Peerage Record – 5753

     Gustavus Lambart was the son of Charles Lambart and Hon. Elizabeth Hamilton.¹ He married Thomasine Rochfort, daughter of Rt. Hon. George Rochfort and Lady Elizabeth Moore.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kilbeggan between 1741 and 1776.¹ He lived at Beau Parc, County Meath, Ireland^G.¹

     Lady Frances Caroline Maria Conyngham was born in 1827. She was the daughter of General Sir Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham and Lady Jane Paget. She married Gustavus William Lambart, son of Gustavus Lambart and Anna Butler Stevenson, on 5 June 1847.¹ She died on 17 June 1898.¹
     From 5 June 1847, her married name became Lambart.¹

     Hon. Adeline Verena Ishbel Cocks was born in 1886.¹ She was the daughter of Herbert Haldane Somers Cocks and Blanche Margaret Standish Clogstoun.³ She married George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, son of Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Agar, on 5 August 1905 at Trinity Church, Sloane Street, Chelsea, London, England^G.³ She died on 6 February 1963.¹
     Her married name became Villiers. After her marriage, Hon. Adeline Verena Ishbel Cocks was styled as Countess of Clarendon on 2 October 1914. She was DGStJ, Honour Doctor of Law (LL.D.) Witwatersrand U in 1937.¹ She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)⁴ She was appointed Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)⁴ She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa^G.⁴

     Herbert Haldane Somers Cocks was born on 5 May 1861.² He was the son of Arthur Herbert Cocks and Anna Marion Jessie Eckford.³ He married Blanche Margaret Standish Clogstoun, daughter of Major Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun, V.C., on 26 June 1883.² He died on 26 December 1894 at age 33.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and 1st Kent Volunteer Corps.² He gained the rank of Captain in the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.²

     Blanche Margaret Standish Clogstoun was the daughter of Major Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun, V.C.¹ She married Herbert Haldane Somers Cocks, son of Arthur Herbert Cocks and Anna Marion Jessie Eckford, on 26 June 1883.² She died on 26 December 1895.²
     Her married name became Cocks.

     Major Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun, V.C. was born on 13 June 1820 at Port of Spain, Trinidad^G.² He died on 6 May 1862 at age 41 at Hingoli, India^G.² He was buried at Madras Cemetery, Madras, India^G.²
     He gained the rank of Major in the 19th Madras Native Infantry.² He fought in the Indian Mutiny.² He was awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.) on 21 October 1859, for his actions on 15 January 1859.³

     Anna Marion Jessie Eckford was the daughter of Lt.-Gen. James Eckford.² She married Arthur Herbert Cocks, son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Philip James Cocks and Frances Herbert, on 15 April 1847.¹ She died on 3 September 1914.¹
     Her married name became Cocks.

     Lt.-Gen. James Eckford gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Bengal Army.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹

     John Patrick Somers Cocks was born on 31 May 1848.¹ He was the son of Arthur Herbert Cocks and Anna Marion Jessie Eckford.² He died on 24 September 1879 at age 31, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of officer in the 67th Regiment.¹

     Arthur Herbert Tennyson Cocks, 6th Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham was born on 20 March 1887.¹ He was the son of Herbert Haldane Somers Cocks and Blanche Margaret Standish Clogstoun.² He married Daisy Finola Meeking, daughter of Captain Bertram Charles Christopher Spencer Meeking and Viola Charlotte Heboher Fletcher, on 20 April 1921.¹ He died on 14 July 1944 at age 57.¹
     He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Cocks, of Evesham, co. Worcester [G.B., 1772] on 30 September 1899.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham, co. Worcester [G.B., 1784] on 30 September 1899.¹ He was educated at New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1919.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Reserve of Officers, Life Guards.¹ He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the 13th Australian Light Horse, 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion and Herefordshire Regiment.¹ He held the office of a Lord-in-Waiting between 1924 and 1926.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1926.¹ He held the office of Governor of Victoria between 1926 and 1931.¹ He was Acting Governor-General of Australia in 1930.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire between 1933 and 1944.¹ He was Chief Scout of of the U.K. and Commonwealth between 1941 and 1944.¹