrange Astley and Rosalind Alicia Frankland, on 27 January 1913.¹ She died on 5 August 1921.¹
     From 25 July 1888, her married name became Corbet.¹ From 27 January 1913, her married name became Astley.¹

     Captain James Affleck Stewart gained the rank of Captain in the 11th Hussars.¹

     Mabel Gurney was born circa 1866 at Middleton, Norfolk, England.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Somerville Arthur Gurney and Katherine Sarah Hamond.^1,2 She married Sir William Michael Curtis, 4th Bt., son of William Edmund Curtis and Emily Ariana Master, on 14 April 1887.¹ She died on 26 April 1888.¹
     From 14 April 1887, her married name became Curtis.¹

     Sir Somerville Arthur Gurney married Katherine Sarah Hamond in 1857.²
     He lived at North Runcton Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England^G.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.)¹

     Georgina Mary Howard was the daughter of Colonel John Stanley Howard.¹ She married, firstly, Captain Arthur B. Mesham before 1895.¹ She married, secondly, Sir William Michael Curtis, 4th Bt., son of William Edmund Curtis and Emily Ariana Master, on 16 October 1895.¹ She died on 18 November 1943.¹
     From before 1895, her married name became Mesham.¹ From 16 October 1895, her married name became Curtis.¹

     William Edmund Curtis was born on 26 October 1833.¹ He was the son of Sir William Curtis, 3rd Bt. and Georgina Maria Stratton.² He married Emily Ariana Master, daughter of Lt.-Col. William Chester Master, on 10 February 1859.¹ He died on 11 May 1860 at age 26.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 1st Royal Dragoons.¹

     James Curtis married, firstly, Sarah Clowden.¹ He died in 1731.¹
     He lived at Wanstead, Essex, England^G.¹