Peerage Record – 5544

     William John Geers Cotterell was born in 1992.¹ He is the son of James Alexander Geers Cotterell and Maria C. B. McManus.²

     David George Geers Cotterell was born on 2 December 1968.¹ He is the son of Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Bt. and Vanda Alexandra Clare Bridgewater.²

     Camilla Jane Cotterell was born on 20 May 1963.¹ She is the daughter of Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Bt. and Vanda Alexandra Clare Bridgewater.² She married Mark James Kenneth Houldsworth in 1993.¹
     Her married name became Houldsworth.

     Mark James Kenneth Houldsworth married Camilla Jane Cotterell, daughter of Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Bt. and Vanda Alexandra Clare Bridgewater, in 1993.¹

     Thomas Richard Geers Cotterell was born on 17 September 1939.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt. and Lady Lettice Lygon.² He married Caroline Wan-Cheng Chong, daughter of Foong Chong, on 31 March 1966.¹ He married Helen E. Whittal-Williams in 1999.³ He died on 20 February 2019 at age 79.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He was a director of Curtis Distillery Company in 1966.¹ He lived in 2003 at 30 Belsize Road, London, England^G.¹

     Caroline Wan-Cheng Chong was the daughter of Foong Chong.² She married Thomas Richard Geers Cotterell, son of Lt.-Col. Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt. and Lady Lettice Lygon, on 31 March 1966.¹ She died in 1991.¹
     From 31 March 1966, her married name became Cotterell.

     Rose Evelyn Cotterell was born on 4 October 1932.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt. and Lady Lettice Lygon.³ She married Charles Eric Alexander Hambro, Baron Hambro, son of Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro and Pamela Cobbold, on 4 July 1954.¹ She and Charles Eric Alexander Hambro, Baron Hambro were divorced in 1976.¹ She died on 21 May 2006 at age 73.⁴
     From 4 July 1954, her married name became Hambro. She lived in 2003 at Barton House, Guiting Power, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.²

     Charles Eric Alexander Hambro, Baron Hambro was born on 24 July 1930.² He was the son of Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro and Pamela Cobbold.³ He married, firstly, Rose Evelyn Cotterell, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt. and Lady Lettice Lygon, on 4 July 1954.² He and Rose Evelyn Cotterell were divorced in 1976.² He married, secondly, Cherry Felicity Huggins, daughter of Sir John Huggins and Molly Green, on 2 July 1976.² He died on 7 November 2002 at age 72.¹
     He was given the name of Charles Eric Axel Hambro at birth.³ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1949 in the Coldstream Guards.² He was managing director of Hambros in 1957.² He was a director of Taylor Woodrow between 1962 and 1997.² He was a director of GRE Assurance in 1968.² He was chairman of Hambros (Hambros plc after 1983) between 1972 and 1997.² He was a director of P&OSN Company between 1987 and 2001.² He was a director of San Paolo Bank Holdings in 1989.² He was created Baron Hambro, of Dixton and Dumbleton in the County of Gloucestershire [U.K. Life Peer] on 26 September 1994.¹ He lived in 1999 at Dixton Manor, Gotherington, Gloucestershire, England^G.²

     Sir John Peter Gerald Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Bt. was born on 4 May 1884.² He was the son of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Bt. and Amelia Catherine Bischoffsheim.² He married Lady Mildred Murray, daughter of Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore and Lady Gertrude Coke, on 14 October 1919.¹ He died on 19 February 1957 at age 72, without issue.²
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Horse Guards.² He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.² He gained the rank of Staff Captain between 1916 and 1918.² He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet FitzGerald, of Valencia, co. Kerry [U.K., 1880] on 22 October 1916.² He succeeded as the 21st Knight of Kerry on 22 October 1916.² He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)²

     Cherry Felicity Huggins was born in 1933.² She was the daughter of Sir John Huggins and Molly Green.³ She married, firstly, Lt.-Cdr. Lionel Peter Twiss, son of Colonel Dudley Cyril Twiss and Laura Georgina Chapman, before 1976.¹ She married, secondly, Charles Eric Alexander Hambro, Baron Hambro, son of Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro and Pamela Cobbold, on 2 July 1976.¹ She died on 27 March 2017.²
     From before 1976, her married name became Twiss.¹ Her married name became Hambro.