Peerage Record – 40601

     Mary Simpson was born on 6 August 1755 at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England.² She was the daughter of Adam Simpson.² She was baptised on 3 September 1755 at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England.² She married Richard Arkwright, son of Richard Arkwright and Patience Holt, circa 1780.¹ She died on 23 February 1827 at age 71.² She was buried at Cromford, Derbyshire, England.²
     From circa 1780, her married name became Arkwright.¹

     Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar Prinz von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein was born on 15 May 1773.^1,2 He was the son of Franz Georg Prinz von Metternich-Winneburg and Maria Beatrix Gräfin von Kageneck.² He married, firstly, Maria Eleonore Gräfin von Kaunitz Rietberg, daughter of Ernst Christoph Fürst zu Kaunitz Rietberg and Marie Leopoldine Elisabeth Therese Sophie von Oettingen-Oettingen, on 27 September 1795.¹ He married, secondly, Maria Antonia Gräfin Leykam, daughter of Christoph Ambros Freiherr Leykam and Lucia Caputo, on 5 November 1827 at Hetzendorf^G.¹ He married, thirdly, Melania Maria Antonia Gräfin Zichy-Ferraris de Zich et Vásonykeö, daughter of Ferenc Zichy-Ferraris de Zich et Vásonykeö and Marie Wilhelmine Ferraris, on 30 January 1831 at Vienna, Austria.² He died on 11 June 1859 at age 86.^1,2
     He held the office of Foreign Minister [Austria] in 1809.² He held the office of Chancellor [Austria] between 1821 and 1848.²

     Robert Dundas Octavius Fergusson was born on 23 September 1819.¹ He was the son of Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, 4th Bt. and Hon. Henrietta Duncan.² He married Amelia Macdonald, daughter of Captain George Macdonald of Morar, on 10 December 1842.¹ He died on 23 April 1882 at age 62 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.^1,3

     Amelia Macdonald was born circa 1821 at Canada^G.² She was the daughter of Captain George Macdonald of Morar.³ She married Robert Dundas Octavius Fergusson, son of Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, 4th Bt. and Hon. Henrietta Duncan, on 10 December 1842.¹
     From 10 December 1842, her married name became Fergusson.

     George Adam Duncan Camperdown Fergusson was born on 12 July 1847 at New South Wales, Australia^G.^1,2 He was the son of Robert Dundas Octavius Fergusson and Amelia Macdonald.³ He married Marianne McDonald Paul, daughter of Henry Paul, on 16 January 1883 at Bridport, Dorset, England^G.^1,2 He died on 20 June 1916 at age 68 at Peebles-shire, Scotland^G.²

     Henry Paul lived at Topsham, Devon, England^G.¹

     Marianne McDonald Paul was the daughter of Henry Paul.² She married, firstly, Alfred Stephens before 1883.¹ She married, secondly, George Adam Duncan Camperdown Fergusson, son of Robert Dundas Octavius Fergusson and Amelia Macdonald, on 16 January 1883 at Bridport, Dorset, England^G.^1,3 She died in 1914.¹
     From before 1883, her married name became Stephens.¹ From 16 January 1883, her married name became Fergusson.

     Robert Dundas Arthur Graham Fergusson was born on 13 July 1851 at New South Wales, Australia^G.^1,2 He was the son of Robert Dundas Octavius Fergusson and Amelia Macdonald.³ He married Mary Rachel Katherine Russell, daughter of Major Francis Whitworth Russell and Alice Mary Naesmyth, on 17 January 1877.¹ He died on 28 December 1896 at age 45 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.^1,2

     Major Francis Whitworth Russell was born in 1830.² He is the son of Francis Whitworth Russell and Jane Anne Catherine Brodie.² He married Alice Mary Naesmyth, daughter of Sir John Murray Naesmyth of Posso, 4th Bt. and Mary Marjoribanks, on 22 September 1851.² He died in 1872.²
     He gained the rank of Major in the 5th Bengal Cavalry.²