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     Eva Margaret James was born circa 1855.² She was the daughter of John Henry James and Jane Ramsden Ashworth.¹ She married Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde, son of Thomas Ashton and Elizabeth Gair, on 2 December 1886 at All Saints Church, Ennismore Gardens, London, England^G.¹ She died on 4 January 1938 at Vine Hall, Robertsbridge, Sussex, England^G.¹ She was buried on 7 January 1938 at Golders Green Cemetery^G.¹
     From 2 December 1886, her married name became Ashton.¹ After her marriage, Eva Margaret James was styled as Baroness Ashton of Hyde on 28 June 1911.

     John Henry James was born on 18 September 1825.² He was the son of William James and Fanny Rutson.² He married Jane Ramsden Ashworth, daughter of Reverend Thomas Ramsden Ashworth and Elizabeth Dawson, on 21 July 1853.³ He died on 3 October 1904 at age 79.³
     He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hertfordshire.⁴ He lived at Kingswood, Watford, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹

     Piers Cecil Le Gendre Starkie was the son of Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie and Jemima Monica Mildred Tempest.² He married Cicely de Hoghton, daughter of Sir James de Hoghton, 11th Bt. and Aimee Jean Grove, on 29 September 1908.¹ He died on 2 June 1947.¹

     Jane Ramsden Ashworth was born on 17 February 1829.² She was the daughter of Reverend Thomas Ramsden Ashworth and Elizabeth Dawson.^1,2 She married John Henry James, son of William James and Fanny Rutson, on 21 July 1853.²
     From 21 July 1853, her married name became James.²

     Frances Jane Paget was the daughter of General Hon. Sir Edward Paget and Lady Harriet Legge.¹ She married John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde, son of James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde and Grace Louisa Staples, on 19 September 1843.¹ She died on 26 August 1903.¹
     After her marriage, Frances Jane Paget was styled as Marchioness of Ormonde on 19 September 1843. From 19 September 1843, her married name became Butler.

     Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne was born on 29 March 1880.² He was the son of Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh and Adelaide Maria Guinness.¹ He married Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine, daughter of Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan and Rosalie Louisa Sartoris, on 24 June 1903.² He died on 6 November 1944 at age 64 at Cairo, Egypt^G, assassinated by the Stern Gang.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Imperial Yeomanry.² He fought in the Boer War between 1900 and 1901, where he was wounded and was mentioned in despatches.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Unionist) for Bury St. Edmunds between 1907 and 1931.² He gained the rank of Brigade Major in the 10th Battalion, London Regiment.² He fought in the First World War, in Gallipoli and Flanders, and was mentioned in despatches three times.² He was awarded the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1917 and bar (1918.)² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Suffolk Yeomanry.² He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)² He held the office of Under-Secretary for War between 1922 and 1923.² He held the office of Financial Secretary, Treasury between 1923 and January 1924.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 20 February 1924.² He held the office of Financial Secretary, Treasury between November 1924 and November 1925.² He held the office of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries between November 1925 and June 1929.² He was created 1st Baron Moyne, of Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk [U.K., 1932] on 21 January 1932.² He wrote the book Walkabout: A journey in lands between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, published 1936.² He wrote the book Atlantic Circle, published 1938.² He held the office of Secretary of State, Colonies between 1941 and 1944.² He was Leader, House of Lords between 1941 and 1944.² He held the office of Deputy Minister of State, Middle East between 1942 and 1944.² He held the office of Resident Minister, Middle East between January 1944 and November 1944.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³
     

     Reverend Thomas Ramsden Ashworth was born before 1800.² He was the son of John Ashworth and Jane Ramsden.² He married Elizabeth Dawson in 1828.² He died on 3 March 1861.²

     Lady Catherine Annesley was born on 18 July 1793 at London, England.² She was the daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris and Hon. Sarah Cavendish.^1,3 She married Colonel Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Boscawen, on 4 December 1814.⁴ She died on 25 June 1865 at age 71.¹
     Her married name became Somerset.

     John Foster-Barham married Lady Katherine Grimston, daughter of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson, on 14 January 1834.¹ He died on 22 May 1838.²
     He lived at Stockbridge, Hampshire, England^G.³

     Margaret O'Brien is the daughter of Donough O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and Helen Roche.¹ She married Charles MacCarty, 1st Viscount Muskerry, son of Sir Cormac MacDermot MacCarty and Mary Butler.¹
     Her married name became MacCarty.¹