Peerage Record – 42906

     Leo-Ferdinand Henckel von Donnersmarck was born on 26 March 1935 at Beuthen^G.¹ He was the son of Friedrich-Carl Henckel von Donnersmarck and Anna-Ilse von Zitzewitz.¹ He married Anna Maria von Berg on 31 May 1968 at Cologne, Germany^G.¹ Leo-Ferdinand and Anna Maria were also married in a religious ceremony on 3 June 1968.¹ He died on 23 July 2009 at age 74 at Berlin, Germany^G.¹
     He was given the name of Maria Lazarus Leo-Ferdinand Romwolt Wilhelm Edwin Gerhard Stefan at birth.¹

     Hermione Hamilton Gunston was the daughter of Cecil Bernard Gunston and Lady Doris Gwendoline Blackwood.² She married Colonel Sir Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell, son of Geoffrey Fownes Luttrell and Alys Annie Wilson Bridges, on 23 December 1942.¹ She died on 9 March 2009.³
     From 23 December 1942, her married name became Luttrell.¹ She lived in 2003 at Court House, East Quantoxhead, Bridgewater, Somerset, England^G.¹

     Colonel Sir Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell was born on 2 October 1919 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.² He was the son of Geoffrey Fownes Luttrell and Alys Annie Wilson Bridges.¹ He married Hermione Hamilton Gunston, daughter of Cecil Bernard Gunston and Lady Doris Gwendoline Blackwood, on 23 December 1942.¹ He died on 3 April 2007 at age 87.²
     He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ Colonel Sir Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell usually went by his middle name of Walter.¹ He was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.² He fought in the Second World War.² He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset between 1978 and 1994.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1993.¹

     Sonia Helen Gunston was the daughter of Cecil Bernard Gunston and Lady Doris Gwendoline Blackwood.² She married Thomas Brian McElvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, son of Albert Kirby Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and Maud Wishart McKelvie, on 17 April 1951.¹ She died on 22 March 2017.³
     From 17 April 1951, her married name became Fairfax. She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Berkshire in 1957.¹ She was a practising Temporary Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1967.¹

     Nicholas John Albert Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was born on 4 January 1956.¹ He is the son of Thomas Brian McElvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and Sonia Helen Gunston.¹ He married Annabella Ruth Morriss, daughter of Henry Lester Louis Morriss and Sarah Gillian Mather Mather-Jackson, on 17 April 1982.¹
     He succeeded as the 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S., 1627] on 8 April 1964.² He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was admitted to Gray’s Inn in 1977 entitled to practise as a Barrister.¹ He graduated from Downing College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1981 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)¹ He lived in 2003 at 10 Orlando Road, London, England^G.¹

     Anna Maria von Berg was born on 5 March 1940 at Magdeburg, Germany^G.¹ She married Leo-Ferdinand Henckel von Donnersmarck, son of Friedrich-Carl Henckel von Donnersmarck and Anna-Ilse von Zitzewitz, on 31 May 1968 at Cologne, Germany^G.¹ Anna Maria and Leo-Ferdinand were also married in a religious ceremony on 3 June 1968.¹
     From 31 May 1968, her married name became Henckel von Donnersmarck.¹

     Denys Peel lived at 36 Eaton Square, London, England^G.¹

     Evelyn Bligh St. George was born on 9 October 1897.² She is the daughter of Howard Bligh St. George and Florence Evelyn Baker.² She married Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston, 1st Bt., son of Major Bernard Hamilton Gunston and Ethel Caroline Jane Wellesley, on 18 October 1917.²
     Evelyn Bligh St. George also went by the nick-name of Gardenia.¹ From 18 October 1917, her married name became Gunston. She was director of Residential Nurseries Anglo-American Relief Fund between 1941 and 1946.² She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1944.¹

     John St. George Gunston was born on 17 February 1919.¹ He was the son of Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston, 1st Bt. and Evelyn Bligh St. George.² He died on 7 March 1944 at age 25 at Italy^G, killed in action.^1,3
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Irish Guards, attached to 2nd SAS Regiment.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Sebastian Maria Carl Josef Wolfgang Henckel von Donnersmarck was born on 8 May 1972.¹ He is the son of Leo-Ferdinand Henckel von Donnersmarck and Anna Maria von Berg.¹