Peerage Record – 8095

     Lady Hermione Elizabeth Graham was born on 20 July 1971.¹ She is the daughter of James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose and Catherine Elizabeth MacDonnell Young.¹
     She was educated at Wycombe Abbey School, England^G.¹ She was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹

     Alfonso Martinez de Irujo y FitzJames-Stuart, Duque de Aliaga was born on 22 October 1950 at Madrid, Spain^G.¹ He is the son of Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo and Maria del Rosario Cayetana FitzJames-Stuart y de Silva, 18° Duquesa de Alba de Tormes. He married Maria de la Santisima Trinidad Prinzessin de Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Christian Kraft Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Carmen de la Cuadra y de Medina, on 4 July 1977 at Marbella, Malaga, Spain^G.¹ He and Maria de la Santisima Trinidad Prinzessin de Hohenlohe-Langenburg were divorced before 1998.
     He gained the title of Duque de Aliaga.¹

     Diana Caroline Coke was born on 11 January 1953.² She was the daughter of Major Richard Lovel Coke and Molly Fletcher.² She married Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, son of James Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness and Madeleine Gabrielle de Pury, on 9 January 1975.¹ She died on 8 January 1994 at age 40, by her own hand.¹
     From 9 January 1975, her married name became Sinclair. After her marriage, Diana Caroline Coke was styled as Countess of Caithness on 9 January 1975.

     Alexander James Richard Sinclair, Lord Berriedale was born on 26 March 1981.¹ He is the son of Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness and Diana Caroline Coke.²
     He was styled as Lord Berriedale.¹ He was educated at St. David’s College, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales^G.¹

     Lady Iona Alexandra Sinclair was born on 18 February 1978.¹ She is the daughter of Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness and Diana Caroline Coke.²

     George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon was born on 26 June 1866 at 66 Grosvenor Street, London, England^G.³ He was the son of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn Stanhope.⁴ He married Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of Captain Frederick Charles Wombwell and Marie Boyer, on 26 June 1895 at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England^G.³ He died on 5 April 1923 at age 56 at Cairo, Egypt^G, from the effects of a mosquito bite.⁵ He was buried on 30 April 1923 at Beacon Hill, Highclere Castle, Newbury, Berkshire, England^G.⁵ His will was proven (by probate) in May 1923, at £398,925 gross and £274,376 net.⁵
     He was styled as Lord Porchester between 1866 and 1890.³ He was educated between 1879 and 1882 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.⁵ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.⁴ He held the office of High Steward of Newbury in 1890.^3,5 He succeeded as the 5th Baron Porchester of Highclere, co. Southampton [G.B., 1780] on 28 June 1890.⁴ He gained the title of 5th Earl of The Town and County of Carnarvon [G.B., 1793] on 28 June 1890.⁴ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ His last will was dated from 29 October 1919 to 3 April 1923. He was the celebrated excavator of Tutankhamen’s tomb.¹

     Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra Wombwell was born circa 1877.² She was the daughter of Captain Frederick Charles Wombwell and Marie Boyer.^3,2 She married, firstly, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, son of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, on 26 June 1895 at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England^G.⁴ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Ian Onslow Dennistoun on 19 December 1923 at St. George’s Register Office, London, England^G.^2,5 She died on 8 May 1969 at Bristol, England.^2,1
     In 1895 She received a £500,000 dowry from Alfred de Rothschild.¹ From 26 June 1895, her married name became Herbert. After her marriage, Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra Wombwell was styled as Countess of Carnarvon on 26 June 1895. From 19 December 1923, her married name became Dennistoun.

     Captain Frederick Charles Wombwell was born on 12 July 1845.¹ He was the son of Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Bt. and Georgiana Hunter.² He married Marie Boyer on 12 January 1868.¹ He died on 7 July 1889 at age 43.¹

     Lt.-Col. Ian Onslow Dennistoun married, secondly, Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of Captain Frederick Charles Wombwell and Marie Boyer, on 19 December 1923 at St. George’s Register Office, London, England^G.^1,2 He died on 22 May 1938.¹
     He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)³ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.³

     Brigadier John Smith McCombe was the son of R. McCombe. He married Lucy Joyce Gunning Kerr, daughter of Frederick Kerr, on 3 October 1951.¹ He died on 19 October 1959.¹
     He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.)¹