Peerage Record – 5012

     Captain Augustus Arthur Cornwallis Fitz-Clarence was born on 16 March 1880.¹ He was the son of Henry Edward Fitz-Clarence and Mary Isobel Parsons.¹ He married Lady Susan Yorke, daughter of John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke and Edith Mary Oswald, on 7 April 1910.¹ He died on 28 June 1915 at age 35, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the First World War.¹

     Lady Susan Yorke was born on 7 May 1881.² She was the daughter of John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke and Edith Mary Oswald.¹ She married, firstly, Captain Augustus Arthur Cornwallis Fitz-Clarence, son of Henry Edward Fitz-Clarence and Mary Isobel Parsons, on 7 April 1910.¹ She married, secondly, Colonel Wyndham Lindsay Birch, son of Sir Arthur Nonus Birch and Josephine Watts-Russell, on 23 June 1920.² She died on 21 August 1965 at age 84.²
     From 7 April 1910, her married name became Fitz-Clarence.¹ From 23 June 1920, her married name became Birch. She was Area Organiser for North-East Essex, WVS during the Second World War.²

     Cynthia Adela Victoria Fitz-Clarence was born on 7 February 1887.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Edward Fitz-Clarence and Mary Isobel Parsons.¹ She married Major Roland George Orred, son of Major John Cavendish Orred and Caroline Alexina Lane Fox, on 11 June 1908.¹
     Her married name became Orred.

     Major Roland George Orred was the son of Major John Cavendish Orred and Caroline Alexina Lane Fox.¹ He married Cynthia Adela Victoria Fitz-Clarence, daughter of Henry Edward Fitz-Clarence and Mary Isobel Parsons, on 11 June 1908.¹ He died on 20 June 1963.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Coldstream Guards.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹

     Anne Plunket was the daughter of Sir John Plunket and Catherine St. Lawrence.¹ She married Sir William de Bermingham in 1541.² She married, firstly, William de Bermingham, 1st Baron Carbery, son of unknown de Bermingham, on 25 November 1545.¹ She married, secondly, Robert Plunket, son of Sir John Plunket, in 1548.¹ She married, thirdly, Mark Barnewall before 29 May 1551.¹
     From 25 November 1545, her married name became de Bermingham.¹ From before 29 May 1551, her married name became Barnewall.¹

     Sir Arthur Nonus Birch was born in September 1836 at Yoxford, Suffolk, England^G.¹ He was the son of Reverend Henry William Rouse Birch and Lydia Mildred.¹ He was baptised on 23 October 1836.¹ He married Josephine Watts-Russell, daughter of Jesse David Watts-Russell and Mary Nevill Wright.¹ He died on 31 October 1914 at age 78.¹
     He was Acting Governor of Ceylon.¹ He held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Penang between 1871 and 1872.¹ He held the office of Colonial Secretary of Ceylon.¹ He held the office of Colonial Secretary of British Columbia.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.)² He held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Ceylon between 1876 and 1878.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.)

     Hon. Claude John Yorke was born on 17 October 1872.¹ He was the son of John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke and Edith Mary Oswald.² He married Fay Zarifi, daughter of John Michael Zarifi, on 28 April 1914.¹ He died on 15 September 1940 at age 67.¹
     Between 1897 and 1907 at Cairo, Egypt^G, with the Public Works Department.¹

     Fay Zarifi was the daughter of John Michael Zarifi.¹ She married Hon. Claude John Yorke, son of John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke and Edith Mary Oswald, on 28 April 1914.¹ She died on 13 May 1928.¹
     Her married name became Yorke.

     John Michael Zarifi lived at Park Lane, Mayfair, London, England^G.¹

     Richard Charles John Yorke was born on 25 July 1916.¹ He was the son of Hon. Claude John Yorke and Fay Zarifi.² He died in 1992.¹