Peerage Record – 36939

     Roberta Mary Cornelia Anderson was the daughter of Major James George Anderson.² She married Major Herbert Pye-Smith Devitt, son of Sir Thomas Lane Devitt, 1st Bt. and Fanny Theodora Pye-Smith, on 7 November 1903.¹ She died on 25 July 1934.¹
     From 7 November 1903, her married name became Devitt.

     Major Philip Eyre Devitt was born on 7 January 1907.¹ He was the son of Major Herbert Pye-Smith Devitt and Roberta Mary Cornelia Anderson.³ He married Patricia Melicent Leslie, daughter of Walter Edward Leslie, on 20 December 1947.¹ He died in June 1992 at age 85 at Sussex, England.^1,2
     He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.¹ He graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1929 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Dorsetshire Regiment.¹ He was the Headmaster in 1948 at Falconbury School, Bexhill, Surrey, England^G.¹

     Walter Edward Leslie lived at Bath, Somerset, England^G.¹

     Patricia Melicent Leslie is the daughter of Walter Edward Leslie.³ She married Major Philip Eyre Devitt, son of Major Herbert Pye-Smith Devitt and Roberta Mary Cornelia Anderson, on 20 December 1947.¹
     From 20 December 1947, her married name became Devitt. She lived in 2003 at Whydown Lodge, Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, Surrey, England^G.¹

     Desmond Philip Devitt was born on 20 November 1950.¹ He is the son of Major Philip Eyre Devitt and Patricia Melicent Leslie.²
     He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.¹

     Ann Patricia Devitt was born on 11 July 1954.¹ She is the daughter of Major Philip Eyre Devitt and Patricia Melicent Leslie.²

     Herbert Lionel Devitt was born on 15 March 1910.¹ He was the son of Major Herbert Pye-Smith Devitt and Roberta Mary Cornelia Anderson.² He married Myfanwy Rina Doreen Holman, daughter of Alwyn H. Holman, on 26 August 1939.¹ He and Myfanwy Rina Doreen Holman were divorced in 1948.¹ He married, secondly, Sheila Mary Bremner, daughter of Edmund Ironside Bremner, on 25 January 1949.¹ He married, thirdly, Fleur Agnes Trehern-Thomas in 1954.¹ He and Sheila Mary Bremner were divorced in 1954.¹ He died on 27 December 1964 at age 54.¹
     Herbert Lionel Devitt usually went by his middle name of Lionel.¹ He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.¹

     Alwyn H. Holman lived at 7 Holland Villas Road, London, England^G.¹

     Myfanwy Rina Doreen Holman is the daughter of Alwyn H. Holman.² She married Herbert Lionel Devitt, son of Major Herbert Pye-Smith Devitt and Roberta Mary Cornelia Anderson, on 26 August 1939.¹ She and Herbert Lionel Devitt were divorced in 1948.¹
     Myfanwy Rina Doreen Holman usually went by her middle name of Doreen.¹ From 26 August 1939, her married name became Devitt.

     Michael Wyn Devitt was born on 3 June 1943.¹ He is the son of Herbert Lionel Devitt and Myfanwy Rina Doreen Holman.² He married Susan Gundreda de Warrenne Brett, daughter of Walter Kingsley Brett, on 2 September 1967.¹
     He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹