Peerage Record – 8416

     Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford was born on 4 November 1791.² She was the daughter of Colonel George Klein Hayward Coussmaker and Hon. Catherine Southwell.² She was baptised on 30 November 1791 at St. Marylebone Church, Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London, England^G.² She married Commander John Russell, son of Lord William Russell and Lady Charlotte Anne Villiers, on 21 August 1822 at St. George’s Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England^G.² She died on 3 January 1874 at age 82 at 14 Lewes Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, England^G.² Her will was proven (by probate) on 12 February 1874, at under £100,000.²
     Her married name became Russell. She succeeded as the 22nd Baroness de Clifford [E., 1299] on 4 May 1833, suo jure.²

     Colonel George Klein Hayward Coussmaker was born on 21 September 1759.³ He was the son of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward.³ He married Hon. Catherine Southwell, daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Lord Clifford and Sophia Campbell, on 13 November 1790.⁴ He died on 11 July 1801 at age 41.⁴
     He gained the rank of Colonel in the 1st Guards.¹

     Hon. Catherine Southwell was born on 19 September 1768.² She was the daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Lord Clifford and Sophia Campbell.¹ She married Colonel George Klein Hayward Coussmaker, son of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 13 November 1790.³ She died on 19 July 1801 at age 32.⁴
     Her married name became Coussmaker.

     George Coussmaker was born circa 1798.² He was the son of Colonel George Klein Hayward Coussmaker and Hon. Catherine Southwell.¹ He died on 10 May 1821 at Lisbon, Portugal.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kinsale, County Cork between 1818 and 1821.²

     Hon. Mary Russell, Baroness de Clifford was born in 1830. She was the daughter of Commander John Russell and Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford.² She married William Edward Oakeley, son of William Oakeley and Mary Maria Miles, on 10 April 1860.² She died on 13 September 1914.¹
     Her married name became Oakeley. She succeeded as the Baroness de Clifford in 1874.²

     Edward Southwell Russell, 23rd Lord de Clifford was born on 30 April 1824.¹ He was the son of Commander John Russell and Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford.¹ He was baptised on 27 May 1824 at Ratley, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ He married Harriet Agnes Elliot, daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot and Clara Genevieve Windsor, on 31 March 1853 at St. George’s Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England^G.¹ He died on 6 August 1877 at age 53 at Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, England^G.¹ His will was proven (by probate) on 27 September 1877, at under £90,000.¹
     He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Tavistock between 1847 and 1852.¹ He succeeded as the 23rd Lord de Clifford [E., 1299] on 3 January 1874.¹

     Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell was born in 1827. She was the daughter of Commander John Russell and Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford.¹ She married Charles Robert Colville on 12 September 1850.¹ She died on 5 April 1912.¹
     Her married name became Colville.

     Charles Robert Colville was born in 1815. He married Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell, daughter of Commander John Russell and Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford, on 12 September 1850.¹ He died on 10 March 1886.¹
     He lived at Lullington, Somerset, England^G.¹

     William Edward Oakeley was born on 1 August 1828.² He was the son of William Oakeley and Mary Maria Miles.² He married Hon. Mary Russell, Baroness de Clifford, daughter of Commander John Russell and Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford, on 10 April 1860.¹ He died on 1 February 1912 at age 83.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Merionethshire.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Merionethshire.² He lived at The Plâs, Tan-y-Bwich, Merionethshire, Wales^G.¹ He lived at Cliffe House, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England.²

     Harriet Agnes Elliot was born in 1829.² She was the daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot and Clara Genevieve Windsor.¹ She married Edward Southwell Russell, 23rd Lord de Clifford, son of Commander John Russell and Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford, on 31 March 1853 at St. George’s Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England^G.¹ She died on 17 February 1896 at Twycross, Leicestershire, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Russell.