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Rathbone family tree

The underlined names in this abbreviated family tree are those most well-represented in the Rathbone Papers. 

  • A. William Rathbone III (1726-1789) m.1. (1750) Rachel Rutter (d. 4 Feb 1761) m.2. Margaret Fletcher
    • B. Sarah (1751-1827) m. 1781 Robert Benson
    • B. Elizabeth (1756-1793)
    • B. William IV (1757-1809) m. Hannah Mary Reynolds (1761-1839) daughter of Richard Reynolds (1735-1816)
      • C. William V (1787-1868) m. Elizabeth Greg (1790-1882)
        • D. Elizabeth (1813-1899) m. 1839 John Paget
          • 3 children
        • D. Hannah Mary (1816-72) m. J.H. Thom (1808-94)
        • D. William VI (1819-1902) MP m.1. 1847 Lucretia Gair (d.1859) m.2. 1862 Emily Acheson Lyle (d.1918)
          • E. William Gair VII (1849-1919) m. Blanche Luling
            • F. Elena (1878-1964)
            • F. William VIII (Bill) (1880-1941)
              • G. William IX (1906-1992)
              • G. John Rankin (1910-1940) MP m. Beatrice Frederika Clough (1910-2003) MP
              • G. Henry Stephen Nicholas (1913-1942)
          • E. Elizabeth Lucretia (Elsie)(1851-1920)
          • E. Thomas Ashton (1856-1895) m. Christabel Barton
          • E. Henry Gair (1857-1945) m. Katherine McKim
          • E. Edward Lucretius (Ted) (1859-1886)

          • E. Emily Evelyn (Evie)(1865-1954) m. Hugh Reynolds Rathbone(1862-1940) MP
            • F. Hannah Mary Reynolds (Nancy) (1889-) m. George Godfrey Warr
            • F. Richard Reynolds (1891-1962) m. Sybil
            • F. Edward Reynolds (1892-1913)
            • F. Hugo Ponsonby Reynolds (1895-1965)
          • E. Cyril Charles (1866-1868)
          • E. Acheson Lyle Rupert (Lyle)(1868-1923) m. Blanche Anna Reeve
          • E. Bertram Eric (Bertie) (1870-1917)
          • E. Eleanor Florence (1872-1946) MP
          • E. Francis Warre (Frank) (1875-1939) m. Edith Hampshire
            • F. John Francis (1909-1995)
            • F. Denis Lyle (1912-1991)
            • F. Bertram Lyle (Larry) (1913-2002)
            • F. James Brian (1915-)
            • F. Patrick Warre (1917-2003)
            • F. Noreen Eleanor Marjorie (1923-)
        • D. Samuel Greg (1823-1903) m.1 1855 Rosamund Cuthbert (d.1867) m.2 1869 Augusta Hervey, née Lyle (d. 1913)
          • 10 children
        • D. Philip Henry (1828-1895) m. Jane Steward
          • E. Harold Steward (1858-1929)
          • E. Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (1862-1930) m. Winifred Richardson Evans
          • 5 other children
      • C. Richard (1788-1860) m. 1817 Hannah Mary Reynolds (1798-1878)
        • D. Hannah Mary (1818-1853)
        • D. Richard Reynolds (1820-1898) m.1 Anna G. Fleming (d.1851) m.2 1859 Frances Roberts (1821-1907)
          • E. Mary Frances (1860-1937)
          • E. Hugh Reynolds (1862-1940)
          • E. Richard Llewelyn (1864-1939)
        • D. Margaret (b.1821) m. 1847 Abraham Dixon
        • D. William Benson (1826-1892) m. 1852 Hannah Greg (d. 1914)
        • D. Emily (1838-1907) m. 1861 Eustace Greg
      • C. Hannah Mary (1791-1866) m. 1831 William Reynolds (1803-1877)
      • C. Theodore Woolman (1798-1863) m. 1826 Lucy Pearson (d.1848)

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