Peerage Record – 6882

     Colonel James Alexander Charles Pennycuick was born on 9 June 1890.² He was the son of Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick.¹ He married Marjory Florence Rhoda Leigh Hare, daughter of Sir George Ralph Leigh Hare, 3rd Bt. and Lady Florence Mary Constance Marsham, on 14 April 1923 at St. Mary’s, Gressenhall, Norfolk, England.^1,2 He died on 21 February 1966 at age 75.²
     He gained the rank of Colonel in the Royal Engineers.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹

     Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹ He was in the Ceylon Civil Service.¹

     Joan Muriel Leigh Hare was born in 1905. She is the daughter of Sir George Ralph Leigh Hare, 3rd Bt. and Lady Florence Mary Constance Marsham.¹
     She lived in 2003 at The Patch, Green Lane, Ilsington, Devon, England^G.¹

     John Reginald Chetwynd-Talbot was born on 14 August 1910.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot and Mary Helen Charlotte Hepburne-Scott.¹ He died on 4 March 1920 at age 9.¹

     Lt.-Col. Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot was born on 25 January 1881.² He was the son of Gustavus Arthur Chetwynd-Talbot and Susan Frances Elwes.² He married Mary Helen Charlotte Hepburne-Scott, daughter of Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott and Lady Ada Home, on 11 November 1909.² He died on 11 September 1939 at age 58.²
     He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Air Force.² He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1919.²

     Ysabel Caroline Elwes was the daughter of Robert Elwes and Mary Frances Lucas.¹ She married Henry Birkbeck on 24 February 1881.¹ She died on 6 February 1934.¹
     From 24 February 1881, her married name became Birkbeck.¹

     Lucy Georgina Hepburne-Scott was born on 11 February 1881.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott and Lady Ada Home. She died on 24 September 1960 at age 79, unmarried.¹

     Sir Rupert Henry Mackeson, 2nd Bt. was born on 16 November 1941.¹ He is the son of Brigadier Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Bt. and Alethea Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot.¹ He married Hon. Camilla Margaret Keith, daughter of Kenneth Alexander Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre and Hon. Ariel Olivia Winifred Baird, in 1968.² He and Hon. Camilla Margaret Keith were divorced in 1972.¹
     Sir Rupert Henry Mackeson, 2nd Bt. used the pen-name of Rupert Collens.¹ He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1961 in the The Buffs (TA.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1963.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1964 in the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Mackeson, of Hythe, Kent [U.K., 1954] on 25 January 1964.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1965.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, in 1967 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He wrote the book Snaffles on Racing and Point-to-Pointing, published 1988.¹ He wrote the book 25 Luminaries from Vanity Fair, published 1990.¹ He wrote the book Look at Cecil Aldin’s Dogs and Hounds, published 1990.¹ He wrote the book Cecil Aldin’s Dog Models, published 1994.¹

     Nancy Rose Straker-Smith was born circa 1924.² She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Dalrymple Straker-Smith and Edith Helen Straker.^1,2 She married Hon. Edward Charles Douglas-Home, son of Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home and Lady Lillian Lambton, on 24 July 1946.¹ She died on 19 April 2005.²
     She gained the rank of 3rd Officer in the Women’s Royal Naval Service.¹ Her married name became Douglas-Home.

     Sir Thomas Dalrymple Straker-Smith is the son of William Henry Smith.² He married Edith Helen Straker, daughter of Joseph Henry Straker and Charlotte Maria Turner.³
     He lived at Carham Hall, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England^G.¹ He was given the name of Thomas Dalrymple Smith at birth.⁴ He graduated from Canterbury University College, Christchurch, New Zealand^G, in 1913 with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)² On 9 October 1920 his name was legally changed to Thomas Dalrymple Straker-Smith by Deed Poll.⁵ He held the office of High Sheriff of Northumberland between 1938 and 1939.²