Peerage Record – 72988

     Rosalie Smith was born on 2 February 1862 at London, England.¹ She married Venerable Sidney Adolphus Boyd in 1881.¹ She died on 26 August 1955 at age 93 at St. Catherine’s Nursing Home, Oldfield Road, Bath, Somerset, England.¹
     From 1881, her married name became Boyd.¹

     Francis Arthur Mordaunt Mills was born in 1849 at Kensington, London, England.¹ He was the son of Arthur Mills and Agnes Lucy Acland.¹

     Dudley Acland Mills was born in 1859 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England.¹ He was the son of Arthur Mills and Agnes Lucy Acland.¹

     Grace Furnival married Reverend William Henry Thornton.¹
     Her married name became Thornton.¹

     Anna Delicia Hook was born in 1833 at Ellastone, Staffordshire, England.¹ She married Reverend Arthur John Empson.¹ She died on 7 May 1888 at 1 Horton Crescent, Rugby, Warwickshire, England.¹
     Her married name became Empson.¹

     Colonel Rev. Arthur Hugh Acland Empson was born in 1886 at New Zealand.¹ He was the son of Walter Empson and Agnes Dyke Acland.¹ He married Vivien Josephine Belmar in 1949.² He died on 1 January 1964.¹
     He was commissioned in 1907, in the service of the Indian Army.² He fought in the First World War.² He gained the rank of Captain in the 8th Cavalry Corps, Indian Army.²

     Judith Mary Empson was born in 1888 at Geraldine, New Zealand.¹ She was the daughter of Walter Empson and Agnes Dyke Acland.¹ She married Edward Gordon Williams, son of Allen Marsh Williams and Annabelle Milne Buchanan, on 19 May 1909 at Geraldine, New Zealand.¹ She died on 28 August 1964 at Auckland, New Zealand.¹
     From 19 May 1909, her married name became Williams.¹

     Edward Gordon Williams was born on 15 February 1881 at Pukehou, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.¹ He was the son of Allen Marsh Williams and Annabelle Milne Buchanan.² He married Judith Mary Empson, daughter of Walter Empson and Agnes Dyke Acland, on 19 May 1909 at Geraldine, New Zealand.¹ He died on 19 March 1962 at age 81 at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.¹
     He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, New Zealand.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Cavalry Corps.² He fought in the First World War.² He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)²

     Dr. Stephen Empson Williams was born on 2 November 1911 at Pukehou, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.¹ He was the son of Edward Gordon Williams and Judith Mary Empson.¹ He married Joyce Patricia Firth in 1940 at Victoria, Australia.² He died on 16 October 1995 at age 83.¹