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Donald Cuthbertson Dennistoun Sword     1881-1954
Donald was born about 1881, the son of Alexander Bruce Dennistoun Sword and Amy Gow, at Hanley, Staffordshire.

Eileen Edith Caledon Alexander               1888-
Eileen was born about 1888, the daughter of Sir William Ferdinand Alexander, 5th Bt., and Edith La Fargue, at Ramsgate, Kent.
I have identified the following children.
Roderick William Born abt 1909   xxxxx Married Pamela Rachel Palles Rydon,
Jean Stephens
Birth of Parents
Donald Cuthbertson Dennistoun Sword b: abt 1881         Hanley, Staffordshire       1881 1Q Stoke upon Trent 6b 210
son of Alexander Bruce Dennistoun Sword and Amy Gow

Eileen Edith Caledon Alexander b: abt 1888         Ramsgate, Kent       1888 2Q Thanet 2a 929
daughter of Sir William Ferdinand Alexander and Edith La Fargue

Marriage
8 Dec 1908
Donald Cuthbertson Dennistoun Sword
Eileen Edith Caledon Alexander
St Peter's, Eaton-Square       1908 4Q St George Hanover Square 1a 951

The Times, Friday, Dec 11, 1908                         MARRIAGES
Mr. Dennistoun Sword and Miss Alexander

  Mr. Donald Cuthbertson Dennistoun Sword, Scottish Rifles, Son of the late Mr. Alexander Dennistoun Sword and Mrs. Dennistoun Sword, of Endon-hall, Staffordshire, and Miss Eileen Edith Caledon Alexander, daughter of the late Sir William Alexander and Lady Alexander, were married on the 8th inst. at St Peter's, Eaton-Square.   The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Kensington, assisted by Prebendary Storrs, the Rev. F. W. Thurlow, stepfather of the bride, and the Rev. A. Whitaker, brother-in-law of the bridegroom.   The bridesmaids were Miss Noorony Cable, Miss Mabel Brookes, Miss Winifred McMurdo, Miss Thompson, Miss V. Grabham, and the Misses Enid and Dora Soarnes.   The four elder ones wore dresses of pale pink silk, with large pink satin hats, adorned with pink carnations, and the three younger ones wore frocks of soft white satin and lace caps.   The bride was given away by her brother, Sir Lionel Alexander, Grenadier-Guards.   She wore a dress of oyster white satin draped with old lace, and she also wore an old lace veil over a coronet of Orange flowers in her hair.   Captain Dennistoun Sword, North Staffordshire Regiment, acted as best man.   After the reception at the Caxton-Hall, which was largely attended, Mr. and Mrs. Sword left for Derbyshire, where they are spending their honeymoon

Children
Roderick William Dennistoun Sword b: abt 1909         xxxxx       1909 4Q Windsor 2c 419
son of Lt.-Col. Donald Cuthbertson Dennistoun Sword and Eileen Edith Caledon Alexander.

The Marriage ended in a Divorce in 1918
Eileen married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Clifford Cyril Scott in 1919.

Death
Lt.-Col. Donald Cuthbertson Dennistoun Sword D.S.O. Died 11 May 1954, Age 73,       1954 2Q Wells 7c 215
 

Death
Eileen Edith Caledon (Alexander) Sword No Data