Peerage Record – 7034

     John Spencer Davies-Berrington was born on 21 April 1878 at Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales.¹ He was the son of Arthur Vendigaid Davies-Berrington and Ada Barbara Lane.¹ He married Alice Christine Ayshford Sanford, daughter of Eugene Ayshford Sanford and Constance Monk, on 19 October 1915 at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.¹ He died in 1970 at Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales.¹

     Henrietta Vesey was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Agmondisham Vesey and Charlotte Sarsfield.¹ She married Colonel Caesar Colclough, son of Dudley Colclough and Mary Barnewall, on 18 July 1721.¹ She died on 7 December 1771.²
     From 18 July 1721, her married name became Colclough.¹

     Andrew Balfour was born in 1587.¹ He was the son of James Balfour and Barbara Melville.¹ He died on 7 July 1624.¹
     He was a Minister at Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹

     James Balfour was born in 1540.¹ He was the son of David Balfour and Katherine Abercrombie.¹ He married, firstly, Barbara Melville, daughter of Richard Melville, who were cousins.¹ He died in 1613.¹
     He was a Minister at Guthrie, Scotland^G.¹ He was a Minister in 1589 at St. Gile’s Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹

     Sir Walter Harry Evans, 1st Bt. was born on 19 May 1872.¹ He was the son of Joseph Evans and Christina Shelley.² He married Margaret Mary Dickens, daughter of Thomas Adney Dickens, on 16 December 1907.¹ He died on 7 November 1954 at age 82.¹
     He held the office of Member of the Staffordshire County Council.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Evans, of Wightwick Hall, Wolverhampton, co. Stafford [U.K.] on 31 January 1920.¹

     William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth was born in 1653.¹ He was the son of Sir Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth and Rebecca Clayton.² He married, firstly, Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy, daughter of Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain and Elizabeth Killigrew, on 17 July 1672.³ He married, secondly, Elizabeth North, daughter of Dudley North, 4th Baron North and Anne Montagu, on 10 March 1686/87.³ He died on 25 December 1732, without surviving male issue.³
     He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) in January 1677.³ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1678 in the Norfolk Militia Regiment of Horse.³ He held the office of Recorder between 1683 and 1688.³ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Yarmouth, of Norfolk [E., 1673] on 8 March 1682/83.³ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Paston, of Norfolk [E., 1673] on 8 March 1682/83.³ He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Yarmouth [E., 1679] on 8 March 1682/83.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Paston, of Oxnead, Norfolk [E., 1641] on 8 March 1682/83.⁴ He held the office of High Steward of Great Yarmouth in 1684.³ He held the office of Joint Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire between March 1688 and December 1688.³ He held the office of Treasurer of the Household from March 1687/88 to December 1688, and stayed loyal to King James II, whom with three other peers he urged to return to London after James had fled to the Channel port of Sheerness preparatory to leaving England.³ Between July 1690 and August 1690 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for high treason (i.e., Jacobite sympathies.)³ In July 1692 he was again imprisoned in the Tower of London.³ He held the office of Vice-Admiral of Norfolk between January 1719 and April 1719.³ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) in 1722.³ On his death, his titles expired and his estates were sold to meet his huge debts, including the mansion of Oxnead.³

     David Balfour was born circa 1500.¹ He was the son of Alexander Balfour and Jane Wemyss.¹ He married Katherine Abercrombie.¹ He died in 1580.¹
     He lived at Inchhrye, Fife, Scotland^G.¹ He lived at Powis^G.¹

     Alexander Balfour was born in 1470.¹ He married Jane Wemyss.¹
     He held the office of Cellarman to King James IV in 1499.¹ In 1501 he leased Inchrye, Fife from King James IV.¹

     Jane Wemyss married Alexander Balfour.¹
     Her married name became Balfour.¹

     Charles Paston, Lord Paston was born on 29 May 1673 at London, England^G.¹ He was the son of William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth and Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy.² He married Elizabeth Pitt.¹ He died on 15 December 1718 at age 45, without male issue.¹
     He was styled as Lord Paston. He was educated in 1683 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1694 in the 3rd Life Guards.¹ He fought in the Flanders Campaign in 1696/97.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) from 1698/99 to 1700.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel from March 1703/4 to 1710 in the a new foot regiment.¹ He gained the rank of Brigadier-General in 1709/10.¹