Peerage Record – 47440

     Lady Felicity Ann Wavell was born on 21 July 1921.¹ She is the daughter of Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell and Eugenie Marie Quirk.¹ She married Captain Peter Maitland Longmore, son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore and Marjorie Maitland, on 20 February 1947.¹
     From 20 February 1947, her married name became Longmore.¹

     Captain Peter Maitland Longmore is the son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore and Marjorie Maitland.¹ He married Lady Felicity Ann Wavell, daughter of Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell and Eugenie Marie Quirk, on 20 February 1947.¹
     He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Archibald John Arthur Wavell 2nd Earl Wavell was born on 11 May 1916.¹ He was the son of Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell and Eugenie Marie Quirk.¹ He died on 24 December 1953 at age 37 at Kenya^G, killed in action in a skirmish.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Palestine Campaign between 1936 and 1939, where he was wounded.¹ He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1945, where he was wounded.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Black Watch.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1947.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Earl Wavell [U.K., 1947] on 24 May 1950.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Keren, of Eritrea and of Winchester, co. Southampton [U.K., 1947] on 24 May 1950.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Wavell, of Cyrenaica, and of Winchester, co. Southamtpon [U.K., 1943] on 24 May 1950.¹ He fought in the Mau Mau Campaign.¹

     Alexandra Cancrine was born in 1850.² She was the daughter of Count Valerian Egorovich Cancrine and Olga Alexandrovna von Holstein.¹ She married, firstly, Matthew Ivanovich Tolstoy, son of Count Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy, before 1875.¹ She married, secondly, Philip James Stanhope, 1st Baron and last Weardale of Stanhope, son of Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope and Emily Harriet Kerrison, on 11 May 1877 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G.¹ She died on 14 October 1934.¹
     From before 1875, her married name became Tolstoy.¹ From 11 May 1877, her married name became Stanhope.¹ After her marriage, Alexandra Cancrine was styled as Baroness Weardale of Stanhope on 10 March 1906. She was vice-president of the Save the Children Fund.¹

     Count Valerian Egorovich Cancrine was born in 1820.² He was the son of Count Yegor Frantsevich Cancrine.² He married Olga Alexandrovna von Holstein, daughter of Alexander Carlovich Stael von Holstein.¹ He died in 1861.²

     Matthew Ivanovich Tolstoy was born in 1850.² He was the son of Count Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy.³ He married Alexandra Cancrine, daughter of Count Valerian Egorovich Cancrine and Olga Alexandrovna von Holstein, before 1875.¹ He died in 1875.^1,2

     Olga Alexandrovna von Holstein was the daughter of Alexander Carlovich Stael von Holstein.¹ She married Count Valerian Egorovich Cancrine, son of Count Yegor Frantsevich Cancrine.¹ She died in 1889.²

     Sarah Fordyce was the daughter of Reverend Alexander Fordyce of Ayton.¹ She married Sir Francis Grant of Monymusk, 1st Bt., son of Archibald Grant of Ballentomb and Christian Nairne, on 18 October 1708.¹ She died, without male issue.¹
     From 18 October 1708, her married name became Grant.¹