Peerage Record – 4041

     General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne was born on 20 September 1885.² He was the son of Augustus Thorne and Mary Frances Nicol.² He married Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant, daughter of Colonel George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai and Gertrude Jessy Glynne, on 29 July 1909 at Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Westminster, London, England^G.^3,2 He died on 25 September 1970 at age 85.²
     General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne usually went by his middle name of Andrew.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)² He gained the rank of General in the Grenadier Guards.¹ He was awarded the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) and two bars.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)¹ He lived at Knowl Hill House, Reading, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant was born in 1886. She was the daughter of Colonel George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai and Gertrude Jessy Glynne.² She married General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne, son of Augustus Thorne and Mary Frances Nicol, on 29 July 1909 at Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Westminster, London, England^G.^1,3 She died on 23 October 1967.¹
     From 29 July 1909, her married name became Thorne.¹

     Hon. William Thomas FitzWilliam was born on 7 October 1846. He was the son of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas. He married Elgiva Mary Kinglake, daughter of John Hamilton Kinglake, on 21 December 1876. He died on 23 March 1896 at age 49.
     He lived at Altvalton Hall, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹

     Olive Dorothea Plunket was the daughter of Most Rev. Hon. Benjamin John Plunket and Dorothea Hester Butler.^2,3 She married William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, son of William Charles de Meuron FitzWilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas, on 19 April 1933.⁴ She died on 14 December 1975.⁴
     She was appointed Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.)⁴ From 19 April 1933, her married name became Wentworth-Fitzwilliam.

     Lady Mary FitzWilliam was born circa 1851. She was the daughter of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas.¹ She married Hon. Hugh le Despenser Boscawen, son of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth and Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton, Baroness le Despenser, on 23 May 1872.¹ She died on 1 July 1921.¹
     Her married name became Boscawen.

     John Hamilton Kinglake was the son of unknown Kinglake.² He died in May 1898.¹
     He lived at Wilton House, Taunton, Somerset, England^G.

     Sir William Charles FitzWilliam was born on 31 March 1848. He was the son of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas. He married Constance Anne Brocklehurst, daughter of Henry Brocklehurst and Anne Fielden, on 31 October 1882.¹ He died on 17 April 1925 at age 77.¹

     Margaret Mary FitzWilliam was born circa 1843. She was the daughter of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas. She died on 9 February 1844, as an infant.

     James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar was born on 10 March 1949.¹ He is the son of John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar and Pansy Constance Thorne.¹ He married Mary Kirk, daughter of Dougal McDougal Kirk, on 23 March 1974.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II between 1962 and 1963.¹ He was a community service volunteer between 1967 and 1968 at York, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Moray College of Education, Morayshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was educated at Inverness College, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland^G.¹ He was a community worker between 1971 and 1973 at Richmond Carigmillar Parish Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹ He was a senior social worker with the Family and Community Service, Sheffield District Council between 1973 and 1976.¹ He was a social worker between 1976 and 1987.¹ He gained the rank of Pilot Officer in 1979 in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.¹ He gained the rank of Flying Officer between 1982 and 1986 in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.¹ He was a building technician between 1989 and 1991.¹ He succeeded as the 16th Earl of Kellie [S., 1619] on 22 December 1993.² He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Mar [S., 1565] on 22 December 1993.² He succeeded as the 16th Baron Erskine of Dirletowne [S., 1604] on 22 December 1993.² He succeeded as the 16th Viscount of Fentoun, [S., 1619] on 22 December 1993.² He succeeded as the 16th Lord Dirletoun [S., 1619] on 22 December 1993.² He succeeded as the 16th Viscount of Fentoun [S., 1606] on 22 December 1993.² He was created Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower, of Alloa in Clackmannanshire [U.K. Life Peer] on 19 April 2000.³ He lived in 2003 at Hilton Farm, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Hon. Alexander David Erskine was born on 26 October 1952.² He is the son of John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar and Pansy Constance Thorne.^1,2 He married Katherine Shawford Capel, daughter of Thomas Clark Capel and Lucy Katherine Shawford McDouall, in 1977.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He lived in 2003 at 5 The Grove, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.²