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     Mary Reade was born after 1769.¹ She was the daughter of John Reade.¹ She married William Charles Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Avonmore, son of Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore and Mary Nugent, on 1 September 1787, by special licence, as she was a minor.¹ She died on 30 May 1834.¹
     From 1 September 1787, her married name became Yelverton.¹ After her marriage, Mary Reade was styled as Viscountess Avonmore on 19 August 1805.

     John Reade lived at East Cams, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Cynthia Charlette Seymour was the daughter of Sir Horace Alfred Damer Seymour and Elizabeth Mary Romilly.¹ She married Sir Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham, son of J. Milne Cheetham, on 11 July 1923.¹ She died on 8 August 1968.¹
     She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1920.¹ Her married name became Cheetham.

     Sir Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham was the son of J. Milne Cheetham.¹ He married Anastasia Muravieff, daughter of Nicholas Muravieff.³ He married Cynthia Charlette Seymour, daughter of Sir Horace Alfred Damer Seymour and Elizabeth Mary Romilly, on 11 July 1923.¹ He died on 6 January 1938.¹
     He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.)¹ Sir Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham usually went by his middle name of Milne.²

     J. Milne Cheetham lived at Eyford Park, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     Margaret Lily Winifred Seymour was born in 1891.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Horace Alfred Damer Seymour and Elizabeth Mary Romilly.¹ She married Major Cecil Francis Aleck Walker on 14 June 1916.¹ She died on 17 May 1976.¹
     Her married name became Walker.

     Major Cecil Francis Aleck Walker married Margaret Lily Winifred Seymour, daughter of Sir Horace Alfred Damer Seymour and Elizabeth Mary Romilly, on 14 June 1916.¹ He died on 27 January 1925.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Grenadier Guards.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹

     Victor Myddelton-Biddulph was born in 1860. He was the son of General Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph and Mary Frederica Seymour. He died on 13 February 1919.

     Frederica Myddelton-Biddulph is the daughter of General Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph and Mary Frederica Seymour.

     Eliza Horatia Frederica Seymour was born on 16 July 1833.² She was the daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey.^1,2 She married, firstly, Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden of Gowran, son of George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover and Lady Georgiana Howard, on 23 September 1861.³ She married, secondly, Sir Walter George Stirling of Faskine, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Walter Stirling of Faskine, 2nd Bt. and Lady Caroline Frances Byng, on 12 October 1875 at St. John's Church, Wilton Road, London, England^G.² She died on 23 April 1896 at age 62 at Burr's Wood, England^G.² She was buried at Groombridge, Kent, England^G.²
     After her marriage, Eliza Horatia Frederica Seymour was styled as Viscountess Clifden of Gowran on 23 September 1861. From 23 September 1861, her married name became Agar-Ellis. She held the office of Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Victoria between 1867 and 1872.² She held the office of Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Victoria in 1872.² She was appointed Lady, Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (V.A.) 3rd Class.² From 12 October 1875, her married name became Stirling.
     Henry Greville described her as "lovely to behold, full of grace and graciousness of demeanour."³