Peerage Record – 41815

     Dorothy Jefford Fowler was the daughter of Sir George Jefford Fowler and Ellen Martha Gledhill.^2,3 She married Irvine Campbell Geddes, son of Auckland Campbell Geddes and Christina Helen McLeod Anderson, on 1 August 1911.¹ She died on 1 July 1976.¹
     From 1 August 1911, her married name became Geddes.

     Ford Irvine Geddes was born on 17 January 1913.¹ He was the son of Irvine Campbell Geddes and Dorothy Jefford Fowler.² He married Barbara Gertrude Vere Okeden, daughter of Charles Fitzmaurice Parry Okeden, on 8 December 1945.¹ He died on 2 October 2002 at age 89.¹
     He was educated at Loretto School, Muselborough, East Lothian, Scotland^G.¹ He graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1943.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Engineers.¹ He was director of the Bank of NSW (London Advisory Board) between 1950 and 1981.¹ He was director and president of Equitable Life Assurance between 1955 and 1976.¹ He was director then chairman of P&O between 1960 and 1972.¹ He was chairman of the British Shipping Foundation between 1965 and 1968.¹ He was president of the International Shipping Foundation between 1967 and 1969.¹

     Charles Fitzmaurice Parry Okeden held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Barbara Gertrude Vere Okeden is the daughter of Charles Fitzmaurice Parry Okeden.² She married Ford Irvine Geddes, son of Irvine Campbell Geddes and Dorothy Jefford Fowler, on 8 December 1945.¹
     From 8 December 1945, her married name became Geddes. She lived in 2003 at 8 Kensington Court Gardens, Kensington Court Place, London, England^G.¹

     David Ford Geddes was born on 27 September 1959.¹ He is the son of Ford Irvine Geddes and Barbara Gertrude Vere Okeden.² He married, firstly, Sarah Mellor on 11 September 1982.¹ He and Sarah Mellor were divorced in 1989.¹ He married, secondly, Fay Alexis Walker, daughter of George Alexander Walker, on 2 March 1990.¹
     He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Bristol University, Bristol, England^G, with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)¹

     Sarah Mellor married David Ford Geddes, son of Ford Irvine Geddes and Barbara Gertrude Vere Okeden, on 11 September 1982.¹ She and David Ford Geddes were divorced in 1989.¹
     From 11 September 1982, her married name became Geddes.

     Daisy Camilla Geddes was born on 13 September 1987.¹ She is the daughter of David Ford Geddes and Sarah Mellor.²

     Adrian John Reginald Collins is the son of John Reginald Maudlin Collins.¹ He married Ailie Ford Geddes, daughter of Ford Irvine Geddes and Barbara Gertrude Vere Okeden, on 6 August 1984.¹ He and Ailie Ford Geddes were divorced in 1990.¹

     Fay Alexis Walker is the daughter of George Alexander Walker.² She married David Ford Geddes, son of Ford Irvine Geddes and Barbara Gertrude Vere Okeden, on 2 March 1990.¹
     From 2 March 1990, her married name became Geddes.