Peerage Record – 6887

     Margaret May Laurie was born on 13 January 1908.¹ She was the daughter of Cecil Emilius Laurie and Helen Janet Douglas-Campbell.² She married Lt.-Col. Sir Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth, 4th Bt., son of Colonel Sir William Thomas Reginald Houldsworth, 3rd Bt. and Ethel Mary Alberta Whitmore, on 30 April 1934.¹ She died on 1 August 1995 at age 87.¹
     Margaret May Laurie also went by the nick-name of Meg.¹ Her married name became Houldsworth.

     Cecil Emilius Laurie was born on 4 January 1862.¹ He was the son of Rev. Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie of Maxwelton, 3rd Bt. and Marianne Sophia Rice.² He married Helen Janet Douglas-Campbell, daughter of Robert Douglas-Campbell and Catherine Ellen Miller, on 23 October 1900.¹ He died on 30 January 1919 at age 57.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Dumfries-shire.¹ He lived at Jarbruck, Moniaive, Dumfries-shire, Scotland^G.

     Helen Janet Douglas-Campbell was the daughter of Robert Douglas-Campbell and Catherine Ellen Miller.^2,3 She married Cecil Emilius Laurie, son of Rev. Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie of Maxwelton, 3rd Bt. and Marianne Sophia Rice, on 23 October 1900.¹ She died on 1 April 1919.¹
     From 23 October 1900, her married name became Laurie.

     Rev. Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie of Maxwelton, 3rd Bt. was born on 16 May 1823.¹ He was the son of Sir John Edward George Bayley, 2nd Bt. and Charlotte Mary Fector.² He married Marianne Sophia Rice, daughter of Edward Royds Rice and Elizabeth Knight, on 1 February 1855.¹ He died on 4 December 1917 at age 94.¹
     He was given the name of John Robert Laurie Emilius Bayley at birth.¹ Rev. Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie of Maxwelton, 3rd Bt. usually went by his middle name of Emilius.² He graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.)¹ He was Vicar between 1843 and 1856 at Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He was Vicar between 1856 and 1867 at St. George’s, Bloomsbury, London, England.¹ He was Vicar between 1867 and 1888 at St. John’s, Paddington, London, England.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Bayley, of Bedford Square, Middlesex [U.K., 1834] on 23 December 1871. On 26 February 1887 his name was legally changed to John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie of Maxwelton by Royal Licence, on inheriting Maxwelton.¹

     Marianne Sophia Rice was born on 23 February 1826.² She was the daughter of Edward Royds Rice and Elizabeth Knight.^1,3 She married Rev. Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie of Maxwelton, 3rd Bt., son of Sir John Edward George Bayley, 2nd Bt. and Charlotte Mary Fector, on 1 February 1855.¹ She died on 22 June 1903 at age 77.¹
     Her married name became Bayley. From 26 February 1887, her married name became Laurie.¹

     Lieutenant Graham Montague Balfour was born on 31 December 1838.² He was the son of Francis Balfour and Margaret Bower.¹ He married Emily Charlotte Neild on 20 November 1863 at Quilon, Madras, India^G.² He died on 15 July 1870 at age 31.^1,2
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Madras Army.¹

     Sir Richard Thomas Reginald Houldsworth, 5th Bt. was born on 2 August 1947.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth, 4th Bt. and Margaret May Laurie.¹ He married, firstly, Elizabeth Jane Orr, daughter of George Alistair Orr and Doreen Elizabeth Cole, on 12 September 1970.¹ He and Elizabeth Jane Orr were divorced in 1982.¹ He married, secondly, Ann Catherine Tremayne, daughter of Jean Jacques Tremayne, on 2 May 1992.¹ He died on 14 September 2023 at age 76.²
     He was educated at Bredon School, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He was educated at Blanerne School, Denholme, Yorkshire, England.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Houldsworth, of Reddish, co, Lancaster and Coodham, Symington, Ayrshire [U.K., 1887] on 19 January 1989.¹

     Myrtle Janet Mary Houldsworth was born on 19 July 1935.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth, 4th Bt. and Margaret May Laurie.¹ She married Philip Charles Nicholas Howard, son of Peter Dunsmore Howard and Doris Emily Metaxa, on 17 October 1959.¹ She died in 2014.²
     Her married name became Howard. She lived in 2003 at Flat 1, 47 Ladbroke Grove, London, England.¹

     Philip Charles Nicholas Howard was born on 2 November 1933 at London, England.² He was the son of Peter Dunsmore Howard and Doris Emily Metaxa.³ He married Myrtle Janet Mary Houldsworth, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth, 4th Bt. and Margaret May Laurie, on 17 October 1959.¹ He died on 5 October 2014 at age 80 at London, England.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.² He was a journalist with The Times.¹ He wrote the book The Royal Palaces, published 1970.² He wrote the book London’s River, published 1975.² He wrote the book We Thundered Out: 200 years at the Times, published 1985.²

     Peter Dunsmore Howard married Doris Emily Metaxa.²
     He lived at Hill Farm, Brent Eleigh, Sudbury, Suffolk, England^G.¹