Peerage Record – 6048

     Nicholas Stafford Howard was born on 20 July 1937.¹ He was the son of Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard and Ursula Priscilla Marie Gabrielle Horlick.¹ He married Phyllis Bethan Duckett, daughter of Lewis Duckett, on 26 July 1966.² He died on 17 February 2008 at age 70, from cancer.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.² He was educated at Churchill College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.²

     Mary Gracia Neville is the daughter of George Wilder Neville.² She married Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard, son of Sir Edward Stafford Howard and Catherine Meriel Stepney, on 24 October 1940.¹
     Mary Gracia Neville usually went by her middle name of Gracia.² Her married name became Howard. She lived in 2003 at Blind Cottage, Challock Lees, Kent, England.²

     George Wilder Neville lived at Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Amanda Arianwen Cecilia Howard was born on 22 September 1941.¹ She is the daughter of Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard and Mary Gracia Neville.^2,1 She married Michael Noel Cottrell on 4 February 1967.¹
     From 4 February 1967, her married name became Cottrell.¹ She lived in 2003 at Laurenden Forstal, Challock Lees, Kent, England.¹

     Lt.-Col. Murray Bernard Neville Cyprian Howard was born on 9 December 1942.² He is the son of Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard and Mary Gracia Neville.^1,2 He married Lavinia Zaria Lewis, daughter of Lt.-Col. Philip Lewis and Fanny Angela Mary Legge, on 11 October 1969.¹ He and Lavinia Zaria Lewis were separated in 1995.¹
     Lt.-Col. Murray Bernard Neville Cyprian Howard usually went by his middle name of Neville.¹ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.² He gained the rank of Captain in the 22 SAS Regiment.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards.² He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1985.²

     Arianwen Catherine Cardwell Howard was born on 9 December 1942.¹ She is the daughter of Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard and Mary Gracia Neville.^2,1 She married Christopher Neville Neve on 14 September 1968.¹
     From 14 September 1968, her married name became Neve.¹ She lived in 2003 at Coggers, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent, England.¹

     Margaret Catherine Howard was born on 20 January 1913.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard and Catherine Meriel Stepney.² She married, firstly, Major Patrick Wyndham Murray-Threipland, son of Colonel William Murray-Threipland and Charlotte Eleanor Wyndham Lewis, on 9 December 1933.¹ She and Major Patrick Wyndham Murray-Threipland were divorced in 1938.¹ She married, secondly, Alan Francis Welch, son of Henry T. Welch, on 17 November 1938.¹ She and Alan Francis Welch were divorced in 1948.¹ She died on 22 January 1953 at age 40.¹
     Margaret Catherine Howard also went by the nick-name of Marged.¹ From 9 December 1933, her married name became Murray-Threipland. From 17 November 1938, her married name became Welch.

     Major Patrick Wyndham Murray-Threipland was born on 1 May 1904 at Dryburgh Abbey, Mertoun, Berwickshire, Scotland.² He was born in 1904.³ He was the son of Colonel William Murray-Threipland and Charlotte Eleanor Wyndham Lewis.³ He married, firstly, Margaret Catherine Howard, daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard and Catherine Meriel Stepney, on 9 December 1933.⁴ He and Margaret Catherine Howard were divorced in 1938.⁴ He married, secondly, Margaret Eleanor McNair Scott, daughter of Robert Frederick McNair Scott and Alice Eliza Nystrom, on 9 October 1938 at London, England.² He died on 1 April 1957 at age 52 at Windsor, Berkshire, England.²
     He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹

     Elizabeth Farquhar is the daughter of Sir Robert Farquhar of Mounie.¹ She married Sir Ludovick Gordon of Gordonstoun, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Bt..¹
     Her married name became Gordon.¹

     Alan Francis Welch is the son of Henry T. Welch. He married Margaret Catherine Howard, daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard and Catherine Meriel Stepney, on 17 November 1938.¹ He and Margaret Catherine Howard were divorced in 1948.¹