Peerage Record – 37718

     John Richard Hamilton James was the son of John Neville Abraham James.² He married Anne Ashley Cummins, daughter of Nicholas Marshall Cummins and Margaret Spence Boal, on 19 August 1958.¹ He died on 2 May 2019.³
     He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)³ He lived in 1976 at 4 The Terrace, Currabinny, Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹

     John David Marshall James was born on 25 December 1959.¹ He is the son of John Richard Hamilton James and Anne Ashley Cummins.²
     He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     Mark Neville James was born on 14 October 1961.¹ He is the son of John Richard Hamilton James and Anne Ashley Cummins.²
     He was educated Cheltenham.¹

     Jeremy Fenton James was born on 18 January 1966.¹ He is the son of John Richard Hamilton James and Anne Ashley Cummins.²

     Caroline Swift James was born on 16 November 1967.¹ She is the daughter of John Richard Hamilton James and Anne Ashley Cummins.²

     Fenton King Cummins was born on 10 May 1896.¹ He was the son of William Edward Ashley Cummins and Jane Constable Hall.² He died on 21 March 1918 at age 21 at France^G, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the 6th Connaught Rangers.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹

     Geraldine Dorothy Cummins was born in January 1890.¹ She was the daughter of William Edward Ashley Cummins and Jane Constable Hall.² She died on 24 August 1969 at age 79, unmarried.¹
     She co-authored the book Mind Healing, with Robert Constable Cummins.¹ She wrote the book a biography of Dr E. Œ. Somerville and an autobiography.¹ Author of novels, short stories and plays.¹ She was famous for her faculty of ‘automatic writing.¹‘

     Mary Ellice Thorne Cummins was born on 25 February 1891.¹ She was the daughter of William Edward Ashley Cummins and Jane Constable Hall.² She married Rt. Rev. Robert Thomas Hearn, son of Reverend Dr. Daniel James Hearn, on 26 September 1911.¹ She died on 3 June 1969 at age 78.¹
     From 26 September 1911, her married name became Hearn.¹ She graduated in 1922 with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)¹ She was appointed Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (F.R.C.P.I.) in 1924.¹

     Rt. Rev. Robert Thomas Hearn was the son of Reverend Dr. Daniel James Hearn.¹ He married Mary Ellice Thorne Cummins, daughter of William Edward Ashley Cummins and Jane Constable Hall, on 26 September 1911.¹ He died on 12 July 1954.¹
     He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.)¹ He held the office of Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross between 1938 and 1952.¹ He had one son and one daughter.¹

     Iris Ashley Cummins was born in June 1894.¹ She was the daughter of William Edward Ashley Cummins and Jane Constable Hall.²
     (an unknown value.)¹ She graduated from University College Cork, Cork, County Cork, Ireland^G, in 1915 with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)¹ She was with Woolwich and Vickers during the First World War between 1915 and 1916.¹ She graduated from University College Cork, Cork, County Cork, Ireland^G, in 1918 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)¹ She was Surveyor for the Irish Land Commission.¹