Peerage Record – 45346

     Frances Barry was born between 1810 and 1816.² She was the daughter of Colonel Richard Barry.³ She married Dudley Persse, son of Robert Persse and Maria Wade, in July 1833.¹ She died on 22 March 1896.¹
     From July 1833, her married name became Persse.

     Richard Dudley Persse was born in 1834.² He was the son of Dudley Persse and Frances Barry.³ He died on 8 September 1879, unmarried.¹
     He was a practising Barrister-at-Law.¹ He held the office of Recorder of Galway.¹

     Major William Norton Persse was born on 10 September 1837.¹ He was the son of Dudley Persse and Frances Barry.² He married Rose Mesham, daughter of Reverend Arthur Bennet Mesham, on 11 September 1860.¹ He died on 11 February 1893 at age 55.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He lived at Roxborough, County Galway, Ireland.¹

     Lt.-Col. Edward Persse was born on 3 March 1838.² He was the son of Dudley Persse and Frances Barry.² He married Margaret Clerk, daughter of General Thomas Clerk and Isabella Margaret Tulloch, on 20 June 1868 at Madras, India.^2,3,4 He died in 1929.¹
     He was commissioned in 1858, in the service of the 9th Native Infantry, Indian Army.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1861.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1871 in the Madras Staff Corps.¹ He gained the rank of 1st Wing Subaltern in 1873.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1879.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1885.¹ He retired from the military in 1886, with the rank of Colonel.¹ He lived at The Beeches, Bevoir Hill, Southampton, Hampshire, England.¹

     Dudley Peyton Persse was born on 5 September 1869.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Edward Persse and Margaret Clerk.² He died, unmarried.¹

     Alexander Annesley Persse was born on 26 November 1871.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Edward Persse and Margaret Clerk.² He married Henrietta Mary Gibbings, daughter of Walter Wippell Gibbings, on 16 November 1912.¹ He died on 18 November 1941 at age 69.¹
     He fought in the Boer War.¹

     Walter Wippell Gibbings lived at Southampton, Hampshire, England.¹

     Henrietta Mary Gibbings is the daughter of Walter Wippell Gibbings.² She married Alexander Annesley Persse, son of Lt.-Col. Edward Persse and Margaret Clerk, on 16 November 1912.¹
     From 16 November 1912, her married name became Persse.

     Thomas Dudley Persse was born on 13 March 1914.¹ He was the son of Alexander Annesley Persse and Henrietta Mary Gibbings.² He married Olive Duhan Tennant Eliot, daughter of George Augustus Eliot, on 4 May 1946.¹ He died on 18 February 2000 at age 85 at Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa.³
     He was educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the North Rhodesia Regiment.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants (F.C.A.)¹ He lived in 1976 at 25 Gibson Road, Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa.¹

     Melissa Beverley Eliot Persse was born on 19 February 1947.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas Dudley Persse and Olive Duhan Tennant Eliot.^2,1 She married Richard lain Kenneth Jesse, son of Kenneth Murchison Jesse, on 24 January 1969.¹
     From 24 January 1969, her married name became Jesse.¹