Peerage Record – 41867

     Thomas Alexander Godfrey-Faussett was born on 26 November 1999.¹ He is the son of Matthew Godfrey-Faussett and Samantha Karen du Cane Wilkinson.²

     Claire Felicity du Cane Wilkinson was born on 15 September 1968.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Cdr. Nicholas John du Cane Wilkinson and Elizabeth Amoret Gethin.² She married Sir James Frank Lithgow, 3rd Bt., son of Sir William James Lithgow, 2nd Bt. and Mary Claire Hill, on 6 September 1997.¹
     From 6 September 1997, her married name became Lithgow.

     Sir William James Lithgow, 2nd Bt. was born on 10 May 1934.² He was the son of Sir James Lithgow, 1st Bt. and Gwendolyn Amy Harrison.² He married, firstly, Valerie Helen Scott, daughter of Denis Herbert Scott and Laura Foster, on 31 January 1964.² He married, secondly, Mary Claire Hill, daughter of Colonel Frank Moutray Hill, on 29 September 1967.² He died on 28 February 2022 at age 87.³
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.² He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Lithgow, of Ormsary, co. Argyll [U.K., 1925] on 23 February 1952.² He was director of Lithgows Ltd in 1959.² He was director of the Bank of Scotland between 1962 and 1986.² He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers in 1964.² He was registered as a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.)² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Renfrewshire in 1970.² He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (F.R.S.A.) in 1990.² He was an industrialist and farmer.² He lived in 2003 at Ormsary House, Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, Scotland^G.²

     Sir James Frank Lithgow, 3rd Bt. was born on 13 June 1970.² He is the son of Sir William James Lithgow, 2nd Bt. and Mary Claire Hill.² He married Claire Felicity du Cane Wilkinson, daughter of Lt.-Cdr. Nicholas John du Cane Wilkinson and Elizabeth Amoret Gethin, on 6 September 1997.¹
     He lived in 2003 at Drums, Langbank, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland^G.² He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Lithgow, of Ormsary, co. Argyll [U.K., 1925] on 28 February 2022.

     Geoffrey Forrest Gethin was born on 14 June 1918.¹ He was the son of Major Frederic Durrant Scott Gethin and Margaret Cecilia Forrest.² He died on 23 April 1944 at age 25 at Italy^G, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Margaret Joan Gethin was born on 22 July 1920.¹ She was the daughter of Major Frederic Durrant Scott Gethin and Margaret Cecilia Forrest.² She died on 8 April 2015 at age 94 at Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.³

     Major Percy Edward Lovell Gethin was born on 11 August 1884.¹ He was the son of Sir Richard Charles Percy Gethin, 7th Bt. and Catherine Cowie Scott.² He married Norah Stapledon, daughter of James Norwood Stapledon, on 17 January 1918.¹ He died on 8 July 1969 at age 84.¹
     He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was on the South Arabian Expedition in 1909.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force.¹ He was awarded the Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) in 1918.¹ He was Director of Surveys and Civil Aviation Tanganyika between 1927 and 1937.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1937.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Honorary Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force Reserve.¹

     James Norwood Stapledon lived at Knapp, East Anstey, Devon, England^G.¹

     Norah Stapledon was the daughter of James Norwood Stapledon.² She married Major Percy Edward Lovell Gethin, son of Sir Richard Charles Percy Gethin, 7th Bt. and Catherine Cowie Scott, on 17 January 1918.¹ She died on 29 April 1960.¹
     From 17 January 1918, her married name became Gethin.

     Robert Hugh Gethin was born on 6 December 1918.¹ He was the son of Major Percy Edward Lovell Gethin and Norah Stapledon.² He married Marjorie Gertrude Elliott, daughter of B. E. Elliott, on 19 March 1946.¹ He died on 25 March 1999 at age 80.¹
     Robert Hugh Gethin usually went by his middle name of Hugh.¹ He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1940 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He fought in the Second World War, with the Intelligence Corps and 1st Airborne Division.¹ He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1945 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was Assistant Director of the Commonwealth Bureau Animal Breeding and Genetics between 1950 and 1959.¹ He was a British Council Science/Linguistics Officer between 1959 and 1962 at Pakistan^G.¹