Peerage Record – 4622

     Lady Patricia Florence Susan Guinness was born on 3 March 1918. She was the daughter of Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and Lady Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow.^1,2 She married Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, son of Alan Walter Lennox-Boyd and Florence Annie Begbie, on 29 December 1938.¹ She died on 14 May 2001 at age 83.³
     Her married name became Lennox-Boyd. After her marriage, Lady Patricia Florence Susan Guinness was styled as Viscountess Boyd of Merton on 8 September 1960.

     Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton was born on 18 November 1904.¹ He was the son of Alan Walter Lennox-Boyd and Florence Annie Begbie.² He married Lady Patricia Florence Susan Guinness, daughter of Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and Lady Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow, on 29 December 1938.¹ He died on 8 March 1983 at age 78.¹
     He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.¹ He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Mid-Bedfordshire between 1931 and 1960.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1940 in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.² He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1941 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1951.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Bedfordshire between 1954 and 1960.² He was managing director of Arthur Guinness & Sons between 1959 and 1967.² He was appointed Companion of Honour (C.H.) in 1960.² He was created 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, of Merton-in-Penninghame, co. Wigtown [U.K.] on 8 September 1960.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Cornwall in 1965.²

     Charles Rupert Nugent was born on 24 January 1962.¹ He is the son of David Hugh Lavallin Nugent and Lady Elizabeth Maria Guinness.¹ He married Louise V. Nixon, daughter of Timothy Nixon, in 1989.¹

     Margaret Mary Lavallin Puxley was the daughter of Reverend Herbert Lavallin Puxley and Dorothy Florence Mary Wroughton.¹ She married Sir Hugh Charles Nugent, 6th Bt., son of Charles Hugh Nugent and Anna Maria Adams, on 28 September 1931.¹ She died on 8 August 2004.²
     Her married name became Nugent. She lived in 2003 at Cronk Ghennie House, Bowring Road, Ramsey, Isle of Man.¹

     Reverend Herbert Lavallin Puxley is the son of Reverend Herbert Boyne Lavallin Puxley. He married Dorothy Florence Mary Wroughton, daughter of Philip Wroughton and Evelyn Mary Neeld.³
     He lived at The White House, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England.¹

     Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L’Isle and Dudley of Penshurst was born on 28 January 1828.^1,3 He was the son of Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron De L’Isle and Dudley of Penshurst and Lady Sophia Fitz-Clarence.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Foulis, daughter of Sir William Foulis of Ingleby, 8th Bt. and Mary Jane Ross, on 23 April 1850.¹ He married, secondly, Emily Frances Ramsay, daughter of William Fermor Ramsay, on 25 January 1893.¹ He died on 17 February 1898 at age 70.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Shelley Sidney, of Penshurst Place, co. Kent [U.K., 1818] on 4 March 1851.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron De L’Isle and Dudley of Penshurst, co. Kent [U.K., 1835] on 4 March 1851.¹ He partipicated in an ordinance; Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹

     Mary Foulis was the daughter of Sir William Foulis of Ingleby, 8th Bt. and Mary Jane Ross.^1,2 She married Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L’Isle and Dudley of Penshurst, son of Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron De L’Isle and Dudley of Penshurst and Lady Sophia Fitz-Clarence, on 23 April 1850.¹ She died on 14 June 1891.¹
     Her married name became Sidney.

     Sir William Liston Foulis of Woodhall, 8th Bt. was born on 27 July 1812.¹ He was the son of Sir James Foulis of Woodhall, 7th Bt. and Agnes Grieve.² He married, firstly, Henrietta Ramage Liston, daughter of Captain Ramage Liston, on 20 June 1843. He married, secondly, Mary Anne Cadell, daughter of Robert Cadell and Anne Fletcher Mylne, on 7 April 1852.¹ He died on 22 February 1858 at age 45.¹
     He was given the name of William Foulis at birth.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Baronet Foulis, of Colinton [N.S., 1634] on 2 May 1842.¹ In 1843 his name was legally changed to William Liston Foulis.¹

     Robert Annesley Eden was born on 8 May 1900.¹ He was the son of William Annesley Eden and Mabel Louisa Homfray Pinsent.¹ He died on 24 April 1963 at age 62, unmarried.¹

     Major George Henley Eden was born on 3 May 1904.¹ He was the son of William Annesley Eden and Mabel Louisa Homfray Pinsent.¹ He married, firstly, Avril Edith Simmons, daughter of R. O. Simmons, in 1928.¹ He and Avril Edith Simmons were divorced in 1949.¹ He married, secondly, Doreen Rosamund Averil Tobeason in 1951.¹ He and Doreen Rosamund Averil Tobeason were divorced in 1974.¹ He married, thirdly, Stella Frances Duplock, daughter of W. H. Duplock, in 1974.¹ He died in 1982 at Sutton, London, England.^1,2
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹