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William Reginald BIRCH. Born in 1881 at Ottergton Hall. Northallerton. Yorkshire. He was educated in a preparatory 7 school in England attended Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand for one year, and then returned to England and graduated from University College at Oxford He lived in Oruamatua from 1902-1905 and after his father sold the family property in 1906. he lived in England till 1909. In 1912 he was a fruit farmer in California and returned to New Zealand in 1920 and managed a farm near Wanganui. He served in World War 1. 1914-1918 in the First Royal Dragoons, rose to the rank of captain, and was awarded the Military Cross for action in France. In 1925 he bought Hapua. a sheep station in Masterton. Wairarapa. N.Z.. which is still in the family. He served also in the second World War as a zone Commander in the Home Guard and was promoted to Lt. Colonel. He married Nora Brandon, the daughter of Alfred de Bathe Brandon, a lawyer and Mayor of Wellington. New Zealand. Nora "went from the social whirl of the city of Wellington to the quieter rural life at Hapua. making the change in good humour and spirit". She loved gardening, was an active member of the Country Women's Institute, and was Club Captain of the Masterton Ladies Golf Club. 1931-32.

George Limbrey SCLATER-BOOTH. 2nd Lord Basing. Bom January 1.1860 in New Street. Spring Garden. Whitehall. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College. Oxford BA. in 1862 and served as Lt. Col. and Brevet-Col. and later Brig. Gen. Irst Dragoons. He married Mary Hargraeve December 12. 1889. at Maiden Early. Berkshire. She was the 2 nd daughter of John Hargreave of Maiden Earley. Berkshire and Man Jane who was the daughter of Alexander Cobham of Shinficld. Buckinghamshire. She ded in 1904 and he ded in 1919. Thev had issue.

Edward Nevil MACREADY. (He sometime he spelled it "Macreadie") Bora in 1798 and died November 4. 1848. He attended Rugby with his brother William C. Macready in 1807. At age 17 he joined the Army and distinguised himself at die battle of Waterloo where he was promoted to Ensign in the 2 nd Battalian of the Cambrigshire Regiment * for his action while commanding a company whose officers had been killed. He later served in Indian Army, rising to the rank of Major. In 1840 he was Aide-de Camp to Gen. Stewart Mackenzie. Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. Later he published a book on his experiences. "A Sketch of Suwarrow and His Last Campaign." He married Martha Sarah Rolls, who published a series of etchings of William C. Macready in his principal characters in 1839. At the time of his death he was described by his brother William as "my beloved brother, the playfellow of my childhood the cherished protege and pupil of my youth, the friend of my life." No known issue.

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