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     Edmund Joseph Hills lived at The Elms, Park Avenue, Bromley, Kent, England^G.¹

     Cicely Brabazon Kington was born on 9 April 1891 at 4 Linden Park, Frant, Sussex, England^G.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Miles Nairne Kington and Gertrude Elizabeth Urmston.¹ She died on 19 August 1893 at age 2 at Montreux, Switzerland^G.^1,2

     Joyce Adelaide Kington was born on 29 September 1893 at Chene, Commune de Chatelard, Montreux, Switzerland^G.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Miles Nairne Kington and Gertrude Elizabeth Urmston.¹ She married Captain Robert William Hutchison Cook, son of Robert Frank Cook, on 12 January 1921.¹ She died circa 1970.²
     From 12 January 1921, her married name became Cook.¹

     Captain Robert William Hutchison Cook is the son of Robert Frank Cook.¹ He married Joyce Adelaide Kington, daughter of Lt.-Col. William Miles Nairne Kington and Gertrude Elizabeth Urmston, on 12 January 1921.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Robert Frank Cook lived at Davington Manor, Faversham, Kent, England^G.¹

     Caroline Margaret Kington was born on 2 June 1837.² She was the daughter of Thomas Kington and Margaret Oliphant.¹ She married Dr. William Johnstone Fyffe, son of John Fyffe and Mary-Anne Margaret Johnston, in 1862 at Clifton, Bristol, England^G.^1,2 She died on 18 December 1897 at age 60 at 2 Rodney Place, Clifton, Bristol, England^G.^1,2
     From 1862, her married name became Fyffe.¹

     Dr. William Johnstone Fyffe was born in 1827 at Baron's Court, County Tyrone, Ireland^G.² He was the son of John Fyffe and Mary-Anne Margaret Johnston.² He married Caroline Margaret Kington, daughter of Thomas Kington and Margaret Oliphant, in 1862 at Clifton, Bristol, England^G.^1,2 He died on 17 May 1901 at 2 Rodney Place, Bristol, England^G.²

     Laura Geraldine Bodenham was born in March 1870 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England^G.² She was the daughter of Frederick Bodenham.¹ She married T/Lt.-Col. Philip Laurence Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair, son of Philip Oliphant Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Henrietta Yaldwin, on 19 February 1900.¹ She died on 1 March 1941.¹
     From 19 February 1900, her married name became Kington-Blair-Oliphant.¹

     Frederick Bodenham lived at Elmhurst, Herefordshire, England^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. William Yaldwyn Kington-Blair-Oliphant was born on 10 September 1906.¹ He was the son of T/Lt.-Col. Philip Laurence Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Laura Geraldine Bodenham.¹ He married Marjorie Winifred Lynas, daughter of W. H. Lynas, on 5 July 1941.¹ He died in 1964.¹
     He was educated at Bromsgrove School, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the North-West Frontier between 1930 and 1931.¹ He fought in the Palestine Campaign in 1936.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1940.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1945.¹ He fought in the Malayan Campaign between 1947 and 1950.¹