Paternal Family Tree: Beaton
Barbara "Baba" Beaton died.
Before 14th January 1904 [her father] Ernest Beaton [aged 37] and [her mother] Esther "Etty" Sisson [aged 32] were married.
On 21st January 1912 Barbara "Baba" Beaton was born to Ernest Beaton [aged 45] and Esther "Etty" Sisson [aged 40].
Around 1930. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of [her brother] Cecil Beaton [aged 25] and his sisters Barbara "Baba" Beaton [aged 17] and Nancy Beaton [aged 20] arriving at an Eton.
Nancy Beaton: On 30th September 1909 she was born to Ernest Beaton and Esther "Etty" Sisson. In January 1933 Hugh Houston Smiley 3rd Baronet and she were married. The eight bridesmaids included the bride's sister Barbara "Baba" Beaton, Margaret Whigham, Lady Bridget Poulett, and Lady Anne Wellesley On 6th June 1999 Nancy Beaton died.
In January 1933 Hugh Houston Smiley 3rd Baronet [aged 28] and Nancy Beaton [aged 23] were married. The eight bridesmaids included the bride's sister Barbara "Baba" Beaton [aged 20], Margaret Whigham [aged 20], Lady Bridget Poulett [aged 20], and Lady Anne Wellesley [aged 22]
On 21st February 1933 Charles Francis Sweeny [aged 23] and Margaret Whigham [aged 20] were married at the Brompton Oratory, Kensington.
Barbara "Baba" Beaton [aged 21] and Bridget Poulet [aged 21] were bridesmaids.
Hartford Courant:
Miss Margaret Whigham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hay Whifham of Ascot, England, was married in London Tuesday to Mr. Charles Sweeney, young American golfer, in Brompton Oratory. This famous Catholic church was thronged with fashionable guests. Outside another crowd, composed largely of women eager to see the brlde, was so large that forty policemen had great difficulty in maintaining traffic lines.
The bride arrived few minutes late. She wore a pearl white satin gown embroidered with pearls. The eighteen-foot train was edged with cloud-like layers or pearl-embroidered silk net. Her veil or tulle, fitted closely like a cap, was held with a narrow filet of pearl leaves interwoven with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet or white lilies.
There were nine bridesmaids. All dressed in whitc with wreaths or red flowers. They were Lady Bridget Poulett and Miss Shelia Berry, Miss Jeanne Stourton, Miss Margaret Livingstone-Learmouth, Miss Baba Beaton, Miss Angela Brett, Miss Dawn Gold, Miss Molly Vaughan and Miss Pamela Nicholl. The ushers included the Earl of Birkenhead [aged 25] and Mr. Randolph Churchill [aged 21].
The bride was given by her father, who is connected with an American business firm. The best man was Mr. Robert Sweeney, brother of the bridegroom. Mrs. Whigham, who has a home at 55 Princeiss Gate, gave the wedding reception. The couple then departed for Paris. Later they will cruise in the West Indies.
Among the many wedding presents were a pair of gold cuff links for the bridegroom from the Prlnce of Wales, who last year selected Mr. Sweeney, then captain of the Oxford University golf team, as his partner in the Navy and Royal Marines golf tournament. Mr. Sweeney first played golf here as an American schoolboy in the boys amateur golf championship, which he was runner-up. His brother also attended Oxford and frequently was his golf partner.
Before 1934. George Spencer Watson [aged 64]. "'Baba' Beaton, Mrs. Alec Hambro". Portrait of Barbara "Baba" Beaton [aged 21].
On 6th November 1934 Major Alec Hambro [aged 24] and Barbara "Baba" Beaton [aged 22] were married.
On 8th August 1943 [her husband] Major Alec Hambro [aged 33] was killed in action while serving with the Reconnaissance Corps. He was buried at the Tripoli War Cemetery.
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[her daughter] Alexandra Hambro Lady Gladstone was born to Major Alec Hambro and Barbara "Baba" Beaton. She married 10th September 1962 Erskine William Gladstone 7th Baronet, son of Charles Andrew Gladstone 6th Baronet.
Grandfather: Walter Hardy Beaton
father: Ernest Beaton
mother: Esther "Etty" Sisson