Peerage Record – 48608

     Charles Henry Higginson was the son of Major John Higginson and unknown daughter Courteney.¹ He married Mary Higginson, daughter of Sir James Macaulay Higginson and Louisa Mary Ann Shakespeare, in November 1861.¹ He died on 22 November 1894.²

     Alexander Forbes Irvine, 22nd of Drum was born on 17 August 1881.¹ He was the son of Francis Hugh Forbes Irvine, 21st of Drum and Mary Agnes Ramsay of Barra and Straloch.² He married Dorothy Isabel Crawford, daughter of Colonel Henry Crawford of Rothie Norman and Susan Annabella Edith Hunter, on 19 July 1905.¹ He died on 29 April 1922 at age 40.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards (SR.)¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Aberdeenshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Aberdeenshire.¹

     Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine was born on 16 February 1882.¹ He was the son of Francis Hugh Forbes Irvine, 21st of Drum and Mary Agnes Ramsay of Barra and Straloch.² He married Irene Dorothy May Burnett, daughter of John Alexander Burnett, 7th of Kemnay and Charlotte Susan Forbes-Gordon, on 2 February 1915.² He died on 25 July 1941 at age 59.¹
     He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1912 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1914 in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and Middlesex Regiment.¹

     Alexander Irvine married Margaret Christina MacMillan, daughter of Alexander MacMillan.¹

     Francis Charles Quentin Irvine was born on 26 January 1918.¹ He was the son of Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine and Irene Dorothy May Burnett.² He married Eva Mollie Leicester, daughter of Major O. Leicester, in 1941.¹ He died on 17 April 2003 at age 85.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Major between 1938 and 1956 in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers in 1951.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) in 1961.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) in 1966.¹ He lived in 2003 at Straloch, New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Major O. Leicester gained the rank of Major in the Indian Army.¹

     Eva Mollie Leicester is the daughter of Major O. Leicester.² She married Francis Charles Quentin Irvine, son of Quentin Hugh Innes Irvine and Irene Dorothy May Burnett, in 1941.¹
     From 1941, her married name became Irvine.

     Quentin Hugh Ramsay Irvine was born on 26 November 1942.¹ He was the son of Francis Charles Quentin Irvine and Eva Mollie Leicester.² He died on 14 October 1983 at age 40.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He was educated at University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹

     Francis David Howard Irvine was born on 14 October 1944.¹ He was the son of Francis Charles Quentin Irvine and Eva Mollie Leicester.² He died on 25 November 1982 at age 38.¹
     He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.¹