Lineage of Cynthia Romola ERSKINE

Third Generation

4. Walter Henry ERSKINE Earl of Mar & Kellie [image] was born on 17 Dec 1839. He died on 16 Sep 1888. Walter married Mary Anne FORBES on 14 Oct 1863. [Parents]

"Earl of Mar (1565) and of Kellie (1614); N 17 Dec 1839; + 1888"
(from the Earls of Mar pedigree)
Grand Master Mason (1881-1885)
Representative Peer for Scotland (1876-88)
Successfully claimed in 1875 to be 11th Earl of Mar
Lived in India

5. Mary Anne FORBES [image] died on 22 May 1927. [Parents]

"Mary Anne, daughter of William Forbes, of Medwyn, Peebles"
(from the Earls of Mar pedigree)

[Child]

6. Capt William Humble Dudley WARD [image] was born on 19 Feb 1849. He died on 29 May 1903. William married Eugenie Violet Adele BRETT on 24 Oct 1876. [Parents]

"14th Hus and Capt Herts Yeo Cav"
Expected to inherit the Earldom of Dudley but his uncle William remarried in 1865 and had 6 sons...
Lived in a big house in London, 63 Cromwell Road when he had his children. Also had a small contry house at Winkfield called "Chilston". The family moved to 70 Lowndes Square when Adele Gurwood died.

7. Eugenie Violet Adele BRETT [image] died on 13 Mar 1938. [Parents]

daughter of 1st viscount ESHER

[Child]

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