Peerage Record – 30774

     Evelyn Renée Venetia Curtis was born on 1 April 1879.¹ She was the daughter of Philip Julian Curtis and Margaret Helena Marie Candy.² She died on 5 February 1904 at age 24, unmarried.¹

     John Egerton Curtis was born on 6 December 1844.¹ He was the son of Sir William Curtis, 3rd Bt. and Georgina Maria Stratton.² He married Mary Ella Wallace, daughter of Marshall Wallace, on 21 November 1871.¹ He died on 19 April 1879 at age 34.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 45th Foot.¹

     Marshall Wallace lived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹

     Mary Ella Wallace was the daughter of Marshall Wallace.² She married John Egerton Curtis, son of Sir William Curtis, 3rd Bt. and Georgina Maria Stratton, on 21 November 1871.¹ She died in 1897.¹
     From 21 November 1871, her married name became Curtis.

     Major Sir Edgar Francis Egerton Curtis, 5th Bt. was born on 18 December 1875.¹ He was the son of John Egerton Curtis and Mary Ella Wallace.² He married, firstly, Madeline Cairns Alexander, daughter of C. W. Alexander, in 1903.¹ He married, secondly, Ethel Barlow, daughter of Charles Edward Barlow, on 4 July 1942.¹ He died on 9 August 1943 at age 67.¹
     Major Sir Edgar Francis Egerton Curtis, 5th Bt. usually went by his middle name of Francis.¹ He fought in the Boer War in 1900, with Strathcona’s Horse.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1916 and 1917, in Egypt and Palestine.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Curtis, of Cullands Grove, Middlesex [U.K., 1802] on 19 December 1916.¹ He was Military Governor of Hebron in 1917.¹

     C. W. Alexander lived at Lahore, India^G.¹ He was in the Indian Civil Service.¹

     Madeline Cairns Alexander was the daughter of C. W. Alexander.² She married Major Sir Edgar Francis Egerton Curtis, 5th Bt., son of John Egerton Curtis and Mary Ella Wallace, in 1903.¹ She died on 5 October 1941.¹
     From 1903, her married name became Curtis.

     Winifred Lotus Curtis was born in 1904.¹ She is the daughter of Major Sir Edgar Francis Egerton Curtis, 5th Bt. and Madeline Cairns Alexander.² She married Captain Allen Walter Dolby on 8 December 1927.¹
     From 8 December 1927, her married name became Dolby. She lived in 2003 at Rush Court, Shillingford Road, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹

     Captain Allen Walter Dolby married Winifred Lotus Curtis, daughter of Major Sir Edgar Francis Egerton Curtis, 5th Bt. and Madeline Cairns Alexander, on 8 December 1927.¹ He died on 9 October 1943.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Berkshire Regiment.¹

     John Horatio Curtis Dolby was born on 30 October 1928.¹ He is the son of Captain Allen Walter Dolby and Winifred Lotus Curtis.² He married Anthea Louise Whitamore, daughter of Captain E. O. Whitamore, on 24 October 1958.¹
     He was educated at St. Paul’s School, London, England^G.¹ He lived in 2003 at Highway Cottage, Whitchurch, Pangbourne, Berkshire, England^G.¹