Peerage Record – 38997

     Major John Arthur Innes French was born on 25 October 1863.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir George Arthur French and Janet Clarke Innes.² He married Jane Eliza Lewin Molony, daughter of Reverend Charles Walker Molony, in August 1892.¹ He died in 1942, without issue.¹
     He was educated at St. Paul’s School, London, England^G.¹ He was educated at Oxford Military College, Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹

     Reverend Charles Walker Molony was the Rector at West Worlington, Devon, England^G.¹

     Jane Eliza Lewin Molony was the daughter of Reverend Charles Walker Molony.² She married Major John Arthur Innes French, son of Maj.-Gen. Sir George Arthur French and Janet Clarke Innes, in August 1892.¹ She died in 1940.¹

     Henri Emilien Toussaint Dalmas de Lapérouse was born on 7 September 1845 at Algiers, Algeria^G.¹ He was the son of Théobald Dalmas de Lapérouse and Barbara Louisa St. John.¹ He married Maria Dominique Pauline Armande Vico on 6 May 1872 at Ajaccio, Corsica, France^G.¹ He died on 5 April 1883 at age 37 at Piréas, Greece.¹

     Major Herbert Cumming French was born on 22 November 1869.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir George Arthur French and Janet Clarke Innes.² He married Helen Richards Healy, daughter of Joseph Healy, on 25 January 1905.¹ He died on 13 October 1913 at age 43.¹
     He was educated at Christ’s Hospital, London, England^G.¹ He was educated at University College London, London, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.¹ He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.)¹ He fought in the Boer War between 1901 and 1902.¹ He was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society in 1903.¹ He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Physicians, London (M.R.C.P.)¹

     Lt.-Col. Humphrey French was born on 21 May 1909.¹ He was the son of Major Herbert Cumming French and Helen Richards Healy.^2,1 He married, firstly, Barbara Evelyn Wyatt Wimbush Metcalfe, daughter of Major Charles Campbell Metcalfe, on 6 December 1946.¹ He and Barbara Evelyn Wyatt Wimbush Metcalfe were divorced in 1955.¹ He married, secondly, Gerda Carmen Williams Newton, daughter of Cecil Elsdale Newton, on 12 October 1955.¹ He died in November 1969 at age 60, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was commissioned in 1929 with the rank of officer, in the service of the Royal Ulster Rifles.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1935 in the King’s African Rifles.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1938 in the Somaliland Camel Corps.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was commander of the 13th and 18th (Nyasaland) Battalions, King’s African Rifles.¹ He was 2 i/c of the Somaliland Scouts in 1946.¹ He was commnder of the Somalia Gendarmerie in 1948.¹ He was commander of the Somaliland Scouts between 1949 and 1952.¹ He was commander of the Gold Coast Regiment Trainig Centre, RWAFF between 1952 and 1954.¹ He retired from the military in 1954, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.¹

     Major Charles Campbell Metcalfe was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹ He lived at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.¹

     Barbara Evelyn Wyatt Wimbush Metcalfe is the daughter of Major Charles Campbell Metcalfe.² She married Lt.-Col. Humphrey French, son of Major Herbert Cumming French and Helen Richards Healy, on 6 December 1946.¹ She and Lt.-Col. Humphrey French were divorced in 1955.¹
     From 6 December 1946, her married name became French.

     James Nugent was the son of Edmond Nugent and Elizabeth FitzGerald.¹ He married Eleanor D’Alton, daughter of John D’Alton.¹ He died after 1694.¹

     Cecil Elsdale Newton lived at San Francisco de Cordoba, Argentina^G.¹