Peerage Record – 68217

     Major Ian Charles Ritchie was born on 27 March 1908.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Harold Ritchie and Ella Priestley.¹ He married, firstly, Ann Dundas Whigham, daughter of General Sir Robert Dundas Whigham, on 29 April 1931.¹ He and Ann Dundas Whigham were divorced in 1946.¹ He married, secondly, Pamela Eveleen Elizabeth Vickers, daughter of Reginald Henry Vickers, on 3 September 1946.¹ He died on 7 May 1982 at age 74 at Surrey, England.^1,2
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Ann Dundas Whigham is the daughter of General Sir Robert Dundas Whigham.¹ She married Major Ian Charles Ritchie, son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Harold Ritchie and Ella Priestley, on 29 April 1931.¹ She and Major Ian Charles Ritchie were divorced in 1946.¹
     From 29 April 1931, her married name became Ritchie.¹

     General Sir Robert Dundas Whigham was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.)¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)¹

     Harold Bruce Ritchie was born on 14 March 1933.¹ He is the son of Major Ian Charles Ritchie and Ann Dundas Whigham.¹ He married, firstly, Shirley Anne Steele, daughter of Gordon Steele, on 25 November 1967.¹ He and Shirley Anne Steele were divorced in 1975.¹ He married, secondly, Nancy Leith Andrewartha, daughter of Frank Richard Andrewartha, in 1977.¹
     He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England.¹ He lived in 2003 at Eltham, Victoria, Australia.¹

     Shirley Anne Steele is the daughter of Gordon Steele.¹ She married Harold Bruce Ritchie, son of Major Ian Charles Ritchie and Ann Dundas Whigham, on 25 November 1967.¹ She and Harold Bruce Ritchie were divorced in 1975.¹
     From 25 November 1967, her married name became Ritchie.¹

     Gordon Steele lived at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.¹

     Ian Angus Dundas Ritchie was born in 1972.¹ He is the son of Harold Bruce Ritchie and Shirley Anne Steele.¹

     Nancy Leith Andrewartha is the daughter of Frank Richard Andrewartha.¹ She married Harold Bruce Ritchie, son of Major Ian Charles Ritchie and Ann Dundas Whigham, in 1977.¹
     From 1977, her married name became Ritchie.¹

     Frank Richard Andrewartha lived at Maryborough, Victoria, Australia.¹

     Fionnah Alice Ellen Ritchie was born in 1979.¹ She is the daughter of Harold Bruce Ritchie and Nancy Leith Andrewartha.¹