Peerage Record – 5969

     Elisabeth Merriman was born in 1943.² She was the daughter of Hugh Humphrey Merriman and Anne Margaret Holden Illingworth.^1,2 She married William Hugh Amherst Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney, son of William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney and Margaret Eirene Clifton Brown, on 30 March 1965.¹ She died on 18 March 2024.³
     Her married name became Cecil. After her marriage, Elisabeth Merriman was styled as Baroness Amherst of Hackney on 22 July 1980.

     John Charles Ferdinand Harold Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton of Aldenham was born on 16 August 1966.¹ He is the son of Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton of Aldenham and Hilary Juliet Sarah Cookson.¹ He married Lucinda A. F. Percival, daughter of Brigadier James Percival, on 7 February 1998.²
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baron Acton of Aldenham, co. Shropshire [U.K., 1869] on 10 October 2010.³ He succeeded as the 12th Baronet Acton, of Aldenham [Aldenham Hall, in Morville], Shropshire [E., 1644] on 10 October 2010.³

     Lady Pamela Lemina Gordon was born on 17 December 1941.¹ She is the daughter of Douglas Charles Lindsey Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly and Hon. Mary Pamela Berry.¹ She married Hon. Ian Harry Calthorpe Lawson Johnston, son of Ian St. John Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke and Barbara Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, on 4 April 1970.¹
     Lady Pamela Lemina Gordon usually went by her middle name of Lemina.¹ From 4 April 1970, her married name became Lawson Johnston.¹ She lived in 2003 at Coldstone House, Logie Coldstone, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Lord Adam Granville Gordon was born on 1 March 1909.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Granville Cecil Douglas Gordon and Violet Ida Streatfeild.¹ He married Pamela Bowhill, daughter of Alexander Herriot Bowhill of Inchmarlo, on 12 June 1947.¹ He died on 5 July 1984 at age 75.^1,2
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ On 20 November 1937 he was granted the rank of a marquess’s younger son.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army.)¹ He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1945.¹ He held the office of Comptroller of the Household to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother between 1953 and 1974.¹ He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1960.¹

     Pamela Bowhill was the daughter of Alexander Herriot Bowhill of Inchmarlo.¹ She married Lord Adam Granville Gordon, son of Lt.-Col. Granville Cecil Douglas Gordon and Violet Ida Streatfeild, on 12 June 1947.¹ She died in 2004.²
     Her married name became Gordon. She lived in 2003 at Hethersett, Littleworth Cross, Seale, Surrey, England^G.¹

     Alexander Herriot Bowhill of Inchmarlo was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹ He lived at Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Anne Vesey was born on 22 August 1914.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Sir Osbert Eustace Vesey and Dorothy Strachen.¹ She married Major Lord Roderic Armyne Gordon, son of Lt.-Col. Granville Cecil Douglas Gordon and Violet Ida Streatfeild, on 7 January 1937.¹ She and Major Lord Roderic Armyne Gordon were divorced in 1949.¹ She died on 6 January 1997 at age 82.¹
     Her married name became Gordon.

     Lt.-Col. Hon. Sir Osbert Eustace Vesey was born on 20 February 1884.¹ He was the son of Captain Hon. Eustace Vesey and Hon. Constance Mary Lawley.¹ He married Dorothy Strachen, daughter of William Morison Strachen, on 3 February 1910.¹ He died on 20 July 1957 at age 73.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ On 14 April 1904 he was granted the rank of a viscount’s younger son.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches three times.¹ He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1919.¹ He was admitted to Gentlemen-at-Ams in 1922.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1950.¹ He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1953.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1956.¹

     Dorothy Strachen was the daughter of William Morison Strachen.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Hon. Sir Osbert Eustace Vesey, son of Captain Hon. Eustace Vesey and Hon. Constance Mary Lawley, on 3 February 1910.¹ She died on 24 June 1961.¹
     Her married name became Vesey.

     William Morison Strachen lived at Strood Park, Horsham, Sussex, England^G.¹