Peerage Record – 6917

     Beatrice Agnes Byng was born circa 1868.¹ She was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford and Emily Georgina Kerr.¹ She died on 17 March 1868, young.¹

     Lady Rachel Theodora Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford and Emily Georgina Kerr.¹ She died on 25 September 1932, unmarried.¹

     Lady Irene Hildare Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford and Emily Georgina Kerr.¹ She died on 24 March 1908, unmarried.¹

     Lady Anne Dorothy Frederica Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford and Emily Georgina Kerr.¹ She married Captain James Harold Cuthbert on 24 September 1903.¹ She died on 31 January 1907, accidentally shot by her husband during a pheasant shoot.¹
     Her married name became Cuthbert.

     Margaret Bruce was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Alexander Bruce and Hon. Mary Balfour.¹ She married Rt. Hon. Sir Lawrence Dundas of Kerse, 1st Bt., son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask and Bethia Baillie, on 9 April 1738.² She died on 11 October 1802.¹
     From 9 April 1738, her married name became Dundas.²

     Rt. Hon. Sir Lawrence Dundas of Kerse, 1st Bt. was born circa 1710.² He was the son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask and Bethia Baillie.³ He married Margaret Bruce, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Alexander Bruce and Hon. Mary Balfour, on 9 April 1738.¹ He died on 21 September 1781.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Linlithgow Burghs from 1747 to 1748.² He was Commissary-General and contractor to the Army between 1748 and 1759.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Newcastle-under-Lyme between 1762 and 1768.² He was created 1st Baronet Dundas, of Kerse, co. Stirling [Great Britain] on 23 November 1762.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Edinburgh between 1768 and 1790.² He held the office of Vice-Admiral of Shetland and Orkney.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1771.²

     Brig.-Gen. James Bruce, 6th of Kennet was born circa 1665.² He was the son of David Bruce, 4th of Kennet and Margery Young.¹ He married Mary Swinton, daughter of Sir Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington, in 1690.¹ He died in August 1728.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Earl of Leven’s Regiment of Foot.¹ He gained the rank of Brigadier-General.¹ He lived at Kennet, Clackmannanshire, Scotland^G.¹
     He had three younger sons and two other daughters.¹

     Lady Hester Joan Byng was the daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford and Emily Georgina Kerr.^1,2 She married, firstly, Captain Hon. Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland, son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath of Ballywalter and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward, on 10 June 1913.² She married, secondly, Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of the County of Cavan, son of Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of the County of Cavan and Mary Sneade Olive, on 27 November 1922 at St. Mark’s Church, North Audley Street, Mayfair, London, England^G.^2,3 She died on 31 August 1976.²
     Lady Hester Joan Byng usually went by her middle name of Joan.¹ From 10 June 1913, her married name became Mulholland. She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HRH THe Princess Royal between 1918 and 1922.¹ After her marriage, Lady Hester Joan Byng was styled as Countess of the County of Cavan on 27 November 1922. From 27 November 1922, her married name became Lambart.² She was appointed Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.) in 1927.²

     Captain Hon. Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland was born on 20 September 1882.² He was the son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath of Ballywalter and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward.¹ He married Lady Hester Joan Byng, daughter of Reverend Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford and Emily Georgina Kerr, on 10 June 1913.¹ He died on 1 November 1914 at age 32 at Ypres, Belgium^G, killed in action.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.² He fought in the First World War.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Irish Guards.³

     Jennifer Mary Denise May is the daughter of Rt. Hon. William Morrison May.¹ She married, firstly, Thomas Edmund Byng, 8th Earl of Strafford, son of Robert Cecil Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford and Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Cloete, on 2 August 1963.² She and Thomas Edmund Byng, 8th Earl of Strafford were divorced in 1980.² She married, secondly, Francis Christopher Buchan Bland, son of Captain James Franklin McMahon Bland and Jess Buchan Brodie, in 1981.¹
     From 2 August 1963, her married name became Byng. From 1981, her married name became Bland.¹