Peerage Record – 4680

     Philip George Best, 6th Baron Wynford was born on 27 August 1871.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. George Best, 5th Baron Wynford and Edith Anne Marsh.¹ He married Hon. Eva Lilian Cecilia Napier, daughter of Robert William Napier, 2nd Baron Napier of Magdala and Hon. Eva Maria Louisa Bosville Macdonald, on 16 October 1906.² He died on 15 December 1940 at age 69.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Dorset.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Wynford, of Wynford Eagle, Dorset [U.K., 1829] on 27 October 1904.² He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches and was wounded.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery and Dorset Yeomanry TA.¹

     Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie was born on 14 August 1878. She was the daughter of Francis Mackenzie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl of Cromartie and Hon. Lilian Janet Bosville Macdonald.² She married Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie, son of Maj.-Gen. Charles Harris Blunt and Mary Augusta Tod, on 16 December 1899 at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England^G.² She died on 20 May 1962 at age 83.³
     She succeeded as the 3rd Baroness Macleod of Castle Leod, co. Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 25 February 1895.² She succeeded as the 3rd Baroness Castlehaven, of Castlehaven, co. Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 25 February 1895.² She succeeded as the 3rd Countess of Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 25 February 1895, suo jure.² She succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Tarbat, of Tarbat, co. Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 25 February 1895.² From 16 December 1899, her married name became Blunt.² From 1905, her married name became Blunt-Mackenzie.² She wrote the book Sons of the Milesians.⁴ She wrote the book The Decoy.⁴ She wrote the book Temple of the Mind.⁴ She wrote the book The Golden Guard.⁴

     Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie was born on 19 May 1869.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Charles Harris Blunt and Mary Augusta Tod.¹ He married Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie, daughter of Francis Mackenzie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl of Cromartie and Hon. Lilian Janet Bosville Macdonald, on 16 December 1899 at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England^G.² He died on 31 July 1949 at age 80.¹
     He was given the name of Edward Walter Blunt at birth.¹ He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England^G.³ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England^G.³ He fought in the Ashanti Expedition.³ He fought in the Egyptian Campaign, on Lord Kitchener’s staff.³ In 1900 he planned one of the first hydro-electric schemes in Britain.³ He fought in the Sierra Leone Expedition.³ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Horse Artillery.³ In 1905 his name was legally changed to Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie.¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Ross and Cromarty.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Ross and Cromarty.¹

     Dorothy Downing is the daughter of Grant Butler Downing.¹ She married Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie, son of Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie and Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie, on 11 March 1933.¹ She and Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie were divorced in 1945.¹
     Her married name became Porter.¹ Her married name became Blunt-Mackenzie.

     Olga Laurence was the daughter of Stuart Laurence and unknown Ziv.^1,2 She married, firstly, Peter Mendoza.¹ She married, secondly, Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie, son of Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie and Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie, on 30 January 1947.¹ She and Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie were divorced in 1962.¹ She died on 26 February 1996.²
     Her married name became Mendoza.¹ Her married name became Blunt-Mackenzie.

     Michael Adam James Adams married Sarah Ursula Eden, daughter of Frederick Reeve Eden and Beatrice Helena Smith, in 1977.¹

     Lady Sibell Anne Julia Blunt-Mackenzie was born on 15 February 1934.¹ She is the daughter of Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie and Dorothy Downing.¹ She married, firstly, Francis Edward Lascelles Hadwen, son of Edward Hubert Lascelles Hadwen, on 16 June 1953.¹ She and Francis Edward Lascelles Hadwen were divorced in 1961.¹ She married, secondly, Apputhural Jeyarama Chandran in 1974.¹
     She was also known as Julia.¹ Her married name became Hadwen. From 1974, her married name became Chandran.¹

     Francis Edward Lascelles Hadwen is the son of Edward Hubert Lascelles Hadwen.¹ He married Lady Sibell Anne Julia Blunt-Mackenzie, daughter of Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie and Dorothy Downing, on 16 June 1953.¹ He and Lady Sibell Anne Julia Blunt-Mackenzie were divorced in 1961.¹

     Edward Hubert Lascelles Hadwen was with the Levant Consular Service.¹

     James Brian Mackenzie Hadwen was born on 23 July 1957.¹ He is the son of Francis Edward Lascelles Hadwen and Lady Sibell Anne Julia Blunt-Mackenzie.¹