Peerage Record – 35206

     George Holmes lived at Burton Hall, Neston, Cheshire, England^G.¹

     Elizabeth Aspinall was born circa 1799.¹ She married Reverend Augustus Campbell.¹ She died on 16 May 1872.¹
     Her married name became Campbell.¹

     Colonel John Richard Townsend was born on 26 April 1944.¹ He is the son of Richard Uniacke Denny Townsend and Ursula Yvonne Oakes.² He married, firstly, Elizabeth Heather Hodgkinson, daughter of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Derek Hodgkinson and Heather Goodwin, on 28 June 1969.^1,3 He and Elizabeth Heather Hodgkinson were divorced in 1996.³ He married, secondly, Rosemary Markham on 17 January 1998.³
     He was educated between 1957 and 1962 at Lancing College, Lancing, Sussex, England^G.^1,3 He was educated between 1963 and 1964 at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.³ He gained the rank of Captain in the Sherwood Foresters and Worcestershire Regiment.¹ He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment between 1984 and 1986.³ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1992.³

     Elizabeth Heather Hodgkinson was born on 10 March 1949.² She is the daughter of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Derek Hodgkinson and Heather Goodwin.^2,3 She married Colonel John Richard Townsend, son of Richard Uniacke Denny Townsend and Ursula Yvonne Oakes, on 28 June 1969.^1,2 She and Colonel John Richard Townsend were divorced in 1996.²
     From 28 June 1969, her married name became Townsend.

     Dr. Richard Henry Denny Townsend was born on 28 April 1973.¹ He is the son of Colonel John Richard Townsend and Elizabeth Heather Hodgkinson.² He married Jennifer Rachel Lucas, daughter of Richard C. Lucas, on 18 May 2002 at Greenwich Registry Officer, Greenwich, London, England^G.³
     He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.³ He graduated from New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)³ He graduated from University College London, London, England^G, in 1997 with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in astrophysics.³

     Victoria Heather Townsend was born on 10 March 1972.¹ She is the daughter of Colonel John Richard Townsend and Elizabeth Heather Hodgkinson.² She married Roderick James Nicholas Wiles, son of Nicholas John Wiles, on 16 September 2000 at St. Swithun’s Church, Bathford, Bath, Somerset, England^G.³
     She was educated at Cranborne Chase School, Dorset, England^G.³ She was educated at St. James’s Secretarial College, London, England^G.³ From 16 September 2000, her married name became Wiles.³

     Desmond Thomas Denny Townsend was born on 7 August 1947.¹ He is the son of Richard Uniacke Denny Townsend and Ursula Yvonne Oakes.²
     He was educated at Bedstone College, Bucknell, Shropshire, England^G.¹

     Margaret Champernoune Denny Townsend was born on 31 January 1912.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas Henry Denny Townsend and Ethel Mary Studdert.² She married Anthony Gifford Bridges, son of Thomas Charles Bridges, on 30 September 1940.¹
     She graduated from St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ From 30 September 1940, her married name became Bridges.¹

     Anthony Gifford Bridges is the son of Thomas Charles Bridges.¹ He married Margaret Champernoune Denny Townsend, daughter of Thomas Henry Denny Townsend and Ethel Mary Studdert, on 30 September 1940.¹
     He lived in 1976 at Bow Hall, Castletownshend, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹

     Richard Anthony Yeoward Bridges was born on 14 November 1942.¹ He is the son of Anthony Gifford Bridges and Margaret Champernoune Denny Townsend.²
     He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy.¹