Elizabeth Hammersley

Elizabeth and William had 4 children.

Their daughter, Rosa Frederica (1854-1927), married in 1885, secondly George FitzGeorge (1843-1907), eldest son of George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), grandson of George III, who had married Sarah Fairbrother in 1847 in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act.

Rosa and George's daughter, Mabel Iris FitzGeorge (1886-1976), married, firstly in 1912, Robert Balfour (1869-1942), and, secondly in 1945, Prince Vladimir Galitzine (1884-1954), whereby she became Princess Vladimir Galitzine. By her first marriage Mabel Iris FitzGeorge had issue General Sir Robert (Victor) FitzGeorge-Balfour (1913-1994), a distinguished soldier who served in the Coldstream Guards and who commanded the Brigade of Guards from 1958-1960. He married Mary Diana Christian, daughter of Rear-Admiral Arthur Christian (1863-1926), formerly of Milntown, Isle of Man, and Ewanrigg, Cumbria, in 1943 and had issue. Princess Galitzine's grandmother, Elizabeth Hammersley was the sister of Hugh Hammersley and her grandfather, William Baring (1819-1906), was half-brother to Dulcibella Eden (d. 1903), through their mother, Frances Poulett-Thomson (d. 1877).

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