Peerage Record – 3704

     Charles Henry Basset was born on 16 November 1834.² He was the son of Sir William Williams, 1st Bt. and Caroline Eales.² He married Harriet Mary Basset, daughter of Arthur Davie Basset, on 7 January 1858.² He died on 1 February 1908 at age 73.²
     He was given the name of Charles Henry Williams at birth.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1848 in the Royal Navy.² He gained the rank of Major in the Royal North Devon Hussars.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Barnstaple between 1868 and 1874.² In 1880 his name was legally changed to Charles Henry Basset.² He lived at Pilton House, Umberleigh, Devon, England^G.¹ He lived at Watermouth Castle, Devon, England^G.¹

     Harriet Mary Basset was the daughter of Arthur Davie Basset.² She married Charles Henry Basset, son of Sir William Williams, 1st Bt. and Caroline Eales, on 7 January 1858.¹ She died on 12 May 1920.¹
     From 7 January 1858, her married name became Williams. From 1880, her married name became Basset.²

     Arthur Davie Basset lived at Watermouth Castle, Devon, England^G.² He lived at Umberleigh, Devon, England^G.

     Sir William Williams, 1st Bt. was born on 3 August 1791.¹ He was the son of John Williams and Catherine Harvey.² He married Caroline Eales, daughter of Richard Eales, on 26 September 1826.¹ He died on 24 March 1870 at age 78.²
     He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Cornwall.¹ He was Deputy-Warden of the Stannaries in 1851.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1851. He was created 1st Baronet Williams, of Tregullow, Cornwall [U.K.] on 4 August 1866.¹

     Colonel Hon. Ernest George Curzon was born on 12 August 1828.¹ He was the son of Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe and Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell.¹ He married Augusta Latham Hallifax, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Robert Dampier Hallifax and Harriett Thomson, on 14 January 1856.¹ He died on 5 March 1885 at age 56.¹
     He gained the rank of Colonel in the 52nd Foot.¹ He was Deputy Adjutant-General, Ireland.¹

     Augusta Latham Hallifax was born circa 1835.¹ She was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Robert Dampier Hallifax and Harriett Thomson.¹ She married Colonel Hon. Ernest George Curzon, son of Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe and Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell, on 14 January 1856.¹ She died on 24 December 1917.¹
     From 14 January 1856, her married name became Curzon.¹

     Major Peter Brian Hay was born on 29 June 1918.¹ He was the son of Major Malcolm Vivian Hay of Seaton and Florence de Thiene.¹ He married Marigold Armatrude Eden, daughter of Lt.-Col. Alan George Eden and Jerardine Byrom, on 27 July 1946.¹ He died in March 2004 at age 85 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.^3,2
     He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Gordon Highlanders.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches and became a POW.¹ He lived in 2003 at Littledown, Chilmark, Wiltshire, England^G.¹

     Marigold Armatrude Eden was born in 1925.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Alan George Eden and Jerardine Byrom.^1,2 She married Major Peter Brian Hay, son of Major Malcolm Vivian Hay of Seaton and Florence de Thiene, on 27 July 1946.¹ She died in 1998.²
     Her married name became Hay.

     Lt.-Col. Alan George Eden was born in 1880.² He married Jerardine Byrom, daughter of Edward Byrom and Florence Grimston, in 1920.² He died in 1946.²
     He fought in the Russian Civil War in 1919.² He lived at Culver, Exeter, Devon, England^G.¹

     Angus Malcolm Hay was born on 22 September 1947.¹ He is the son of Major Peter Brian Hay and Marigold Armatrude Eden.¹ He married Miranda Bellville, daughter of Anthony Seymour Bellville and Diana Mary Cameron Bruce, in 1978.¹ He and Miranda Bellville were divorced in 1983.¹
     He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England^G.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Abu Dhabi Defence Force.²