Peerage Record – 37222

     Cecily Francis Giles was born in August 1861 at Somerset, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Major James Giles and Isabella Francis Gaye.¹ She was baptised on 19 August 1861 at Minehead, Somerset, England^G.¹ She married Colonel William James Clarke.¹ She died on 6 December 1943 at age 82 at Durban, Natal, South Africa^G.¹
     Her married name became Clarke.¹

     Richard Turner is the son of John Turner and Sybelle (?)¹

     William Turner was born on 26 September 1750.¹ He was the son of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Bt. and Cassandra Leigh.² He died on 20 November 1819 at age 69.¹
     He graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1767 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹

     Bevill Dryden is the son of Edward Dryden and Elizabeth Allen.² He married Mary Dubber, daughter of William Dubber.²

     Elizabeth Dryden was born on 18 July 1753.² She was the daughter of Bevill Dryden and Mary Dubber.² She married, firstly, Sir John Dryden, 1st Bt., son of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Bt. and Cassandra Leigh, on 14 May 1781.¹ She married, secondly, Godfrey Scholey after 1797.² She died on 5 November 1824 at age 71.²
     From 14 May 1781, her married name became Turner. On 16 December 1791 her name was legally changed to Dryden.¹ From after 1797, her married name became Scholey.²

     Colonel William James Clarke was born on 16 January 1860 at Worth, Sussex, England^G.¹ He married Cecily Francis Giles, daughter of Major James Giles and Isabella Francis Gaye.¹ He died on 11 May 1936 at age 76 at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa^G.¹
     He was with the Natal Mounted Police between March 1878 and 1905.² He fought in the Battle of Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879.² He fought in the Siege of Ladysmith.² He held the office of Chief Commissioner of the Natal Mounted Police between 1905 and 1913.² He was Officer-in-Charge of the 2nd South Africa Mounted Rifles Battalion between 1913 and 1917.² He fought in the First World War, in South West Africa, and was mentioned in despatches.² He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹ Between 1918 and 1919 he was involved in an MI5 mission to Russia to rescue the Romanovs.² He was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus of Russia.¹

     Thomas de Neville was born in 1332 at Raby, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He was the son of Ralph de Neville, 2nd Lord Neville and Alice Audley.¹ He died in 1361 at Villeneuve, France^G, from the plague.¹
     He was the Vicar at Patrick Brompton, Yorkshire, England^G.¹

     Erasmus Middleton was born on 4 September 1706 at Langton-by-Wragby, Lincolnshire, England.¹ He was the son of Thomas Middleton.¹ He married Ann Wilson on 11 November 1736 at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England.¹

     Anne Leigh is the daughter of Richard Leigh.¹ She married Thomas Archer, son of Sir Simon Archer and Anna Ferrers, in 1652.¹
     From 1652, her married name became Archer.¹

     Frances Howell was the daughter of Joseph Howell.² She married Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Bt. and Cassandra Leigh, on 2 January 1785.¹ She died on 12 February 1828.¹
     From 2 January 1785, her married name became Page-Turner.