Peerage Record – 7983

     Major Thomas Colin Ernest Campbell-Preston was born on 25 May 1918.^2,3,4 He was the son of Colonel Robert William Pigott Clarke Campbell-Preston of Ardchattan and Mary Augusta Margaret Nicol Thorne.^1,3 He married Margaret Christina Graham, daughter of Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham and Lady Meriel Olivia Bathurst, on 18 June 1960.¹ He died in March 1999 at age 80 at Deben, Suffolk, England.^2,4
     He became an unknown person ‘s adoptive father.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)² He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)²

     Lilias Violet Graham was born on 6 March 1917.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham and Lady Meriel Olivia Bathurst.¹ She died on 15 August 2008 at age 91.²
     She was a social worker at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.³ She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)¹ She lived in 2003 at 68 High Street, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.¹

     Karl Johann Wilhelm Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 29 August 1777 at Leeuwarden, The Netherlands^G.¹ He was the son of Friedrich Ernst Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Magdalena Zwier van Haren.¹ He married Friederike Landgräfin zu Fürstenberg, daughter of Friedrich Landgraf zu Tykowitz, on 15 January 1816 at Brünn, Germany^G.¹ He died on 26 June 1866 at age 88 at Brünn, Germany^G.¹

     Friederike Landgräfin zu Fürstenberg was born on 27 July 1781 at Wels, Ober-Osterreich, Austria^G.¹ She was the daughter of Friedrich Landgraf zu Tykowitz.¹ She married Karl Johann Wilhelm Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, son of Friedrich Ernst Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Magdalena Zwier van Haren, on 15 January 1816 at Brünn, Germany^G.¹ She died on 11 July 1858 at age 76 at Brünn, Germany^G.¹

     Friedrich Landgraf zu Tykowitz gained the rank of Cavalry General.¹

     Colonel Robert William Pigott Clarke Campbell-Preston of Ardchattan was born on 17 June 1865.² He was the son of Reverend William Clarke Preston, 13th of Valleyfield and Anne Charity Piggot.² He married Mary Augusta Margaret Nicol Thorne, daughter of Augustus Thorne and Mary Frances Nicol, on 1 June 1905 at Ardchattan Prior, Bonawe, Argyllshire, Scotland.² He died on 27 October 1929 at age 64.²
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)³ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)³ He lived at Ardhatten Priory, Connel, Argyllshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was given the name of Robert William Piggot Clarke Preston at birth.²

     Hon. Carolyn Mary Ponsonby was born on 9 November 1938. She was the daughter of Edward Gaspard Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Sysonby and Sallie Whitney Sanford. She died on 26 May 2023 at age 84.²

     Colin Buchanan Knowling was born on 23 November 1955. He is the son of Michael George Alexander Knowling and Sylvia Kerr Stewart Robertson.

     Margaret Christina Graham was born on 3 July 1919.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham and Lady Meriel Olivia Bathurst.¹ She married Major Thomas Colin Ernest Campbell-Preston, son of Colonel Robert William Pigott Clarke Campbell-Preston of Ardchattan and Mary Augusta Margaret Nicol Thorne, on 18 June 1960.¹ She died on 26 June 2020 at age 100.²
     She became an unknown person ‘s adoptive mother.¹ Her married name became Campbell-Preston. She lived in 2003 at 4 Melton Meadow Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.¹

     Very Rev. Edward Mellish married Elizabeth Jane Leigh, daughter of Very Rev. William Leigh and Jane Elizabeth Canning, in 1811.² He died in December 1830.²
     He held the office of Dean of Hereford.