Peerage Record – 5478

     Robert Thompson Crawshay was born in 1855 at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales.¹ He was the son of Robert Thompson Crawshay and Rose Mary Yeates.¹ He married Mary Leslie, daughter of Sir John Leslie, 1st Bt. and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer, on 20 July 1893.²

     Robert Thompson Crawshay was born on 3 March 1817.¹ He was the son of William Crawshay and Isabella Thompson.¹ He married Rose Mary Yeates, daughter of William Wilson Yeates, in 1846 at Caversham Church, Caversham, Berkshire, England.¹ He died on 10 May 1879 at age 62.¹
     He lived at Cyfarthfa Castle, Glamorgan, Wales^G.

     Constance Christina Leslie was born on 23 September 1861.² She was the daughter of Sir John Leslie, 1st Bt. and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer.³ She married Sir Edward Stanley Hope, son of George William Hope and Hon. Caroline Georgiana Montagu-Scott, on 2 June 1881.³ She died on 30 May 1945 at age 83.³
     Her married name became Hope.

     Captain Jack William Leslie Crawshay was born in September 1894. He is the son of Robert Thompson Crawshay and Mary Leslie. He married, firstly, Claire Frederique Strichelbaut, daughter of Jean Richard Strichelbaut, on 16 February 1918.² He and Claire Frederique Strichelbaut were divorced in 1923. He married, secondly, Hon. Harriet Anne Tyrrell, daughter of William George Tyrrell, 1st and last Baron Tyrrell of Avon and Margaret Ann Urquhart, on 25 April 1934.¹
     He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹

     Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt. was born on 24 September 1885.² He was the son of Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt. and Leonie Blanche Jerome.² He married, firstly, Majorie Ide, daughter of General Henry Clay Ide, on 11 June 1912.² He married, secondly, Iris Carola Laing, daughter of Charles Miskin Laing and Ethelreda Janet Wingfield, on 30 May 1958.¹ He died in 1971.¹
     Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt. usually went by his middle name of Shane.³ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He graduated from King’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1907 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He graduated from King’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1909 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He wrote the book an author.² He was member of the Irish Academy of Letters.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Gregory the Great.² He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Leslie, of Glaslough, co. Monaghan [U.K., 1876] on 25 January 1944.²

     Majorie Ide was born in 1882.¹ She was the daughter of General Henry Clay Ide. She married Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt., son of Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt. and Leonie Blanche Jerome, on 11 June 1912.² She died on 8 February 1951.²
     Her married name became Leslie.

     General Henry Clay Ide lived at Vermont, U.S.A.^G. He held the office of Governor-General of the Philippine Islands.

     Iris Carola Laing was born in 1903 at Headington, Oxfordshire, England.² She was the daughter of Charles Miskin Laing and Ethelreda Janet Wingfield.² She married, firstly, Captain Donald Alexander Frazer before 1958.³ She married, secondly, Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt., son of Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt. and Leonie Blanche Jerome, on 30 May 1958.¹ She died in 1995.¹
     From before 1958, her married name became Frazer.³ Her married name became Leslie.

     Charles Miskin Laing was born in 1863 at Rotherhithe, Kent, England.¹ He was the son of Charles Parkinson Benjamin Laing and Mary Ann Lawson.¹ He married Ethelreda Janet Wingfield, daughter of Richard Wingfield and Sarah Janet Nunns, in 1895 at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ He died in 1939.¹
     He was a practising barrister-at-law.¹ He lived at Bury Knowle, Headington, Oxfordshire, England^G.

     John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris of Newbrook was born in 1762.² He was the son of Henry Bingham and Letitia Daly.³ He married Hon. Anna Maria Yelverton, daughter of Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore and Mary Nugent, on 21 May 1791.³ He died on 18 May 1821 at Newbrook, County Mayo, Ireland^G.³
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Tuam between 1797 and 1800, and then he exchanged his two seats in that rotten borough with the Government for £8,000 and an Irish peerage.² He was created 1st Baron Clanmorris of Newbrook, co. Mayo [Ireland] on 31 July 1800.³