Peerage Record – 9761

     Nathalie Gräfin von Benckendorff was born on 8 September 1923. She was the daughter of Constantin Graf von Benckendorff and Maria Korchinska. She married Thomas Humphrey Brooke, son of Thomas Brooke and Beatrice Gundreda Carlile, on 27 November 1946 at London, England^G. She died on 16 September 2019 at age 96.¹
     Her married name became Brooke.

     Thomas Humphrey Brooke was born on 31 January 1914. He was the son of Thomas Brooke and Beatrice Gundreda Carlile. He married Nathalie Gräfin von Benckendorff, daughter of Constantin Graf von Benckendorff and Maria Korchinska, on 27 November 1946 at London, England^G. He died on 24 December 1988 at age 74.²
     Thomas Humphrey Brooke usually went by his middle name of Humphrey.

     Thomas Joshua Brooke was born on 21 August 1964. He was the son of Thomas Humphrey Brooke and Nathalie Gräfin von Benckendorff. He died in 1969.¹

     Sophie Brooke was born on 5 September 1947 at York, Yorkshire, England^G. She was the daughter of Thomas Humphrey Brooke and Nathalie Gräfin von Benckendorff. She married, firstly, Hilary James Dale.¹ She married, secondly, James William Sutton Dugdale, son of Fred Eric Dugdale and Carol Timmis.¹ She died on 25 October 2010 at age 63.²
     Her married name became Dugdale.¹ Her married name became Dale.¹

     Helen Brooke was born on 27 March 1949 at Woking, Surrey, England^G. She was the daughter of Thomas Humphrey Brooke and Nathalie Gräfin von Benckendorff. She died on 10 July 1966 at age 17 at Carcavelos, Portugal^G.

     Peter Graf von Benckendorff was born in 1882. He was the son of Alexander Graf von Benckendorff and Countess Sophia Petrovna Shuvalova. He married Jelena Marashkin in 1909. He died in 1915, killed in action.
     He fought in the First World War.

     Jelena Marashkin married Peter Graf von Benckendorff, son of Alexander Graf von Benckendorff and Countess Sophia Petrovna Shuvalova, in 1909.
     Her married name became von Benckendorff.

     Natalie Louise Gräfin von Benckendorff was born in 1886. She was the daughter of Alexander Graf von Benckendorff and Countess Sophia Petrovna Shuvalova. She married Hon. Sir Jaspar Nicholas Ridley, son of Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley and Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks, on 28 April 1911 at London, England^G.² She died on 14 March 1968.¹
     Her married name became Ridley.

     Kathrin Fudakowsky was born in 1985 at London, England^G. She is the daughter of Peter Jan Fudakowsky and Henrietta Williams.

     Constantine Anthony Ridley was born on 9 March 1916 at London, England^G.¹ He was the son of Hon. Sir Jaspar Nicholas Ridley and Natalie Louise Gräfin von Benckendorff.^2,1 He died on 24 February 1970 at age 53, unmarried.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.)¹ He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Bachelor of Surgery (B.Ch.)¹