Peerage Record – 6951

     Natasha Vivien Kenyon-Slaney was born on 29 August 1969.¹ She is the daughter of Robert Ivan Kenyon-Slaney and Meriel Rose Buxton. She married Barnabas Martin Henry Branston in 1998.¹
     She was educated at Wycombe Abbey School, England^G.¹ She graduated from Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London University, London, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ From 1998, her married name became Branston.

     Alexander Clement Gilmour was born on 23 August 1931.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir John Little Gilmour of Craigmillar, 2nd Bt. and Lady Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Hamilton.¹ He married, firstly, Barbara Marie-Louise Constance Berry, daughter of Major Hon. Denis Gomer Berry and Rosemary Leonora Ruth de Rothschild, on 2 December 1954.¹ He and Barbara Marie-Louise Constance Berry were divorced in 1983.¹ He married, secondly, Susan Janet van der Byl, daughter of Captain Voltelin James Howard van der Byl and Yvonne Doris Croker, in 1983.¹ He and Susan Janet van der Byl were divorced in 1990.¹ He died on 5 January 2009 at age 77.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was a director of Safeguard Industrial Investments in 1973.¹ He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1990.¹ He lived in 2003 at 3 Palliser Road, London, England^G.¹

     Camilla Frances Henrietta Allen was the daughter of Seymour Phillips Allen and Lady Catherine Henrietta Fellowes. She died in 1853.

     Arthur Robert Mills, 3rd Baron Hillingdon was born on 13 October 1891.¹ He was the son of Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon and Hon. Alice Marion Harbord.² He married Hon. Edith Mary Winifred Cadogan, daughter of Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea and Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt, on 8 August 1916.³ He died on 5 December 1952 at age 61.¹
     He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1916.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the West Kent Yeomanry.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Uxbridge between 1915 and 1918.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Hillingdon, of Camelford House, Park Lane, in the co. of Middlesex, and of Wildernesse, Kent [U.K., 1886] on 6 April 1919.² He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Mills [U.K., 1868] on 6 April 1919. He was a partner of Glyn, Mills and Co. in 1922.¹

     Barbara Marie-Louise Constance Berry was born on 28 December 1935.² She was the daughter of Major Hon. Denis Gomer Berry and Rosemary Leonora Ruth de Rothschild.^1,2 She married Alexander Clement Gilmour, son of Lt.-Col. Sir John Little Gilmour of Craigmillar, 2nd Bt. and Lady Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Hamilton, on 2 December 1954.¹ She and Alexander Clement Gilmour were divorced in 1983.¹ She died on 6 June 2023 at age 87.³
     Her married name became Gilmour.

     Sir Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington was the son of Sir Alexander Swinton, 22nd of that Ilk and Margaret Home.² He married, thirdly, Alison Skene, daughter of John Skene of Hallyards.³ He married, firstly, unknown daughter Dalmahoy, daughter of Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of that Ilk.³ He married, secondly, Elinor Nisbet.³ He died in August 1700.^3,4
     He held the office of Senator of the College of Justice.¹ He lived at Mersington^G.¹ He held the office of Lord of Session in 1688.³ He was styled as Lord Mersington [Scottish Law Lord] in 1689.³ He had two sons who both fell at Maplaquet in 1709.³

     Rosemary Leonora Ruth de Rothschild was born on 21 September 1913.¹ She was the daughter of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild and Marie Louise Eugénie Beer.² She married, firstly, Major Hon. Denis Gomer Berry, son of James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley and Mary Lilian Holmes, on 3 July 1934.¹ She married, secondly, Major John Antony Seys, son of Godfrey William Seys, on 18 February 1942.¹ She and Major Hon. Denis Gomer Berry were divorced in 1942.¹ She died on 29 April 2013 at age 99.³
     From 3 July 1934, her married name became Berry. From 18 February 1942, her married name became Seys.¹ She lived in 2003 at 31 The Mansion, Albury Park, Guildford, Surrey, England^G.¹

     John Fletcher married Mary Swinton, daughter of Sir Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington, before 1690.¹ He died before 1690.¹
     He lived at Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland^G.¹

     Hon. Henrietta Anne Bruce was the daughter of Robert Bruce and Jane Hamilton Fergusson.¹ She married Claud Hamilton Hamilton, 12th of Barns on 26 November 1874.² She died on 27 January 1911.¹
     On 6 May 1870 she was granted the rank of Lord of Parliament’s daughter.² From 26 November 1874, her married name became Hamilton.²

     Hon. Mary Bruce was born on 24 August 1877.¹ She was the daughter of Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Lady Katherine Eliza Gordon.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Sir John Augustus Hope of Craighall, 16th Bt., son of Revered Charles Augustus Hope and Julia Sophia Barton, on 26 April 1910.² She died on 18 February 1957 at age 79.¹
     From 26 April 1910, her married name became Hope.¹ She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1920.¹ She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Midlothian.¹