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     Peter Spencer Bowness, Baron Bowness was born on 19 May 1943.¹ He is the son of Hubert Spencer Bowness and Doreen Davies.¹ He married, firstly, Marianne Hall on 27 July 1969.¹ He and Marianne Hall were divorced in 1983.¹ He married, secondly, Patricia Jane Cullis, daughter of John Cullis, on 6 June 1984.¹
     He was educated at Whitgift School, England^G.¹ He was a solicitor in 1966.¹ He was a partner of Weightman, Sadler in 1970.¹ He held the office of Mayor of Croydon between 1979 and 1980.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1981.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Greater London in 1981.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1987.¹ He was created Baron Bowness, of Warlingham in the County of Surrey and of Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon [U.K. Life Peer] on 18 November 1995.¹

     Major Charles Hay was born circa 1929.² He married Prudence L. S. Barker in 1961 at New Forest, Hampshire, England^G.³ He died on 20 April 2009.²
     He lived at Boldre, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Edward Burgh, 2nd Lord Burgh (of Gainsborough) was born circa 1463.¹ He was the son of Thomas de Burgh, 1st Lord Burgh (of Gainsborough) and Margaret de Ros.¹ He married Anne Cobham, daughter of Sir Thomas de Cobham and Lady Anne Stafford, in 1477.¹ He died on 20 August 1528.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lincolnshire in 1492.¹ In November 1494 at Westminster, London, England^G, he distinguished himself in a tournament.² He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Burgh, of Gainsborough [E., 1487] on 18 March 1495/96, although he was never called to Parliament under this writ.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Strabolgi [E., 1318] on 8 April 1496, de jure, which he is deemed to have become as sole heir on the death of 4th Lord (Baron) Grey.³ In 1510 he was found to be a lunatic, and as such, never called to Parliament.¹

     Anne Cobham was born circa 1465.² She was the daughter of Sir Thomas de Cobham and Lady Anne Stafford.³ She and Edward Blount, 2nd Lord Mountjoy were engaged between 18 June 1475 and 1 December 1475.⁴ She married Edward Burgh, 2nd Lord Burgh (of Gainsborough), son of Thomas de Burgh, 1st Lord Burgh (of Gainsborough) and Margaret de Ros, in 1477.¹ She died on 26 June 1526.¹
     She succeeded as the 6th Baroness Cobham, of Sterborough, in Lingfield, Surrey [E., 1347] in 1471, de jure.⁵ From between 18 June 1475 and 1 December 1475, her married name became Blount.⁴ Her married name became Burgh.

     V. William W. Vaughan is the son of David Vaughan.¹ He married Laura Jane Ulla Fairfax, daughter of Hon. Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax and Victoria Janet Neave.¹

     Alexandre Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Valois was born on 2 January 1673 at Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France, France^G.¹ He was the son of Philippe de France, Duc d'Orléans and Elisabeth Charlotte Pfalzgräfin von Simmern.¹ He died on 16 March 1676 at age 3 at Palais Royale, Paris, France^G.¹ He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France^G.¹
     He gained the title of Duc de Valois.¹

     Robert Burgh, 4th Lord Burgh was born circa 1594.¹ He was the son of Thomas Burgh, 3rd Lord Burgh and Frances Vaughan.¹ He died on 26 February 1601/2 at Waltham Palace, England^G.² He was buried on 19 March 1601/2 at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.²
     He succeeded as the 8th Baron Strabolgi [E., 1318] on 14 October 1597, de jure.³ He succeeded as the 4th Lord Burgh [E., 1529] on 14 October 1597.¹
     On his death, his Baronies fell into abeyance between his sisters.¹

     John Vaughan was the son of Thomas Vaughan and Elizabeth Miles.² He married Anne Pickering, daughter of Sir Christopher Pickering and Jane Lewknor.
     He lived at Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, Wales^G.¹ He lived at Sutton upon Derwent, Yorkshire, England^G.³

     Sir William Reade was born circa 1538.² He married Gertrude Paston, daughter of Sir Erasmus Paston and Margaret Wyndham.² He died in 1621.²
     He lived at Osterley Park, London, England^G.¹

     Frances Whitmore was born on 7 November 1666.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore and Hon. Frances Brooke.¹ She married Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Bt. and Mary Cholmondeley, circa 1685/86. She died after 1695.²
     Her married name became Myddelton.