Peerage Record – 53486

     Elizabeth Jane Elmhirst was born on 15 July 1834 at Lincolnshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of William Elmhirst and Elizabeth Yerburgh.¹ She married Colonel Edmond Ruck-Keene on 8 December 1864.¹ She died on 9 December 1875 at age 41.¹
     From 8 December 1864, her married name became Ruck-Keene.¹

     William Augustus Elmhirst was born on 7 July 1835 at Lincolnshire, England.¹ He was the son of William Elmhirst and Elizabeth Yerburgh.¹ He died on 21 June 1890 at age 54, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 9th Foot.¹

     John Yerburgh Elmhirst was born in 1830 at Lincolnshire, England.¹ He was the son of William Elmhirst and Elizabeth Yerburgh.¹ He married Jessie Jamieson between 1874 and 1885 at Queensland, Australia.¹ He died on 2 November 1901 at Queensland, Australia.¹

     Major Harry Elmhirst was born in 1839 at Lincolnshire, England.¹ He was the son of William Elmhirst and Elizabeth Yerburgh.¹ He died in July 1916 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the 53rd regiment.¹

     John Yerburgh lived at Frampton, Lincolnshire, England.¹

     Jessie Jamieson married John Yerburgh Elmhirst, son of William Elmhirst and Elizabeth Yerburgh, between 1874 and 1885 at Queensland, Australia.¹
     From between 1874 and 1885, her married name became Elmhirst.¹

     Colonel Edmond Ruck-Keene married Elizabeth Jane Elmhirst, daughter of William Elmhirst and Elizabeth Yerburgh, on 8 December 1864.¹
     He lived at Swincome House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Mary Knight was born in 1863 at Oughty Bridge, Yorkshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of William Knight and Mary Swift.¹ She married Reverend William Heaton Elmhirst, son of Reverend William Elmhirst and Ann Elizabeth Pasmore Heaton, in 1890 at Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England.¹
     From 1890, her married name became Elmhirst.¹

     William Elmhirst was born in 1892 at Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of Reverend William Heaton Elmhirst and Mary Knight.¹ He died on 13 November 1916, killed in action.²
     He was educated at Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.² He fought in the First World War.²

     James Victor Elmhirst was born in 1898 at Laxton, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of Reverend William Heaton Elmhirst and Mary Knight.¹