Peerage Record – 50954

     Fergus Hew Grant Laing was born on 22 February 1951.² He is the son of Alexander Grant Laing and Graeme Elizabeth Dalrymple-Hamilton.² He married Priscilla Mary Keith, daughter of Michael Telfair Keith and Penelope Jane Mann, on 28 July 1979.¹
     He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland.² He lived in 2003 at Craggan, Grantown on Spey, Morayshire, Scotland.²

     Rhoda Beard was born in 1922.² She is the daughter of Thomas Beard.¹ She married Gervaise George Michael Havelock-Allan, son of Allan Havelock-Allan and Aline Constance Caroline Beresford, in 1946.¹
     From 1946, her married name became Havelock-Allan.¹

     Enid Agnes Tilney was the daughter of George Adams Tilney.² She married Francis Thomas Mann, son of Sir Edward Mann, 1st Bt. and Anna Jane Bell, on 8 November 1916.¹ She died in 1976.¹
     From 8 November 1916, her married name became Mann.

     Major Francis George Mann was born on 6 September 1917.¹ He was the son of Francis Thomas Mann and Enid Agnes Tilney.² He married Margaret Hildegarde Clark, daughter of William Marshall Clark, on 1 December 1949.¹ He died on 8 August 2001 at age 83.¹
     Major Francis George Mann usually went by his middle name of George.¹ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ Between 1937 and 1954 he played cricket for Middlesex.¹ Between 1938 and 1939 he played cricket for Cambridge.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was wounded.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Scots Guards.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1945.¹ Between 1948 and 1949 he played 7 cricket test matches for England as captain, against South Africa and New Zealand.^1,3 He was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1984.³

     William Marshall Clark lived at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.¹

     Margaret Hildegarde Clark is the daughter of William Marshall Clark.² She married Major Francis George Mann, son of Francis Thomas Mann and Enid Agnes Tilney, on 1 December 1949.¹
     She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)¹ She was registered as a Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.)¹ She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹ From 1 December 1949, her married name became Mann. She lived in 2003 at Great Farmhouse, West Woodhay, Berkshire, England.¹

     Simon Francis Mann was born on 26 June 1952.¹ He is the son of Major Francis George Mann and Margaret Hildegarde Clark.² He married Jennifer C. Barham, daughter of David George Wilfrid Barham and Catherine Margaret Bucknall, in 1977.³ He and Jennifer C. Barham were divorced in 1986.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Captain between 1971 and 1981 in the Scots Guards.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Captain between 1991 and 1992 in the Scots Guards.¹

     John Balle Pinsent was born in 1845 at Highweek, Devon, England.¹ He was the son of John Ball Pinsent and Hannah Davie Swain.¹ He married Jane Maye in 1860 at Totnes, Devon, England.¹ He died on 15 December 1890 at Newton Abbot, Devon, England.¹

     Jessy Fairfax Muckley was born in 1865 at Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of William Jabez Muckley and Mary Pardoe.¹ She married Christopher Shorrock Bates in 1888 at Cockermouth, Cumberland, England.¹