Peerage Record – 5673

     John Stephen Morphy lived at Beechworth, Victoria, Australia^G.¹

     Esme Ivo Bligh, 9th Earl of Darnley was born on 11 October 1886.¹ He was the son of Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley and Florence Rose Morphy.¹ He married, firstly, Daphne Rachel Mulholland, daughter of Hon. Alfred John Mulholland and Mabel Charlotte Saunderson, on 25 June 1912.¹ He and Daphne Rachel Mulholland were divorced in 1920.¹ He married, secondly, Nancy Ellinor Kidston, daughter of Captain Archibald Glen Kidston and Hélène Adeline Blanche Chapman, on 11 October 1923.¹ He and Nancy Ellinor Kidston were divorced in 1936.¹ He married, thirdly, Rosemary Potter, daughter of Edmund Basil Potter, on 3 November 1940.¹ He died on 29 May 1955 at age 68.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Air Force, but was later a pacifist.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Viscount Darnley of Athboy, co. Meath [I., 1723] on 10 April 1927.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Earl of Darnley, co. Meath [I., 1725] on 10 April 1927.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Baron Clifton of Rathmore, co. Meath [I., 1721] on 10 April 1927.¹ He succeeded as the 18th Lord Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold [E., 1608] on 5 July 1937.¹ He was a painter, musician and flower-breeder.¹ He was 6′ 7″ tall.¹

     Hon. Hester Murray Pakington was born on 17 March 1893.² She was the daughter of Herbert Perrot Murray Pakington, 3rd Baron Hampton and Evelyn Nina Frances Baker.^1,2 She married Reverend Gervase Vanneck Blois, son of Sir John Ralph Blois, 8th Bt. and Eliza Ellen Chapman, on 21 April 1914.¹ She died on 14 October 1973 at age 80.¹
     Her married name became Blois.

     Laura Priscilla Buxton was the daughter of Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Gurney.² She married Professor Henry Francis Pelham, son of Rt. Rev. Hon. John Thomas Pelham and Henrietta Tatton, on 30 July 1873.¹ She died on 2 November 1918.¹
     Her married name became Pelham.

     Rear-Admiral Gordon Thomas Seccombe Gray was born in 1911.² He married Sonia Moore-Gwyn, daughter of Major Joseph Gwyn Moore-Gwyn.² He died in 1997.²
     He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.)¹ He lived at Midhurst, Sussex, England^G.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)²

     Archibald Hugh Stirling of Keir was born on 18 September 1941.² He is the son of Lt.-Col. William Joseph Stirling of Keir and Susan Rachel Bligh.² He married, firstly, Charmian Rachel Montagu Douglas Scott, daughter of Lord George Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott and Mary Winona Mannin Bishop, on 11 November 1964.¹ He and Charmian Rachel Montagu Douglas Scott were divorced in 1977.¹ He married, secondly, Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, daughter of Louis Rigg, on 25 March 1982.² He and Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg were divorced in 1993.² He married, thirdly, Sharon Helene Silver, daughter of Gerald Silver, on 4 August 2000 at Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, U.S.A.²
     He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England^G.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant between 1959 and 1962 in the Scots Guards.² He lived in 2003 at Ochtertyre, Blairdrummond, Stirlingshire, Scotland^G.²

     James Joseph Stirling was born on 18 March 1943.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. William Joseph Stirling of Keir and Susan Rachel Bligh.^1,2 He died on 20 March 1943.¹

     John Alexander Stirling was born on 26 February 1948.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. William Joseph Stirling of Keir and Susan Rachel Bligh.² He married, firstly, Susan Black, daughter of Edmund Black, in 1971.¹ He married, secondly, Olivia Louise Waller in 1985.¹

     Un-named son Stirling was born on 8 February 1952.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. William Joseph Stirling of Keir and Susan Rachel Bligh.² He died on 9 February 1952.¹

     Hannah Ann Stirling was born on 29 May 1944.² She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Joseph Stirling of Keir and Susan Rachel Bligh.² She married Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, son of Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury and Marjorie Olein Wyndham-Quin, on 7 January 1970.¹
     Her married name became Gascoyne-Cecil. She lived in 2003 at Manor House, Cranborne, Dorset, England^G.² After her marriage, Hannah Ann Stirling was styled as Marchioness of Salisbury on 11 July 2003.