Peerage Record – 47015

     Commander Henry Duncan Simonds was born on 27 July 1886.^1,2 He was the son of Louis de Luze Simonds and Mary Elizabeth Turnbull.¹ He married Mary Zillah Ramsden on 18 October 1927 at St. Mark, Audley Strret, Westminster, London, England.^1,2 He died on 25 April 1948 at age 61 at Eversley, Hampshire, England.^1,3
     On 1 January 1915 he was rescued from the sinking of H.M.S. Formidable.³ He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.¹

     Mary Zillah Ramsden was born on 26 February 1899.³ She married Commander Henry Duncan Simonds, son of Louis de Luze Simonds and Mary Elizabeth Turnbull, on 18 October 1927 at St. Mark, Audley Strret, Westminster, London, England.^1,2 She died on 7 March 1986 at age 87.³
     From 18 October 1927, her married name became Simonds.¹

     Thomas Audley de Luze Simonds was born on 30 November 1928 at Marylebone, London, England.² He was the son of Commander Henry Duncan Simonds and Mary Zillah Ramsden.¹ He married Mary Bernadette Neelands, daughter of Major Abraham Rupert Neelands and Kathleen Victoria Agnew, on 7 May 1957.¹ He died on 4 June 2012 at age 83 at Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England.^3,4
     He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Marines.⁴

     Mary Bernadette Neelands was born on 3 July 1932 at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.² She was the daughter of Major Abraham Rupert Neelands and Kathleen Victoria Agnew.^1,2 She married Thomas Audley de Luze Simonds, son of Commander Henry Duncan Simonds and Mary Zillah Ramsden, on 7 May 1957.¹ She died on 16 July 2000 at age 68 at Exeter, Devon, England.²
     From 7 May 1957, her married name became Simonds.¹

     Major Abraham Rupert Neelands was born on 26 August 1881 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.² He was the son of James Adam Neelands and Jane Oliphant Butchart.² He married Kathleen Victoria Agnew, daughter of Alexander Agnew and Rosina Mary Hunter, in 1919 at Hendon, London, England.² He died on 19 October 1971 at age 90.²
     He lived at Chelsea Square, London, England^G.¹

     Mary Hope Mellor was born on 15 September 1887 at Paddington, London, England.² She was the daughter of Francis Hamilton Mellor and Mabel Winifred Knowles.^1,3 She married Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st and last Viscount Simonds, son of Louis de Luze Simonds and Mary Elizabeth Turnbull, on 28 March 1912.¹ She died on 16 May 1973 at age 85 at Harrow on the Hill, London, England.²
     From 28 March 1912, her married name became Simonds.¹ After her marriage, Mary Hope Mellor was styled as Baroness Simonds on 18 April 1944. After her marriage, Mary Hope Mellor was styled as Viscountess Simonds on 18 October 1954.

     Francis Hamilton Mellor was born on 13 May 1854 at Bloomsbury, London, England.² He was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir John Mellor and Elizabeth Cooke Moseley.² He married Mabel Winifred Knowles, daughter of William Knowles and Emma Letitia Paxton.³ He died on 26 April 1925 at age 70 at Paris, France.²
     He was a Judge.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)² He was appointed King’s Counsel (K.C.)¹ He was a cricketeer with the MCC between 1874 and 1878.²

     Gavin Alexander Simonds was born on 1 August 1915.¹ He was the son of Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st and last Viscount Simonds and Mary Hope Mellor.¹ He died on 19 March 1951 at age 35, unmarried.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Wiltshire yeomanry.¹ He was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn in 1945 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.¹

     Major John Mellor Simonds was born on 1 August 1915.¹ He was the son of Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st and last Viscount Simonds and Mary Hope Mellor.¹ He married Barbara Robinson, daughter of T. Robinson, on 12 August 1944.¹ He died on 23 September 1944 at age 29 at Arnhem, The Netherlands^G, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1939 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the South Staffordshire Regiment.² He fought in the Second World War.²

     Barbara Robinson is the daughter of T. Robinson.¹ She married, firstly, F/O A. J. Willock.¹ She married, secondly, Major John Mellor Simonds, son of Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st and last Viscount Simonds and Mary Hope Mellor, on 12 August 1944.¹ She married, thirdly, Angus Macpherson after 1944.¹
     Her married name became Willock.¹ From 12 August 1944, her married name became Simonds.¹ From after 1944, her married name became Macpherson.¹