Peerage Record – 6223

     Gwendoline Mary Parker was born on 8 October 1886.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Edmund William Parker and Fanny Emma Baldwin.¹ She married Lt.-Cdr. John Edmund Power Bickford, son of Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford, on 1 June 1921.¹ She died on 30 December 1928 at age 42, leaving issue.¹
     Her married name became Bickford.

     Lt.-Cdr. John Edmund Power Bickford is the son of Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford.² He married Gwendoline Mary Parker, daughter of Hon. Edmund William Parker and Fanny Emma Baldwin, on 1 June 1921.²
     He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.¹

     Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹

     Captain Charles Edward Parker was born on 17 November 1890.¹ He was the son of Rev. Hon. Archibald Parker and Hon. Maud Francis Bateman-Hanbury.¹ He married Hilda Margaret Starkey, daughter of Captain Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Bt. and Emily Seely, on 28 January 1915.¹ He died on 20 March 1962 at age 71.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He was Administration Officer for Nyasaland between 1922 and 1944.¹

     Hilda Margaret Starkey was the daughter of Captain Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Bt. and Emily Seely.^1,2 She married Captain Charles Edward Parker, son of Rev. Hon. Archibald Parker and Hon. Maud Francis Bateman-Hanbury, on 28 January 1915.¹ She died in 1979.¹
     Her married name became Parker.

     Captain Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Bt. was born on 1 March 1859.² He was the son of Lewis Randle Starkey and Constance Margarette Starkey.³ He married Emily Seely, daughter of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Bt. and Emily Evans, on 31 October 1888.³ He died on 13 November 1940 at age 81.²
     He gained the rank of Captain in the South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Newark between 1906 and 1922.² He was created 1st Baronet Starkey, of Norwood Park, in the Parish of Southwell, co. Nottingham [U.K.] on 9 July 1935.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)²

     Emily Seely was the daughter of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Bt. and Emily Evans.¹ She married Captain Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Bt., son of Lewis Randle Starkey and Constance Margarette Starkey, on 31 October 1888.² She died on 24 November 1944.¹
     From 31 October 1888, her married name became Starkey.¹

     George Paget Chester was the son of Lt.-Col. Charles Montagu Chester and Maria Sandham.¹ He died in 1866, young.¹

     Charles George Archibald Parker was born on 30 January 1924.¹ He was the son of Captain Charles Edward Parker and Hilda Margaret Starkey.¹ He married Shirley Follett Holt, daughter of Lt.-Col. Frank Follett Holt, on 3 November 1958.¹ He died on 18 July 2004 at age 80.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Rifle Brigade.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he became a POW.¹ He was educated at New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He adopted Davinia Jane Rutland.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Oxfordshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Oxfordshire.¹ He held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1996 and 1999.² He lived in 2003 at The White House, Nuffield, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹

     Shirley Follett Holt is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Frank Follett Holt.¹ She married, firstly, David John Stanley Rutland before 1958.¹ She married, secondly, Charles George Archibald Parker, son of Captain Charles Edward Parker and Hilda Margaret Starkey, on 3 November 1958.¹
     From before 1958, her married name became Rutland.¹ Her married name became Parker.