Peerage Record – 7601

     Eric William John Townsend lived at Shaldon, Devon, England^G.¹ He lived at East Molesey, Surrey, England^G.² He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.)¹ He was registered as a Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London (L.R.C.P.)¹

     Lt.-Col. Godfrey Ariel Evill was born on 9 May 1906.¹ He married Nesta Herbert, daughter of Thomas Richard Pendrell Herbert and Florence Anne Travers Smyth.¹ He died in 1983.¹
     He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)² He lived at Brynderwen, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales^G.²

     Louisa Mary Constance Marriott was born circa 1882.² She was the daughter of Major Charles Frederick Marriott.¹ She married William Henry Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane, son of Richard Davison and Annie Patrick, on 6 June 1929.¹ She died on 22 July 1971.²
     From 6 June 1929, her married name became Davison.¹ After her marriage, Louisa Mary Constance Marriott was styled as Baroness Broughshane on 19 September 1945.

     Charles Grey Compton Cavendish, 7th Baron Chesham was born on 11 November 1974.¹ He is the son of Nicholas Charles Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham and Suzanne Adrienne Byrne.² He married Sarah Elizabeth Dawson, daughter of Bruce Dawson, in 2002.¹
     He was educated at King’s School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ He was educated at Durham University, Durham, County Durham, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baron Chesham, of Chesham, co. Buckingham [U.K., 1858] on 27 August 2009.³

     Sir Antony James Beevor was born on 14 December 1946.² He is the son of John Grosvenor Beevor.¹ He married Hon. Alice Clare Antonia Opportune Cooper, daughter of John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich and Anne Frances May Clifford, in 1986.¹
     He wrote the book The Spanish Civil War, published 1982.² He wrote the book Inside the British Army, published 1990.² He wrote the book Crete: The Battle and the Resistance, published 1991.² He wrote the book Paris After the Liberation, 1944–1949, published 1994.² He wrote the book Stalingrad, published 1998.² He was a writer and historian.¹ He wrote the book Berlin: The Downfall 1945, published 2002.² He wrote the book The Mystery of Olga Chekhova, published 2004.² He wrote the book The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–39, published 2006.² He wrote the book D-Day: The Battle for Normandy, published 2009.² He wrote the book The Second World War, published 2012.² He wrote the book Ardennes 1944, published 2015.² He was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2017.³

     Adam John Cosmo Beevor was born in 1993.¹ He is the son of Sir Antony James Beevor and Hon. Alice Clare Antonia Opportune Cooper.¹

     Eleanor Allegra Lucie Beevor was born in 1990.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Antony James Beevor and Hon. Alice Clare Antonia Opportune Cooper.¹

     Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones was born in 1948.² She is the daughter of Timothy Angus Jones and Patricia David Pandora Clifford.³ She married, firstly, Sir Reginald Adrian Berkely Sheffield, 8th Bt., son of Edmund Charles Reginald Sheffield and Nancy Muriel Denise Soames, on 11 November 1969.² She and Sir Reginald Adrian Berkely Sheffield, 8th Bt. were divorced.² She married, secondly, William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor, son of William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor and Hon. Sarah Kathleen Elinor Norton, on 14 January 1976.¹
     From 11 November 1969, her married name became Sheffield. From 14 January 1976, her married name became Astor. After her marriage, Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones was styled as Viscountess of Astor on 14 January 1976.

     Major Andrew Savage Nugent was born on 28 May 1809.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. Andrew Nugent and Hon. Selina Vesey.² He married Hon. Harriet Margaret Maxwell, daughter of Reverend Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham and Lady Anne Butler, on 4 October 1841 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He died in 1889.²
     He lived at Portaferry House, County Down, Ireland^G.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the 36th Regiment.¹

     Edward Roland Soames was the son of Stephan Soames. He married Eleanor Corisande Astley, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Bt. and Eleanor Blanche Mary Corbett, on 15 April 1899.¹ He died in 1943.
     He lived at London, England^G. He lived at Framland House, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England^G.