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FERGUSON, Sir Ronald Craufurd (1773-1841), of Muirtown, Fife and 5 Bolton Row, London, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. 8 Feb. 1773, 2nd. s. of William Ferguson (formerly Berry), of Raith (d. 1810), and Jean, da. of Ronald Craufurd, of Restalrig, Edinburgh; bro. of Robert Ferguson MP. educ. Edinburgh h.s. 1777-8; Berlin mil. acad. 1791-3. m. 4 Jan. 1798, Jean (d. 1802), illegit. da. of Gen. Sir Hector Munro of Novar, Ross, 1s. surv. 1da. KCB 2 Jan. 1815; GCB 13 Sept. 1831; suc. bro. Robert to Raith 3 Dec. 1840. d. 10 Apr. 1841.
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Ensign 53 Ft. 1790; lt. 1791; capt. 1793; maj. 84 Ft. 1794; lt.-col. 1794; lt-col. 37 Ft. 1799; brevet col. 1800; maj.-gen. 1808; col. Sicilian regt. 1809; lt.-gen. 1813; col. 79 Ft. 1828; gen. 1830.

Main residences: Muirtown, Fife; 5 Bolton Row, London, Mdx.
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SIBTHORP, Charles de Laet Waldo (1783-1855), of Canwick Hall, nr. Lincoln, Lincs. and 46 Eaton Square, London.

Family and Education
b. 14 Feb. 1783, 2nd surv. s. of Humphrey Sibthorp (afterwards Waldo Sibthorp) (d. 1815), of Canwick Hall, Lincs., and Susannah, da. of Richard Ellison, of Thorne, Yorks. and Sudbrooke Holme, Lincs.; bro. of Coningsby Waldo Waldo Sibthorp MP. educ. Chiswick; Brasenose, Oxf. 1801. m. 21 Feb. 1812, Maria, da. and coh. of Ponsonby Tottenham, MP, of Merrion Square, Dublin, 4s. suc. bro. 1822. d. 14 Dec. 1855.
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Cornet 2 Drag. 1803; lt. 1806; capt. 4 Drag. Gds. 1811; ret. 1822.

J.P. Lincs. Dep. Lt. Lincs.

Lt.-col. R. South Lincs. militia 1822; col. 1852 – d.

Main residences: Canwick Hall, nr. Lincoln, Lincs.; 46 Eaton Square, London.
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MOWBRAY (formerly CORNISH), John Robert (1815-1899), of Warennes Wood, Mortimer, Reading, Berks.

Family and Education
b. 3 June 1815, o. s. of Robert Stribling Cornish, of Exeter, and Marianne, da. of John Powning, of Hill’s Court, near Exeter. educ. Westminster 1829-32; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1833, BA 1837, MA 1839; I. Temple, called 1841. m. 19 Aug. 1847, Elizabeth Gray, o. surv. da. and h. of George Isaac Mowbray, of Bishopswearmouth, co. Durham and Mortimer, Berks., 3s. 2da. assumed name Mowbray by royal lic. 26 July 1847. suc. fa. 10 Feb. 1871. cr. bt. 3 May 1880. d. 22 Apr. 1899.
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PC 6 Apr. 1858; judge advocate general 1858 – 59, 1866–8.

Church estates commissioner 1866 – 68, 1871–92.

JP Durham; Dep. Lt. Durham.

Cllr. Berks. 1889; ald. 1895 – 98.

Hon. D.C.L. Oxf. 1869; hon. fellow Hertford Coll., Oxf. 1875; hon. student Christ Church, Oxf. 1877.

‘Father of the House’ 1898 – 99.

Main residence: Warennes Wood, Mortimer, Reading, Berks.
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MORDAUNT, Sir Charles, 10th bt. (1836-1897), of Walton House, Warwickshire

Family and Education
b. 28 Apr. 1836, 1st s. of Sir John Mordaunt MP, 9th bt., of Walton House, Warws., and Caroline Sophia, 2nd da. of Rt. Rev. George Murray, D.D., Lord Bishop of Rochester. educ. Eton 1849-54; Christ Ch., Oxf., matric. 8 June 1854. m. (1) 7 Dec. 1866, Harriet Sarah (div. 11 Mar. 1876), 4th da. of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, 7th bt., of Moncrieffe. 1da.; (2) 24 Apr. 1878, Mary Louisa, da. of Hon. Rev. Henry Pitt Chomondeley, rect. of Adlestrop and hon. canon of Gloucester. 1s. 5da. suc. fa. 27 Sept. 1845. d. 15 Oct. 1897.
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Cornet Warws. yeoman cav. 1859; maj. 1886 – 91.

Main residence: Walton House, Warwickshire.
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SKIPWITH, Sir Grey, 8th bt. (1771-1852), of Alveston Villa, nr. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire; 6 Pall Mall East, Middlesex

Family and Education
b. 17 Sept. 1771, 1st s. of Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th bt., of Prestwould, Mecklenburg, Virginia, U.S.A., and 1st w. Anne, da. of Hugh Miller, of Green Crofts, Blandford, Virginia, U.S.A. educ. Eton 1787-90; Trinity Coll., Camb., 1790. m. 22 Apr. 1801, Harriett, da. of Gore Townsend, of Honington Hall, Warws., 12s. (2 d.v.p.) 8da. suc. Sir Thomas George Skipwith MP, 4th bt., to entailed estates 1790 and to Newbold Pacey Hall, Warws. 1832; fa. as 8th bt. 9 Oct. 1805. d. 13 May 1852.
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Recorder Stratford-upon-Avon 1823 – 35.

Chairman Warws. q-sess.

Main residences: Alveston Villa, nr. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire and 6 Pall Mall East, Middlesex.
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