Peerage Record – 53355

     Robert Hamilton Wright is the son of Robert M. Wright.¹ He married Nora Anne Layard, daughter of Austen Havelock Layard and Irene Beatrice King, on 10 June 1950.¹
     He was managing director of the Equitable Coal Company.¹ He lived in 1972 at 14 Ballygunge Park Road, Calcutta, India.¹

     Robert M. Wright lived at Lymington, Hampshire, England.¹ He was with the Indian Police.¹

     General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts was born on 3 April 1898 at Eltofts Estate, Bogawantalawa, Sri Lanka.^2,3 He was the son of Hugh Borrer Roberts and Eveline Henrietta Mary Kelly.³ He married Eileen Webster in September 1924 at Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales.³ He married Joyce M. S. Scorer in December 1955 at Westminster, London, England.³ He died on 16 March 1986 at age 87 at Iffley, Oxfordshire, England.^2,3
     He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)³ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)³ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)³ He lived at 17 Third Acre Rise, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He fought in the Second World War.³ He gained the rank of GSO(1) in 1941 in the 10th Indian Infantry Division.³ He was Commanding Officer of the 16th Infantry Brigade, Ceylon between 1942 and 1943.³ He was GOC of the XXXIV Indian Corps in 1945.³

     Edward G. Byrne married Elizabeth Sylvia Mary (?) before 1948.¹ He died before 1948.¹

     Edith Vivien Layard was born on 15 February 1888.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Charles Peter Layard and Ada Alexandrina Julius.¹ She died on 6 December 1970 at age 82, unmarried.¹

     Mary Emily Morley is the daughter of Charles Morley.¹ She married Colonel Charles Peter Julius Layard, son of Sir Charles Peter Layard and Ada Alexandrina Julius, on 10 September 1919.¹
     From 10 September 1919, her married name became Layard.¹ She lived in 1972 at Goldsboro House, Sutton Montis, Yeovil, Somerset, England.¹

     Charles Morley lived at Shockerwick, Bath, Somerset, England.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Vivien Anne Layard was born on 10 June 1920.¹ She is the daughter of Colonel Charles Peter Julius Layard and Mary Emily Morley.¹ She married William John Ewart, son of William Herbert Lee Ewart, on 10 March 1945.¹
     She was in FANY and WAAF during the Second World War.¹ From 10 March 1945, her married name became Ewart.¹

     William John Ewart is the son of William Herbert Lee Ewart.¹ He married Vivien Anne Layard, daughter of Colonel Charles Peter Julius Layard and Mary Emily Morley, on 10 March 1945.¹
     He gained the rank of officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He lived in 1972 at Colislinn, Hawich, Roxburghshire, Scotland.¹

     William Herbert Lee Ewart lived at Broadleas, Devizes, Wiltshire, England.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹