Peerage Record – 3446

     Colonel Goddard Richards was born in 1764 at County Wexford, Ireland.² He was the son of Goddard Richards and Anne Hewetson.² He died on 19 October 1833 at Bath, Somerset, England.²
     He was with the Honourable East India Company Service.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel on 5 June 1829 in the 59th Native Infantry.²

     Rawdon George Grey Clifton, 23rd Baron Grey (of Ruthin) was born on 14 November 1858.¹ He was the son of Augustus Wykeham Clifton and Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings, Baroness Grey (of Ruthin).¹ He married Evelyn Isobel Ida Charlotte Foster, daughter of James Foster, on 1 September 1892.¹ He died on 29 August 1912 at age 53.¹
     He succeeded as the 23rd Baron Grey, of Ruthin [E., 1325] on 15 December 1887.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for County Galway.²

     Evelyn Isobel Ida Charlotte Foster was the daughter of James Foster.¹ She married Rawdon George Grey Clifton, 23rd Baron Grey (of Ruthin), son of Augustus Wykeham Clifton and Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings, Baroness Grey (of Ruthin), on 1 September 1892.¹ She died on 2 October 1905.¹
     Her married name became Clifton.

     James Foster lived at Cranborne Hall, Windsor Forest, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Reginald Francis Rawden Clifton was born on 14 May 1893.¹ He was the son of Rawdon George Grey Clifton, 23rd Baron Grey (of Ruthin) and Evelyn Isobel Ida Charlotte Foster.¹ He died on 1 July 1893.¹

     Cecil Talbot Clifton, 24th Baron Grey (of Ruthin) was born on 9 January 1862.¹ He was the son of Augustus Wykeham Clifton and Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings, Baroness Grey (of Ruthin).¹ He died on 21 May 1934 at age 72, without issue.¹
     He succeeded as the 24th Baron Grey, of Ruthin [E., 1325] on 29 August 1912.¹ He was a rancher at Montana, U.S.A.² On his death, his barony fell into abeyance between his nephew John Lancelot Wykeham Butler Bowdon, and his younger sister, Lelgarde Harry Florence.¹

     Hon. Ella Cicely Mary Clifton was born on 22 November 1856.¹ She was the daughter of Augustus Wykeham Clifton and Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings, Baroness Grey (of Ruthin).¹ She married Lancelot George Butler-Bowdon on 30 July 1879.¹ She died on 2 July 1912 at age 55.¹
     From 30 July 1879, her married name became Butler-Bowdon.

     Lancelot George Butler-Bowdon married Hon. Ella Cicely Mary Clifton, daughter of Augustus Wykeham Clifton and Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings, Baroness Grey (of Ruthin), on 30 July 1879.¹ He died on 12 September 1909.
     He lived at Barlborough House, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England^G.¹

     John Lancelot Butler-Bowdon, 25th Baron Grey (of Ruthin) was born on 25 October 1883.¹ He was the son of Lancelot George Butler-Bowdon and Hon. Ella Cicely Mary Clifton.¹ He died on 25 October 1963 at age 80, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Mount St. Mary’s College, Spinkhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Derbyshire.¹ He succeeded as the 25th Baron Grey, of Ruthin [E., 1325] in 1940, when the barony was called out of abeyance.¹ On his death, his barony fell into abeyance between the 22nd Baroness’s sisters.¹

     Mary Gould was the daughter of Colonel Edward Thoroton Gould and Lady Barbara Yelverton.¹ She married Rev. Hon. Frederick Powys, son of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford of Lilford and Mary Eleanor Mann, on 15 October 1807.¹ She died on 19 January 1837.¹
     Her married name became Powys.