Peerage Record – 59373

     Margaretha van Egmond-Gelre was born on 11 August 1436.¹ She was the daughter of Arnold van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen and Katrina von der Mark-Kleve.¹ She married Friedrich I Herzog von Pfalz-Simmern, son of Stefan prinz von Pfalz Pfalzgraf und Herzog von Simmern-Zweibrücken and Anna von Veldenz, on 16 August 1454 at Lobith, The Netherlands.¹ She died on 2 November 1486 at age 50 at Simmern, Germany.¹ She was buried at Ravengiersburg, Germany.¹

     Eva Marion Monro was born on 22 April 1855.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Monro and Jane Eliza Russell.¹ She died on 13 May 1873 at age 18.¹

     Rosamund Margaret Patterson was born on 16 December 1905.^1,2 She was the daughter of Reverend Melville Watson Patterson and Hon. Clara Burdett Money-Coutts.¹ She married Selwyn Duruz in 1934.¹ She died in 2000.¹

     Hon. Alexander Pascoe Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce was born on 28 October 1917.¹ He is the son of Reverend Charles Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 6th Baron Thurlow of Thurlow and Grace Catherine Trotter.² He married Catherine Agnes Blackwood, daughter of Reverend Hamilton Blackwood, on 21 February 1942.¹
     He was educated at Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1939 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was with the Colonial Administration Service between 1946 and 1961.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1960.¹ He was with the Colonial (later FCO) Office, MOD in 1968.¹

     Reverend Hamilton Blackwood lived at Scalby, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Catherine Agnes Blackwood was the daughter of Reverend Hamilton Blackwood.² She married Hon. Alexander Pascoe Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, son of Reverend Charles Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 6th Baron Thurlow of Thurlow and Grace Catherine Trotter, on 21 February 1942.¹ She died on 17 February 1995.¹
     From 21 February 1942, her married name became Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce.

     Charles Hamilton Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce was born on 8 June 1947.¹ He is the son of Hon. Alexander Pascoe Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce and Catherine Agnes Blackwood.² He married Dr. Vimala Valencia Herman, daughter of Nicholas Herman, on 9 July 1982.¹
     He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland.¹ He graduated from Exeter University, Exeter, Devon, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was Clerk, House of Lords.¹ He lived in 2003 at Leazes Cottage, Leazes Place, Claypath, County Durham, England.¹

     Dr. Vimala Valencia Herman is the daughter of Nicholas Herman.² She married Charles Hamilton Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, son of Hon. Alexander Pascoe Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce and Catherine Agnes Blackwood, on 9 July 1982.¹
     From 9 July 1982, her married name became Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce.

     Nicholas Christian Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce was born on 22 June 1949.¹ He is the son of Hon. Alexander Pascoe Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce and Catherine Agnes Blackwood.²
     He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland.¹