Peerage Record – 43266

     Sir John Benton was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (K.C.I.E.)²

     Sydney Charles Elphinstone Hartwell was born on 30 April 1844.¹ He was the son of Sir Broderick Hartwell, 2nd Bt. and Alicia Gunthorpe.² He married Jeannette Marion Jenkins, daughter of Colonel John Hadow Jenkins, on 18 October 1876.¹ He died on 30 December 1899 at age 55.¹

     Jeannette Marion Jenkins was the daughter of Colonel John Hadow Jenkins.² She married Sydney Charles Elphinstone Hartwell, son of Sir Broderick Hartwell, 2nd Bt. and Alicia Gunthorpe, on 18 October 1876.¹ She died on 13 April 1937.¹
     From 18 October 1876, her married name became Hartwell.

     Barry Hartwell was born on 2 December 1880.¹ He was the son of Sydney Charles Elphinstone Hartwell and Jeannette Marion Jenkins.² He married Emily Maybell Dobbs, daughter of Joseph Dobbs, on 1 June 1912.¹ He died on 30 October 1914 at age 33, killed in action.¹
     He was educated between 1894 and 1897 at Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England^G.³ He gained the rank of Captain in the Indian Army.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹

     Joseph Dobbs lived at Coolbawn House, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Ireland^G.¹

     Emily Maybell Dobbs was born in 1883 at Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Ireland^G.² She was the daughter of Joseph Dobbs.³ She married Barry Hartwell, son of Sydney Charles Elphinstone Hartwell and Jeannette Marion Jenkins, on 1 June 1912.¹ She died on 23 April 1979 at Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland^G.²
     From 1 June 1912, her married name became Hartwell.

     Evelyn Patricia Hartwell was born on 1 March 1913.¹ She was the daughter of Barry Hartwell and Emily Maybell Dobbs.² She died in 1972 at Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland^G.³

     General John Redmond Hartwell was born on 7 May 1887.¹ He was the son of Sydney Charles Elphinstone Hartwell and Jeannette Marion Jenkins.² He married, firstly, Nina Oliver St. John, daughter of General George Francis William St. John, on 28 February 1911.¹ He and Nina Oliver St. John were divorced in 1921.¹ He married, secondly, Hazel Hay Benton, daughter of Sir John Benton, on 5 April 1929.¹ He married, thirdly, Edith Elizabeth Fosdyke, daughter of F. W. Fosdyke, on 22 September 1946.¹ He died on 19 September 1970 at age 83.¹
     He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, and was mentioned in despatches.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1916.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Major-General in the Indian Army.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1949.¹