Peerage Record – 6966

     Emma Beith was born on 27 April 1956.¹ She is the daughter of Sir John Greville Stanley Beith and Diana Gilmour.¹

     William M. Beith lived at Ascot, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia^G.¹

     Major Charles Hugh Gregory-Hood was born on 6 February 1877.² He was the son of Hon. Alexander Frederick Gregory and Ethel Cecilia Heber-Percy.² He married Dorothy Brooks, daughter of Hon. Marshall Jones Brooks and Florence Thomas, on 11 January 1911.¹ He died on 30 October 1951 at age 74.²
     He was also known as Charles Hugh Hood.² He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1900.² He gained the rank of Major in the Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery.² He was Aide-de-Camp to General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He fought in the Aden Campaign in 1904.² He fought in the First World War, and was mentioned in despatches and was wounded.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)² On 19 October 1927 his name was legally changed to Charles Hugh Gregory-Hood by Deed Poll.² He lived at Loxley Hall, Warwickshire, England^G.²

     Peter Charles Freeman Gregory-Hood was born on 12 December 1943.¹ He is the son of Colonel Alexander Marshall Horace Gregory-Hood and Diana Gilmour.² He married Camilla Bethell, daughter of Richard Anthony Bethell and Lady Jane Pleydell-Bouverie, on 17 December 1966.¹
     He was educated at Summer Fields School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Aix-en-Provence Unversity, Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was with the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 1967 and 1998.¹ He lived in 2003 at Loxley Hall, Warwickshire, England^G.¹

     Janet Forrester was the daughter of Sir John Forrester, 2nd of Corstorphine and Jean Sinclair.¹ She married Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell, son of Herbert Maxwell, 1st Lord Maxwell and unknown daughter Herries, from 13 January 1424/25 to 4 February 1424/25.¹ She died after 1488.¹
     From from 13 January 1424/25 to 4 February 1424/25, her married name became Maxwell.¹

     Rosemary Gregory-Hood was born on 6 March 1913.² She was the daughter of Major Charles Hugh Gregory-Hood and Dorothy Brooks.² She married, firstly, Peter Kenneth Chance, son of Kenneth Macomb Chance, on 7 July 1932.² She and Peter Kenneth Chance were divorced in 1937.² She married, secondly, Captain Jack Brittain-Jones, son of Harry D. C. Jones, on 18 December 1937.² She married, thirdly, James Harold Lavery, son of James Lavery, on 12 November 1943.² She married, fourthly, Alfred James McAlpine, son of Sir Alfred David McAlpine and Ethel May Williams, on 17 September 1951.² She and Alfred James McAlpine were divorced in 1959.² She died in 1983.²
     From 7 July 1932, her married name became Chance. From 18 December 1937, her married name became Brittain-Jones. From 12 November 1943, her married name became Lavery. From 17 September 1951, her married name became McAlpine.

     Dorothy Brooks was born on 22 March 1890.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Marshall Jones Brooks and Florence Thomas.² She married Major Charles Hugh Gregory-Hood, son of Hon. Alexander Frederick Gregory and Ethel Cecilia Heber-Percy, on 11 January 1911.¹ She died in 1983.²
     From 11 January 1911, her married name became Hood. From 19 October 1927, her married name became Gregory-Hood.

     Margaret Georgiana Thomas was the daughter of Freeman Frederick Thomas and Hon. Mabel Brand.¹ She married Major Edward Charles Ellice, son of Robert Ellice and Eglantine Charlotte Louisa Balfour, on 11 April 1889.¹ She died on 1 December 1929.¹
     Her married name became Ellice.

     Major Edward Charles Ellice was born in 1858.² He was the son of Robert Ellice and Eglantine Charlotte Louisa Balfour.² He married Margaret Georgiana Thomas, daughter of Freeman Frederick Thomas and Hon. Mabel Brand, on 11 April 1889.³ He died on 21 February 1943.³
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for St. Andrews Boroughs between 1903 and 1906.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) circa 1917.² He was (an unknown value) at Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland^G.¹

     Ronald Marshall Brooks was born on 6 July 1924.¹ He was the son of Thomas Marshall Brooks and Evelyn Sylvia Parker.² He married Dorothy Valery Freer, daughter of Geoffrey Hubert Freer and Dorothy Lilian Waterhouse, on 9 May 1950.¹ He died on 13 February 2019 at age 94.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Queen’s Bays.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He lived in 2003 at Heath Hill, Wyck Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹