Peerage Record – 9865

     Catherine Sydney Louisa Margesson was born on 29 September 1887.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Mortimer Reginald Margesson and Lady Isabel Augusta Hobart-Hampden.¹ She married Ronald John McNeill, 1st and last Baron Cushendun, son of Edmund McNeill and Mary Miller, on 29 December 1930.¹ She died on 11 February 1939 at age 51.¹
     After her marriage, Catherine Sydney Louisa Margesson was styled as Baroness Cushendun on 29 December 1930. From 29 December 1930, her married name became McNeill.¹

     Albina Helena Margesson was born in 1889.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Mortimer Reginald Margesson and Lady Isabel Augusta Hobart-Hampden.¹ She died on 12 August 1907, unmarried.¹

     Isabel Joan Hampden Margesson was born on 10 February 1898.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Mortimer Reginald Margesson and Lady Isabel Augusta Hobart-Hampden.¹ She died on 12 April 1905 at age 7.¹

     Ronald John McNeill, 1st and last Baron Cushendun was born on 30 April 1861.¹ He was the son of Edmund McNeill and Mary Miller.¹ He married Elizabeth Maud Bolitho, daughter of William Bolitho and Mary Hichens Yonge, on 9 October 1884 at Madron, Cornwall, England.^2,3 He married, secondly, Catherine Sydney Louisa Margesson, daughter of Sir Mortimer Reginald Margesson and Lady Isabel Augusta Hobart-Hampden, on 29 December 1930.⁴ He died on 12 October 1934 at age 73.¹
     He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn in 1888 entitled to practise as a Barrsiter-at-Law.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent, St. Austine’s Division between 1911 and 1918.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kent, Canterbury Division between 1918 and 1927.¹ He held the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1922 and 1924.¹ He held the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1924 and 1925.¹ He held the office of Finance Secretary to the Treasury between 1925 and 1927.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1927.² He held the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1927 and 1929.² He was created 1st Baron Cushendun, of Cushendun, co. Antrim [U.K.] on 7 November 1927.¹

     Hon. Esther Rose McNeill is the daughter of Ronald John McNeill, 1st and last Baron Cushendun and Elizabeth Maud Bolitho.¹ She married, firstly, Lt.-Col. Donald Hugh McNeile on 7 January 1917. She and Lt.-Col. Donald Hugh McNeile were divorced in 1921. She married, secondly, Major Geoffrey Cecil Gilbert McNeill-Moss, son of Captain Gilbert Moss, on 2 March 1922.¹
     From 7 January 1917, her married name became McNeile. From 2 March 1922, her married name became Moss.

     Major Geoffrey Cecil Gilbert McNeill-Moss was the son of Captain Gilbert Moss. He married Hon. Esther Rose McNeill, daughter of Ronald John McNeill, 1st and last Baron Cushendun and Elizabeth Maud Bolitho, on 2 March 1922.¹ He died on 13 August 1954.
     He lived at Ford Place, Ford, Sussex, England^G.¹ He was given the name of Geoffrey Cecil Gilbert Moss at birth.¹ On 8 May 1927 his name was legally changed to Geoffrey Cecil Gilbert McNeill-Moss by Deed Poll.¹

     Hon. Loveday Violet McNeill is the daughter of Ronald John McNeill, 1st and last Baron Cushendun and Elizabeth Maud Bolitho.¹

     Lt.-Col. Donald Hugh McNeile married Hon. Esther Rose McNeill, daughter of Ronald John McNeill, 1st and last Baron Cushendun and Elizabeth Maud Bolitho, on 7 January 1917. He and Hon. Esther Rose McNeill were divorced in 1921. He died on 11 December 1939.

     Captain Gilbert Moss lived at Aigburth, Lancashire, England^G.

     Karl-Josef Freiherr von Ketteler was born in 1934 at Schwarzenraben, Germany^G. He was the son of Wilderich Friedrich Freiherr von Ketteler and Maria Rosa Freiin von und zu Eltz gennant Faust von Stromberg. He married Alke Lahmann in 1961. He and Alke Lahmann were divorced in 1972. He died on 31 May 2006 at Lippstadt, Germany^G.¹ He was buried at Störmede, Germany^G.¹