Peerage Record – 7627

     Sir Joseph Percival Pickford Radcliffe, 3rd Bt. was born on 4 October 1824.¹ He was the son of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 2nd Bt. and Jacobina Maria Macdonnell.² He married Katharine Mary Elizabeth Doughty, daughter of Sir Edward Doughty, 9th Bt. and Hon. Katherine Arundell, on 18 October 1854 at St. James Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, London, England^G.³ He was also reported to have been married on 20 October 1854.¹ He died on 27 April 1908 at age 83.¹
     They had three other daughters who died young.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Radcliffe, of Milnesbridge House, Yorkshire [U.K., 1813] on 29 November 1872.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Staffordshire and West Riding, Yorkshire.¹

     Sir Everard Joseph Radcliffe, 5th Bt. was born on 27 January 1884.¹ He was the son of Sir Joseph Edward Radcliffe, 4th Bt. and Mary Katherine Talbot. He married Marguerite Magdalen Ashton Case, daughter of Captain Henry Ashton Case, on 27 January 1909.¹ He died on 23 November 1969 at age 85.¹
     He was educated at Downside School, Bath, Somerset, England^G.¹ He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1906 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry.¹ He was with the Intelligence Corps.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for North Riding, Yorkshire.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St Gregory.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Radcliffe, of Milnesbridge House, co. Yorkshire [U.K.,1813] on 29 September 1949.¹

     Marguerite Magdalen Ashton Case was the daughter of Captain Henry Ashton Case. She married Sir Everard Joseph Radcliffe, 5th Bt., son of Sir Joseph Edward Radcliffe, 4th Bt. and Mary Katherine Talbot, on 27 January 1909.¹ She died on 20 June 1943.¹
     From 27 January 1909, her married name became Radcliffe.¹

     Captain Henry Ashton Case lived at Beckford Hall, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     Sir Joseph Edward Radcliffe, 4th Bt. was born on 1 August 1858.¹ He was the son of Sir Joseph Percival Pickford Radcliffe, 3rd Bt. and Katharine Mary Elizabeth Doughty.² He married Mary Katherine Talbot, daughter of John Reginald Francis George Talbot and Sarah Eliza Jones, on 1 February 1881.¹ He died on 29 September 1949 at age 91.¹
     He was educated at Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the 3rd Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Volunteer Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for West Riding, Yorkshire.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Radcliffe, of Milnesbridge House, Yorkshire [U.K., 1813] on 27 April 1908.¹

     Mary Katherine Talbot was born on 15 May 1860.¹ She was the daughter of John Reginald Francis George Talbot and Sarah Eliza Jones.² She married Sir Joseph Edward Radcliffe, 4th Bt., son of Sir Joseph Percival Pickford Radcliffe, 3rd Bt. and Katharine Mary Elizabeth Doughty, on 1 February 1881.² She died on 3 January 1943 at age 82.¹
     From 1 February 1881, her married name became Radcliffe.²

     Major Arthur Philip Joseph Radcliffe was born on 14 January 1896.¹ He was the son of Colonel Philip John Joseph Radcliffe and Magdalena Maria Dolores Josephine Weld. He died on 18 August 1917 at age 21, from wounds received in action.¹
     He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Field Artillery.¹ He gained the rank of Acting Major in the Royal Field Artillery. He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹

     Mary Radcliffe was born on 26 January 1894.² She was the daughter of Colonel Philip John Joseph Radcliffe and Magdalena Maria Dolores Josephine Weld.² She married Bernard Percy Turnbull Lees, son of Sir Elliott Lees, 1st Bt. and Florence Keith, on 2 June 1919.² She died in 1980.¹
     From 2 June 1919, her married name became Lees.²

     May Kathleen Middleton was the daughter of William B. O. Middleton.¹ She married Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor, son of Lt.-Col. Maxwell Richard Crosbie Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor and Agnes Elizabeth Hamilton, on 14 August 1937.¹ She and Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor were divorced in 1947.¹ She died on 9 May 1969.¹
     From 14 August 1937, her married name became Ward.¹

     William B. O. Middleton lived at Shanghai, China^G.¹