Saturday, August 14, 2021

Bird/Davidson-Houston engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 August, 2021, between Capt William James Claude Bird, Coldstream Guards [born 10 Dec, 1990], son of Mr Anthony W. Bird, of East Meon, Hampshire, and his wife the former Emma Clare Kelway-Bamber [born 1960], & Flora Davidson-Houston, scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Brigadier Patrick Elrington O'Reilly-Blackwood Davidson-Houston [born 1954], of Colkirk, Norfolk, and his wife the former Angelina Nelson-Sullivan [born 1958].

Capt William Bird is descended from the Stirlings of Fairburn, and from the Dukes of Devonshire and Leeds.

George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds [1828-95] > Lady Harriet Osborne [1867-1922] > Evelyn Cavendish [b 1892] > Anne Stirling [1929-2015] > Emma Kelway-Bamber [b 1960] > William Bird [b 1990]

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire [1720-64] > George, 1st Earl of Burlington [1754-1834] > Hon Henry Cavendish [1789-1873] > Lt-Col Wm Cavendish [1817-81] >Capt Henry Cavendish [1854-1928] > Evelyn Cavendish [b 1892 -see above]

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