Peerage Record – 6884

     Captain Thomas Charles Douglas Whitmore was born on 26 May 1839.² He was the son of Thomas Charlton Whitmore and Lady Louisa Anne Douglas.³ He married Louisa Margaret Emily Cradock-Hartopp, daughter of Sir William Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Bt. and Jane Mary Keane, on 11 May 1867.¹ He died on 16 February 1907 at age 67.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues.)² He purchased Gumley in 1867.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1875.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Essex.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Leicestershire.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Leicestershire.² In 1884 he inherited Orsett Hall from Captain Digby Hanmer Richard Wingfield-Baker.² He lived at Orsett Hall, Essex, England^G.¹ He lived at Gumley, Leicestershire, England.²

     Thomas Charlton Whitmore was born on 5 January 1807.² He was the son of Thomas Whitmore and Catherine Thomason.² He married Lady Louisa Anne Douglas, daughter of Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry and Lady Caroline Scott, on 11 April 1833.² He died on 13 March 1865 at age 58.²
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Bridgnorth in 1832.² He lived at Apley Park, Shropshire, England.²

     Louisa Margaret Emily Cradock-Hartopp was born in 1841 at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England.² She was the daughter of Sir William Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Bt. and Jane Mary Keane.³ She married Captain Thomas Charles Douglas Whitmore, son of Thomas Charlton Whitmore and Lady Louisa Anne Douglas, on 11 May 1867.¹ She died on 29 November 1892 at Orsett Hall, Needle Street, Essex, England.¹
     Her married name became Whitmore.

     William Dove Usher was born on 10 March 1904.¹ He is the son of Sir Robert Usher, 2nd Bt. and Katherine Scott Turnbull.² He married Christa Elizabeth von Tevenar, daughter of Bruno von Tevenar, on 26 April 1939.¹ He died on 2 May 1969 at age 65.¹
     He was educated at Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland, England.¹ He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ He lived at Bedrule, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland^G.

     Rosemary Margaret Houldsworth was born on 6 September 1939.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth, 4th Bt. and Margaret May Laurie.¹ She married Sir William John Tevenar Usher, 7th Bt., son of William Dove Usher and Christa Elizabeth von Tevenar, on 6 January 1962.¹ She and Sir William John Tevenar Usher, 7th Bt. were divorced in 1990.¹
     Her married name became Usher.

     Sir William John Tevenar Usher, 7th Bt. was born on 18 April 1940.² He is the son of William Dove Usher and Christa Elizabeth von Tevenar.² He married, firstly, Rosemary Margaret Houldsworth, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth, 4th Bt. and Margaret May Laurie, on 6 January 1962.¹ He and Rosemary Margaret Houldsworth were divorced in 1990.¹ He married, secondly, Georgina Elizabeth Manclark, daughter of Charles Manclark, in 1992.²
     Sir William John Tevenar Usher, 7th Bt. usually went by his middle name of John.² He was educated at Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland, England.² He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Usher, of Norton, Ratho, co. Midlothian and of Wells, Hobkirk, co. Roxburgh [U.K., 1899] on 26 September 1994.² He lived in 2003 at 7 Thorngate Road, Hayfields, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.²

     Colonel Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st Bt. was born on 20 April 1872.¹ He was the son of Captain Thomas Charles Douglas Whitmore and Louisa Margaret Emily Cradock-Hartopp.² He married, firstly, Violet Frances Elisabeth Houldsworth, daughter of Sir William Henry Houldsworth, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Graham Crum, on 28 June 1900.² He married, secondly, Ellis Christense Johnsen, daughter of Knud Christian Johnsen, on 1 October 1931.¹ He died on 12 June 1962 at age 90.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant between 1892 and 1895 in the 1st Essex Volunteers Royal Artillery.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Essex in 1899.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1901 in the Essex Imperial Yeomanry.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Essex in 1907.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches four times.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel between 1915 and 1918 in the Essex Yeomanry.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1917.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.) in 1918.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1918.¹ He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th (PWO) Royal Hussars between 1918 and 1919.² He held the office of High Sheriff of Essex in 1922.¹ He was appointed Knight of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (K.G.St.J.) in 1936.¹ He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Essex between 1936 and 1958.¹ He was appointed Knight of Justice, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (K.J.St.J.) in 1937.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1941.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Whitmore, of Orsett, Essex [U.K., 1954] on 28 June 1954.¹

     Mildred Louisa Lucy Whitmore was born on 30 August 1868.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Thomas Charles Douglas Whitmore and Louisa Margaret Emily Cradock-Hartopp.² She married Hugh Bertie Craven, son of John Albert Craven and Ellen Amelia Majendie, on 12 June 1899.¹ She died on 17 February 1931 at age 62.¹
     Her married name became Craven.

     Harrietta Streatfeild was the daughter of Captain Robert Streatfeild.¹ She married Charles Craven, son of Charles John Craven and Penelope Wheler, on 13 November 1847.¹ She and Charles Craven were divorced in 1873.¹ She died on 29 May 1917.¹
     From 13 November 1847, her married name became Craven.¹

     John Albert Craven was born in 1840 at Swansbrook, Essex, England.² He married Ellen Amelia Majendie on 12 February 1861 at Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, England.²
     He lived at Whilton Lodge, Northamptonshire, England.³