Peerage Record – 5264

     Robert King lived at Natal, South Africa^G.¹

     Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres was born on 28 September 1852 at Ripple, Kent, England.³ He was the son of Commander John Tracy William French and Margaret Eccles.⁴ He married Eleanora Anna Selby-Lowndes, daughter of Richard William Selby-Lowndes and Mary Susan Fletcher, on 19 August 1880 at Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England.^5,6 He died on 22 May 1925 at age 72 at Deal Castle, Kent, England.⁷
     He was educated in 1866 at H.M.S. Britannia, England^G.⁷ He gained the rank of Midshipman in the Royal Navy.⁷ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1874 in the 19th Hussars.⁷ He gained the rank of Captain in 1880.⁷ He fought in the Sudan Expedition between 1884 and 1885, where he was mentioned in dispatches.⁷ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1889.⁷ He gained the rank of Major-General in 1899.⁷ He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he was mentioned in dispatches four times.⁷ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 29 November 1900.⁷ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1902.⁷ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) on 9 November 1902.⁷ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) on 30 June 1905.⁷ He gained the rank of General in 1907.⁷ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 25 June 1909.⁷ He gained the rank of Field Marshal in 1913.⁷ He was Commader-in-Chief of the British Expedtionary Force from 5 August 1914 to 18 December 1915.⁷ He was awarded the Order of Merit (O.M.) on 3 December 1914.⁷ He was Field Marshal Commanding-in-Charge of the Home Forces between 1915 and 1918.⁷ He was created 1st Viscount French, of Ypres and of High Lake, co. Roscommon [U.K.] on 1 January 1916.⁷ He was appointed Knight, Order of St. Patrick (K.P.) on 4 June 1917.⁷ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland between 1918 and 1921.⁷ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 7 May 1918.⁷ He was created 1st Earl of Ypres [U.K.] on 5 June 1922.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Jean Follett was born in 1915. She was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Gilbert Burrell Spencer Follett and Lady Mildred Murray.¹ She married Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux, son of Hon. Henry Brougham and Hon. Diana Isabel Sturt, on 3 June 1935.¹ She and Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux were divorced in 1942.¹ She died in 1992.¹
     From 3 June 1935, her married name became Brougham. After her marriage, Jean Follett was styled as Baroness Brougham and Vaux on 3 June 1935.

     Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal was born on 1 February 1874 at Vienna, Austria.² He married Gertrud Schlesinger in 1901.² He died on 15 July 1929 at age 55 at Rodaun, Austria.²

     Michael John Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux was born on 2 August 1938.¹ He was the son of Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux and Jean Follett.¹ He married, firstly, Olivia Susan Gray, daughter of Rear-Admiral Gordon Thomas Seccombe Gray and Sonia Moore-Gwyn, on 20 July 1963.¹ He and Olivia Susan Gray were divorced in 1967.¹ He married, secondly, Catherine Jill Gulliver, daughter of William Gulliver, on 17 January 1969.¹ He and Catherine Jill Gulliver were divorced on 9 December 1981.³ He married, thirdly, Sezgin (?) on 14 September 2022.⁴ He died on 27 August 2023 at age 85.⁵
     He was educated at Lycée Jaccard, Lausanne, Switzerland^G.¹ He was educated at Millfield School, Street, Somerset, England^G.¹ He was educated at Northampton Institute of Agriculture, Northamptonshire, England^G.³ He succeeded as the 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux, of Brougham, Westmorland and of Highhead Castle, Cumberland [U.K., 1860] on 20 June 1967.¹ He held the office of Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords in 1995.³ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1995.³ He lived in 2003 at 11 Westminster Gardens, Marsham Street, London, England^G.³

     Hon. David Peter Brougham was born on 22 August 1940.¹ He was the son of Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux and Jean Follett.¹ He married, firstly, Christina Margareta Hornblad, daughter of Sven Hornblad, on 19 April 1969.¹ He and Christina Margareta Hornblad were divorced in 1976.¹ He married, secondly, Caroline Susan Tomkin, daughter of Lt.-Col. James Michael Heigham Royce Tomkin and Margaret Elinor Bunbury, in 1977.² He died on 23 January 2012 at age 71.³
     He was educated at Sedbergh School, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England^G.¹ He was a non-executive director of Alliance and Leicester plc.¹ He lived in 2003 at 3 Chancellor House, Hyde Park Gate, London, England^G.¹

     Edith Ellaline Teichman is the daughter of Leonard Teichman.¹ She married, firstly, Richard Vaughan Hart-Davis before 1942.¹ She married, secondly, Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux, son of Hon. Henry Brougham and Hon. Diana Isabel Sturt, on 4 June 1942.¹
     From before 1942, her married name became Hart-Davis.¹ From 4 June 1942, her married name became Brougham. After her marriage, Edith Ellaline Teichman was styled as Baroness Brougham and Vaux on 4 June 1942.

     Rachel Gurney Lubbock was born on 5 March 1920.¹ She is the daughter of Samuel Gurney Lubbock and Irene Scharrer.¹ She married Denys Gravenor Rhodes, son of Major Arthur Tahu Gravenor Rhodes and Hon. Helen Cecil Olive Plunket, on 4 August 1945.¹
     From 4 August 1945, her married name became Rhodes.¹ Her marriage to Denys Gravenor Rhodes was annulled in 1950.¹ She lived in 1999 at 17 Paultons House, Paultons Square, London, England^G.¹

     Hon. Julian Henry Peter Brougham was born on 5 October 1932.¹ He was the son of Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux and Violet Valerie Gwendolen French.¹ He died on 8 May 1952 at age 19 at Malaysia^G, while on active service, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of officer in the 12th Royal Lancers.² He fought in the Malayan Campaign.²