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Just FYI, this will be the last round - I'll post the final families up tomorrow or Sunday :)

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Ten years have passed; the year is 1812 and George III is King, with his son serving as regent.

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The Cuthbert Family
DH [dec at 58]: Edward Andrew Christopher Cuthbert, 3rd Earl of Oakheart
DW [73]: Eleanor Frances Cuthbert “Nell”, 3rd Countess of Oakheart, née Southwell

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DS1 [49]: Edward Lawrence Southwell Cuthbert "Ned", 4th Earl of Oakheart (starletinwaiting)
- DW [47]: Octavia Jane Primrose Cuthbert, 4th Countess of Oakheart, née Dorset (eglantine)

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-- DS [25]: Ralph Christopher Guy Cuthbert (molly)
--- DW [27]:
---- DD [2]:
---- DS [nb]:

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-- DD [23]: Ruby Octavia Merab Cuthbert (eglantine)
--- DH [24]:

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-- DS [20]: Rufus Valentine Southwell Cuthbert (starletinwaiting)
-- DD [17]: Rosalind Eleanor Anastasia Cuthbert (starletinwaiting)

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DD1 [47]: Rose Frances Drusilla Murphy, née Cuthbert (solros)
- DH [69]: Patrick Florian Murphy (Jessamine)
-- DD [19]: Calliope Maeve Drusilla Murphy (Irene)

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DS2 [45]: James Andrew Algernon Cuthbert (eglantine)
- DW [44]: Mary Theresa Campbell Cuthbert, née Bass (AhaRememo)
-- DS [13]: Cyrus Gabriel Edward Cuthbert (Princess_Shireen)
-- DS [9]:

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Nell was delighted to live to see the birth of her first great-grandchildren, a daughter and a son born to Ralph and his wife, the daughter of a wealthy Italian merchant. She is equally thrilled by the wedding of Ruby to a charming young man of noble birth but rather limited means, and by Calliope’s growing renown as a violinist throughout England and even beyond, although she regrets the strange ideas about marriage that Rose and Patrick have imbued in her and wishes some gentleman or another would hurry up and propose. James and Mary have also had a second son - Mary is grateful for his company, as Cyrus is now serving aboard the ship of his father’s friend.

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Ralph’s wife’s first, middle, and maiden name are all fairly common Italian names, although she now goes by an anglicised nickname of her first name (e.g. “Betty” for Elisabetta). Their daughter’s first name is one of the names in bold on this list ( https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2018/09/top-200-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-in-1840-part-2.html ), her first middle name is Italian, and her second middle name honours Ralph’s mother. Their son’s first name is a name from Greek mythology or Biblical Greek, his first middle name is Italian, and his second middle name honours Ralph’s father.
Ruby’s husband’s first name is a long English name with a short nickname, his first middle name is a saint’s name, and his second middle name is common across many languages. His surname is fairly common in England.
James and Mary's son's first name is more commonly a surname, his first middle name is a long English name, and his second middle name is in some way related to the sea.

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The Jarvis Family
DH [62]: Peter Jonathan Jarvis
DW [dec at 60]: Marguerite Lucille Jarvis “Margot”, née Desrosiers

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DD1 [40]: Joy Marguerite Wray, née Jarvis (RowenaRavenclaw)
- DH [46]: Henry Ferdinand James Wray “Hal” (Darkbone)

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-- DH’s DD [21]: Letitia Alys Boudicca Wray (Wordsmith)
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---- DD [nb]:

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-- DS [16]: William Alfie Ferdinand Wray (eglantine)

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DD2 [36]: Mercy Geneviève Bonham, née Jarvis (Quicksilver)
- DH [35]: Vincent Julius Charles Bonham (Darkbone)
-- DS/DS [11]: Hawthorn Montague Célestin Bonham & Willoughby Mathurin Ambroise Bonham (Wordsmith)
-- DD [8]:
-- DS [5]:

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DD3 [33]: Verity Delphine Sayer, née Jarvis (Darkbone)
- DH [39]: Iestyn Sayer (Jessamine)
-- DD [6]:
-- DS [3]:

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DS1 [29]: Prosper Constantin Jarvis (Jessamine)
- DBf [27]:

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The past decade has seen a marriage, a death, and rather a lot of births for the extended Jarvis family. Margot’s passing was a source of great anguish to Prosper, who has become a physician against his parents’ wishes but was nonetheless unable to do more than ease her pain in her final weeks. He lives in London with Verity, Iestyn and their two young children; to his mother’s disappointment he has never married, but with the help of his sympathetic sister and brother-in-law maintains a clandestine relationship with another man, a clerk at a legal practice.
Letitia has married a young minister, and recently welcomed a daughter, whom Joy adores (much to William’s jealousy).
Mercy and Vincent have had two more children, a girl and a boy, who, to their mother’s distress, are frequent targets of the twins’ practical jokes and tricks.

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Letitia’s husband’s first name is a fairly plain and traditional English name, his middle name is a surname, and his surname begins with the same letter as his first name. Their daughter’s first name is a Germanic name and her middle name is a common Biblical name.
Mercy and Vincent’s daughter’s first name is a flower name, her first middle name is a spelling variant of a common name, and her second middle name is French. Their son’s first name is shared with a great military leader, his first middle name is shared with a Jane Austen character ( https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2011/10/names-from-jane-austen.html ) and his second middle name is French.
Verity and Iestyn’s daughter’s first name is Welsh (but approachable for English speakers) and her middle name is a relatively uncommon Greek name. Their son’s first name is a character from Arthurian legend and his middle name is at least eight letters long.
Prosper’s partner’s first name is from this list ( https://www.behindthename.com/rating/similar.php?name=tobias ) and his surname is shared with a famous actor.

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The Irvine Family
DH [49]: Robert Reginald Angus Irvine
DW [48]: Agnes Irvine, née Macinnes

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DS1 [30]: Magnus Duncan Fionn Irvine (Irene)
- DW [32]: Eilidh Sìne Irvine, née Forbes (emmalou)
-- DD [9]:

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DS2 [28]: John Asa Domnall Irvine (emmalou)
- DW [27]:
-- DD [4]:
-- DD [2]:
-- DD [nb]:

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DS3 [28]: Jacob Ezra Cailean Irvine (emmalou)
- DW [24]:

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DD1 [25]: Mary Agnes Ealasaid Irvine “Merry” (AhaRememo)
- DH [29]:
-- DS [3]:
-- DS [nb]:

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DS4 [22]: Alexander Malcolm Tavish Irvine (eglantine)
- DW [28]:
-- DW’s DD [8]:

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DD2 [20]: Augusta Margaret Mòr Irvine (molly)
- DFiance [22]:

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Agnes sincerely hopes that all her children’s marriages will be happier than her own. Over the past decade, all of them have been wed (or at least engaged): John to the daughter of clan chief from the Borders, Jacob to a pretty local lass, Merry to an Edinburgh gentleman of some considerable means, Alexander to a widow with a daughter, and Augusta to a young Army officer. Magnus and Eilidh were the first to welcome a child, not so long after their marriage; Eilidh so hated the experience that she swore she would not have another, and so their daughter is the recipient of all their affection. John and his wife have had three daughters, Merry has borne two sons, and Alexander is learning to care for his wife’s daughter as his own.

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All names come from the namebanks below - all children have two middle names, as do all partners except Jacob’s wife, who has one middle name.

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Mary Iona Fenella Margaret Shona Elizabeth Annie Una Jane Agnes Isabella Catherine Janet Helen Jessie Christina Jeanie Morag Sarah Maggie Eilidh Ann Marion Ellen Edna Martha Barbara Emma Sophia Moira Amelia Fanny Anna Isla Kathleen Rhona Eleanor Marsaili Lillias Jessie Evelyn Elspeth Lilias Alexina Thomasina Ruth Johanna Kirstin Eva Katie

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Lachlan Ralph Domhnall Hamilton Alasdair Murdoch Finlay Louis Victor Eric Hamish Denis Ebenezer Mark Craig Cornelius Edmund Fergus Norman Neil Duff Angus Allan Cormag Malcolm Harry Fionnlagh Bruce Kenneth Douglas Eoin Frank Ernest Gordon Archibald Bernard Harold Callum Murdo Dugald Lawrence Owen Martin Anthony Keir Leslie Cecil Edwin Stephen Cailean

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"Do you not find it happens very often, that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you wonder why God made the world?"

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