Peerage Record – 668

     Maria Sidonia Prinzessin von Sachsen was born on 16 August 1834 at Pillnitz, Germany^G. She was the daughter of Johann I König von Sachsen and Amalie Auguste Prinzessin von Bayern. She died on 1 March 1862 at age 27.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Sachsen.

     Sarah Mettler is the daughter of Thomas M. Mettler.¹ She married John Francis Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, son of George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil and Nancy Owen, in 1993.¹
     From 1993, her married name became Cecil.¹

     Thomas M. Mettler lived at Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Thomas Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil was born in 1994.¹ He is the son of John Francis Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil and Sarah Mettler.¹

     Major George Oliver Worsley was born on 22 February 1927.¹ He was the son of Colonel Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Bt. and Joyce Morgan Brunner.^1,2 He married Penelope Susanne Fleetwood Fuller, daughter of Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller and Beatrice Susan Hambro, on 29 October 1966.¹ He died on 30 November 2010 at age 83.³
     Major George Oliver Worsley usually went by his middle name of Oliver.¹ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Queen’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1955 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He lived in 2003 at Midgley House, Heslington, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Hugh Brownlow Amherst Cecil was born in 1995.¹ He is the son of John Francis Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil and Sarah Mettler.¹

     Christopher Henry Amherst Cecil was born on 31 August 1965.¹ He is the son of George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil and Nancy Owen.¹ He married Ruth Taft, daughter of William H. Taft, Jr., in 1992.¹

     Ruth Taft is the daughter of William H. Taft, Jr.¹ She married Christopher Henry Amherst Cecil, son of George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil and Nancy Owen, in 1992.¹
     From 1992, her married name became Cecil.¹

     William H. Taft, Jr. lived at Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Sir Stephen Lewis Edmonstone Hastings was born on 4 May 1921.² He was the son of Major Lewis Aloysius Macdonald Hastings and Edith Meriel Edmonstone.^2,1 He married Harriet Mary Elisabeth Tomlin, daughter of Colonel Julian Latham Tomlin, in 1948.² He and Harriet Mary Elisabeth Tomlin were divorced in 1971.² He married, secondly, Hon. Elizabeth-Anne Marie Gabrielle Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of Henry Edmund Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent and Joyce Elizabeth Mary Langdale, on 2 September 1975.² He died on 10 January 2005 at age 83.
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.² He was commissioned in 1939 with the rank of Ensign, in the service of the Scots Guards.² He fought in the Second World War, in the Western Desert and Italy.² He gained the rank of Major between 1941 and 1943 in the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.² He gained the rank of Major in 1943 in the 1st SAS Regiment.² He gained the rank of Major in 1944 in the No 1 Special Forces (SOE), in Italy.² He was with the Foreign Office between 1948 and 1960.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Mid-Bedfordshire between 1960 and 1983.² He wrote the book The Murder of TSR2, published 1966 (ASIN: B0000CN7BO.)² He wrote the book The Drums of Memory, published 1995 (ASIN: 0850528089.)²