Peerage Record – 5498

     Dudley Crichton-Stuart was born on 4 March 1871.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart and Gertrude Frances Seymour.¹ He died on 18 July 1939 at age 68.¹

     Constance Crichton-Stuart was the daughter of Lt.-Col. James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart and Gertrude Frances Seymour.¹ She died on 14 December 1933, unmarried.¹

     Audrey Crichton-Stuart was the daughter of Lt.-Col. James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart and Gertrude Frances Seymour.¹ She married Captain William Harris Best, son of William Harris Best, on 25 June 1907.¹ She died on 24 September 1962.¹
     Her married name became Best.

     Captain William Harris Best was the son of William Harris Best.¹ He married Audrey Crichton-Stuart, daughter of Lt.-Col. James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart and Gertrude Frances Seymour, on 25 June 1907.¹ He died on 7 May 1946.¹
     He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Physicians, London (M.R.C.P.)¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.¹

     William Harris Best held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He lived at St. Ives, Cornwall, England^G.¹

     Hon. Harriet Brodrick was the daughter of George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton of Midleton and Maria Benyon.¹ She married Reverend William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton of Midleton, son of Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles Brodrick and Mary Woodward, on 31 March 1829.¹ She died on 13 August 1843.¹

     George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton of Midleton was born on 1 November 1754.¹ He was the son of George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton of Midleton and Albinia Townshend.¹ He married, firstly, Hon. Frances Pelham, daughter of Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester and Anne Frankland, on 5 December 1778.² He married, secondly, Maria Benyon on 13 June 1797.¹ He died on 12 August 1836 at age 81.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Midleton of Midleton, co. Cork [I., 1717] on 22 August 1765.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Brodrick of Midleton, co. Cork [I., 1715] on 22 August 1765.¹ He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Whitchurch between 1774 and 1796.¹ He was created 1st Baron Brodrick of Peper Harow, co. Surrey [Great Britain] on 11 June 1796, with special remainder to heirs male of his father.¹

     Emily Henrietta Seymour was the daughter of Lord George Seymour and Isabella Hamilton.¹ She married Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon, son of Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon and Sarah Burton Hyde, on 28 May 1832 at London, England^G.¹ She died on 1 December 1887 at London, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Boyle. After her marriage, Emily Henrietta Seymour was styled as Countess of Shannon on 22 April 1842.

     Lady Anne Seymour-Conway was born on 1 August 1744. She was the daughter of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford and Lady Isabella Fitzroy.¹ She married Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, son of Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda and Lady Sarah Ponsonby, on 15 February 1766.¹ She died on 4 November 1784 at age 40.¹
     After her marriage, Lady Anne Seymour-Conway was styled as Countess of Drogheda on 15 February 1766. From 15 February 1766, her married name became Moore.

     Elizabeth King was born in 1836.² She was the daughter of John James King and Charlotte Wyndham.^1,3 She married, firstly, Captain George Frederick Dawson, son of Hon. Lionel Charles Dawson and Lady Elizabeth Emily Nugent, on 31 August 1854.¹ She married, secondly, John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, son of John Spencer Stanhope and Lady Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke, on 10 January 1859.¹ She died in 1920.²
     From 31 August 1854, her married name became Dawson. From 10 January 1859, her married name became Stanhope. From 10 January 1859, her married name became Spencer-Stanhope.¹