Peerage Record – 63436

     Horace Spurling Dawson lived at 30 Lowndes Square, London, England.²

     Francis Spring was born on 3 April 1821.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. William Collis Spring and Anne Carter.¹ He married Sara Ellen Day, daughter of Edward Day, in 1853.² He died on 7 July 1857 at age 36 at Jhelum, India, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the 24th Foot.¹ He fought in the Indian Mutiny.¹

     Sara Ellen Day is the daughter of Edward Day.² She married Francis Spring, son of Lt.-Col. William Collis Spring and Anne Carter, in 1853.²
     From 1853, her married name became Spring.¹

     Colonel Frederick William Mackenzie Spring was born on 16 October 1841.¹ He was the son of Frederick James Spring.² He died in 1925.¹
     He was commissioned in 1865, in the service of the Bombay Artillery.¹ He fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia between 1867 and 1868.¹ He gained the rank of Second Captain in 1870.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1872.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1878.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 18 June 1884.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel on 18 June 1888.¹

     Major John Herbert Kerrich was born in 1872 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He was the son of General Walter d’Oyly Kerrich and Louisa Jane Cleveland.¹ He married Gwendolen Katherine Elger in 1908 at Midhurst, Sussex, England.¹ He died on 14 September 1914.¹
     He fought in the Boer War.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹

     Brig.-Gen. Frederick Gordon Spring was born on 25 July 1878 at Bombay, India.¹ He was the son of Colonel Frederick William Mackenzie Spring.¹ He married Violet Maud Turnbull in 1919.¹ He died on 24 September 1963 at age 85.¹
     He was commissioned in May 1898, in the service of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.¹ He fought in the Boer War.¹ He fought in the First World War, he was mentioned in despatches five times.¹ He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 11th Battaion, Essex Regiment in June 1916.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was awarded the Croix de Guerre.¹ He was Brigadier-General of the 33rd Brigade in 1918.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1918.¹ He gained the rank of Senior Instructor in 1921 in the Indian Army.¹ He was Commanding Officer of the Lincolnshire Regiment between 1923 and 1927.¹ He was Assistant Quartermaster-General of Southern Command, India between 1927 and 1931.¹ He was Commander of the Poona (Independent) Brigade Area, Southern Command between 1931 and 1935.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹

     Violet Maud Turnbull married Brig.-Gen. Frederick Gordon Spring, son of Colonel Frederick William Mackenzie Spring, in 1919.¹
     From 1919, her married name became Spring.¹

     Gwendoline Blanche Clarke-Thornhill was born in 1864 at London, England.¹ She was the daughter of William Capel Clarke-Thornhill and Clara Thornhill.¹ She married Lt.-Col. George Harrison Champion de Crespigny, son of Lt.-Col. George Blicke Champion de Crespigny and Elizabeth Jane Buchanan, in 1890 at Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.¹
     From 1890, her married name became Champion de Crespigny.¹

     Mildred Frances Champion de Crespigny was born on 18 February 1892 at Rushton, Northamptonshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. George Harrison Champion de Crespigny and Gwendoline Blanche Clarke-Thornhill.¹ She died on 1 May 1946 at age 54.¹

     Gwendoline Sibyl Champion de Crespigny was born on 29 January 1900 at Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. George Harrison Champion de Crespigny and Gwendoline Blanche Clarke-Thornhill.¹ She died on 26 January 1967 at age 66.¹