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     Felicity Ward married Professor Patrick Horace Nowell-Smith in 1968.¹ She and Professor Patrick Horace Nowell-Smith were divorced.¹
     Her married name became Nowell-Smith.¹

     Richard W. Nowell-Smith was born in 1948 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He is the son of Professor Patrick Horace Nowell-Smith and Perilla Thyme Southwell.¹

     Robert V. Nowell-Smith was born in 1954 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He is the son of Professor Patrick Horace Nowell-Smith and Perilla Thyme Southwell.¹

     Timothy D. Nowell-Smith was born in 1957 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He is the son of Professor Patrick Horace Nowell-Smith and Perilla Thyme Southwell.¹

     Bessie Stanley was the daughter of Mark Stanley.¹ She married Sir William Henry Prescott, 1st Bt., son of John Prescott, on 27 December 1897.¹ She died on 12 September 1940.¹
     From 27 December 1897, her married name became Prescott.¹

     Mark Stanley lived at Ambleside, Cumbria, England.¹

     Sir Richard Prescott, 2nd Bt. was born on 26 January 1899.¹ He was the son of Sir William Henry Prescott, 1st Bt. and Bessie Stanley.¹ He died on 21 January 1965 at age 65, unmarried.¹
     He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.¹ He was an artist.¹ He was a civil engineer.¹ He fought in the Second World War, he was invalided.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Prescott, of Godmanchester, co. Huntingdon [U.K., 1938] on 15 June 1945.¹

     William Robert Stanley Prescott was born on 25 April 1912.¹ He was the son of Sir William Henry Prescott, 1st Bt. and Bessie Stanley.¹ He married, firstly, Gwendolen Aldridge, daughter of Leonard Aldridge, on 29 September 1939.¹ He and Gwendolen Aldridge were divorced in 1951.¹ He married, secondly, Shelia Kathleen Walker Hewitt, daughter of Surgn. R.-Adml. David Walker Hewitt, on 22 June 1951.¹ He died on 6 June 1962 at age 50.¹
     William Robert Stanley Prescott usually went by his middle name of Stanley.¹ He was educated at Boardman High School, Boardman, Ohio, U.S.A.¹ He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1934 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1935 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He fought in the Second World War, he was invalided in 1943.¹ He gained the rank of Honorary Captain in the Royal Signals (Territorial Army.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Darwen, Lancashire between 1943 and 1951.¹ He was a member of the Court Common Council between 1945 and 1950.¹ He was vice president of the National Chamber of Trade.¹

     Gwendolen Aldridge was the daughter of Leonard Aldridge.¹ She married, firstly, William Robert Stanley Prescott, son of Sir William Henry Prescott, 1st Bt. and Bessie Stanley, on 29 September 1939.¹ She and William Robert Stanley Prescott were divorced in 1951.¹ She married, secondly, Daniel Orme after 1951.¹ She died in 1992.¹
     From 29 September 1939, her married name became Prescott.¹ From after 1951, her married name became Orme.¹

     Leonard Aldridge lived at South Kensington, London, England.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹