Peerage Record – 45357

     Major Robert Fair Ruttledge Fair was born on 3 June 1852.² He was the son of Thomas Ruttledge.³ He married Rose Charlotte Persse, daughter of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham, on 8 July 1896.¹
     He lived at Cornfield, County Mayo, Ireland.¹

     Kathleen Persse is the daughter of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham.² She married William Creagh Burke on 8 June 1896.¹
     From 8 June 1896, her married name became Burke.¹

     William Creagh Burke married Kathleen Persse, daughter of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham, on 8 June 1896.¹
     He lived at Cloonee, County Mayo, Ireland.¹

     Millicent Persse was the daughter of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham.² She married Douglas L. Foxwell on 9 August 1890.¹ She died on 30 July 1944.¹
     From 9 August 1890, her married name became Foxwell.¹

     Douglas L. Foxwell married Millicent Persse, daughter of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham, on 9 August 1890.¹
     He lived at Penstone, Lancing, Sussex, England.¹

     Ione Albertha Persse is the daughter of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham.² She married Colonel Adrien Samuel Woods on 12 July 1898.¹
     From 12 July 1898, her married name became Woods.

     Colonel Adrien Samuel Woods married Ione Albertha Persse, daughter of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham, on 12 July 1898.¹
     He lived at Renmore, County Galway, Ireland.¹

     Katherine Ellen Gehle was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Henry John Wolsteyn Gehle.¹ She married Major William Arthur Persse, son of Major William Norton Persse and Rose Mesham, on 18 January 1894.¹ She died on 12 December 1943.¹
     From 18 January 1894, her married name became Persse.

     Joan Shirley Blackman was born circa 1921.² She was the daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Maurice Blackman.¹ She married, firstly, Major Jocelyn Arthur Persse, son of Major William Arthur Persse and Katherine Ellen Gehle, on 12 June 1940.¹ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Francis Edgar Anthony Fulford, son of Francis Algernon Fulford and Constance Louisa Drummond, on 7 February 1948.¹ She married, thirdly, Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Bt., son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Reginald Pole-Carew and Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth Butler, in 1979.³ She died on 24 June 2012.²
     From 12 June 1940, her married name became Persse.¹ From 7 February 1948, her married name became Fulford.¹ From 1979, her married name became Carew Pole.³ She lived at Headbourne Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, England.³

     Major Jocelyn Arthur Persse was born on 11 October 1913.¹ He was the son of Major William Arthur Persse and Katherine Ellen Gehle.² He married Joan Shirley Blackman, daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Maurice Blackman, on 12 June 1940.¹ He died on 26 October 1942 at age 29 at El Alamein, Egypt^G, from wounds received in action.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Rifle Brigade.¹