Peerage Record – 34987

     Reverend Chambré Corker Townsend was the son of Reverend Horatio Townsend and Katherine Corker.^1,2 He married, firstly, Frances Vere Stewart, daughter of Edward Stewart, in 1824.¹ He married, secondly, Eliza Oliver, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Nathaniel Wilmot Oliver and Eliza Baxter, on 18 August 1831.¹ He died on 30 July 1852.¹
     He was the Rector at Kilmacabea, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹ He lived at Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland^G.¹

     Reverend Horatio Townsend was born on 5 November 1749.^2,3 He was the son of Captain Philip Townsend and Elizabeth Hungerford.¹ He married, firstly, Helena Meade, daughter of Reverend Robert Meade.¹ He married, secondly, Katherine Corker, daughter of Venerable Chambré Corker.¹ He died on 26 March 1837 at age 87.¹
     He was the Rector at Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹ He lived at Derry, Roscarbery, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹ He was the Rector at Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹

     Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend was the daughter of Horace Payne-Townshend and Mary Susanna Kirby.¹ She married George Bernard Shaw, son of George Carr Shaw and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly, on 1 June 1898 at London, England.^1,2 She died in 1943, without issue.¹
     She sold Derry.¹ From 1898, her married name became Shaw.¹

     George Bernard Shaw was born on 26 June 1856 at Synge Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.^3,4 He was the son of George Carr Shaw and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly.⁵ He married Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend, daughter of Horace Payne-Townshend and Mary Susanna Kirby, on 1 June 1898 at London, England.^1,4 He died on 2 November 1950 at age 94 at Shaw’s Corner, Ayot Saint Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England, without issue.^1,4
     Author of over 50 plays, also novels and political, economic and critical works.³ He was the famous dramatist and publicist.¹ He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1925 for Literature.¹ He lived at Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹

     Thomas Slingsby was the son of John Slingsby. He married Joan Mallory, daughter of Sir John Mallory.¹ He died in 1551.¹

     Sir Andrew George Ilay de la Rue, 4th Bt. was born on 3 February 1946.¹ He was the son of Sir Eric Vincent de la Rue, 3rd Bt. and Cecilia Lenella Beva Waring.² He married Tessa Ann Dobson, daughter of David Dobson, in 1984.¹ He died on 5 April 2020 at age 74.³
     He was educated at Millfield School, Street, Somerset, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet de la Rue, of Cadogan Square, Chelsea, London [U.K., 1898] on 5 December 1989.² He lived in 2003 at Stragglethorpe Grange, Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     David Dobson lived at Stragglethorpe Grange, Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     Tessa Ann Dobson is the daughter of David Dobson.² She married Sir Andrew George Ilay de la Rue, 4th Bt., son of Sir Eric Vincent de la Rue, 3rd Bt. and Cecilia Lenella Beva Waring, in 1984.¹
     From 1984, her married name became de la Rue.

     Sir Edward Walter Henry de la Rue, 5th Bt. was born on 25 November 1986.¹ He is the son of Sir Andrew George Ilay de la Rue, 4th Bt. and Tessa Ann Dobson.²
     He succeeded as the 5th Baronet de la Rue, of Cadogan Square, Chelsea, London [U.K., 1898] on 5 April 2020.³