Peerage Record – 43120

     Rhoda Rainsford-Hannay was the daughter of Colonel Ramsay William Rainsford-Hannay of Kirkdale and Helen Jane Brancker.² She died on 22 June 1941.¹

     Dorothea Letitia May Maxwell was the daughter of Sir William Francis Maxwell of Cardoness, 4th Bt.¹ She married Colonel Frederick Rainsford-Hannay of Kirkdale, son of Colonel Ramsay William Rainsford-Hannay of Kirkdale and Helen Jane Brancker, on 16 August 1910.¹ She died in 1981.¹

     Ramsay William Rainsford Hannay, 15th of Kirkdale and of that Ilk was born on 15 June 1911.² He was the son of Colonel Frederick Rainsford-Hannay of Kirkdale and Dorothea Letitia May Maxwell.² He married Margaret Wiseman, daughter of Sir William George Wiseman, 10th Bt. and Marjorie Florence Hulton Sams, on 19 September 1936.² He died on 10 January 2004 at age 92 at Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.³
     He was given the name of Ramsay William Rainsford-Hannay at birth.² He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.² He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1932 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1933 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He was with the Solicitors’ Department, Board of Trade between 1939 and 1964.² He was commissioned in 1940 with the rank of officer, in the service of the Highland Light Infantry.² He fought in the Second World War.² He retired from the military in 1946, with the rank of Major, late of the Highland Light Infantry.² He held the office of Hon. Sheriff Substitute of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.² He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers in 1949.² He held the position of Chief of the Name and Arms of Hannay from in 1959.² In 1980 his name was legally changed to Ramsford William Rainsford Hannay.² He was recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms as Representer of the feudal Baronial House of Maxwell of Cardoness and 15th of Kirkdale, and matriculated his arms at the Lyons Court Representer of the feudal Baronial House of Maxwell of Cardoness and 15th of Kirkdale on 31 October 1983.² He lived in 2003 at Cardoness, Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland^G.²

     Gavin Rainsford-Hannay was born on 19 March 1914.¹ He was the son of Colonel Frederick Rainsford-Hannay of Kirkdale and Dorothea Letitia May Maxwell.² He died on 26 July 1914.¹

     Don Arturo Medín Larraín lived at Santiago, Chile^G.¹

     Wanda Julia Larraín is the daughter of Don Arturo Medín Larraín.² She married Sir Charles Rupert Patrick Hanson, 4th Bt., son of Sir Charles John Hanson, 3rd Bt. and Patricia Helen Brind, on 16 April 1977.¹
     From 16 April 1977, her married name became Hanson.

     Alexis Charles Hanson was born on 25 March 1978.¹ He is the son of Sir Charles Rupert Patrick Hanson, 4th Bt. and Wanda Julia Larraín.²

     Joseph Hanson was born on 13 February 1768.¹ He married Sarah Thorp on 5 March 1804.¹ He died on 28 May 1827 at age 59.¹
     He lived at Fratton, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Sarah Thorp married Joseph Hanson on 5 March 1804.¹ She died on 21 September 1859.¹
     From 5 March 1804, her married name became Hanson.

     Joseph Hanson was born on 22 December 1820.¹ He was the son of Joseph Hanson and Sarah Thorp.² He married Mary Anne Hicks, daughter of William Hicks.¹ He died on 3 January 1868 at age 47, drowned at sea.¹
     He lived at Fowey, Cornwall, England^G.¹