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Mrs. Beatrice Corbett is the daughter of Constance MacLean.

The Gregg family has branches in Scotland, Ireland, the United States, and Canada.
William Gregg was born in Killycreen, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1817. In 1843 he obtained a B.A from Glasgow University and in 1844 an M.A. from Edinburgh. He obtained his licentiate from the Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1845 and committed himself to three years service as a missionary in Canada under the direction of the Presbytery of Kingston. He soon accepted a call to the united congregations of Belleville, Huntingdon and Tyendinaga. The last two became a separate charge within a year and the Rev.Mr. Gregg remained in Belleville from 1847 to 1857. In 1857 he moved to Toronto where he served as minister of Cooke's Church until 1872. He was a member of the faculty of Knox College, University of Toronto, from 1867 to 1895 when he retired. In 1878 he received a Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Honour.
William Rufus Gregg, the eldest son of Rev. William Gregg, became an architect and worked in various areas including Chicago, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston, Detroit, and Albany. he was active in Toronto for over 40 years and was involved in the construction of Bloor Street Church among other projects. He was interested in watching and studying the development of cities and he wrote on several aspects of the history of Toronto.

For thirty years, James Roy was a professor of English at Queen's University. The son of a Presbyterian minister, he was born in Kirriemuir, Angus in 1884. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1906 with first-class honours, and for the next two years was a Lecturer in English at Giessen. He then returned to England to teach English language and literature at St. Andrews. From April 1916 until January 1919, he served as an intelligence officer in France. In 1920, he accepted an appointment as an assisstant professor of English at Queen's University, where he remained until his retirement in 1950. In 1951, he married Margaret Gordon Fleming of London, whom he had known since his early days at St. Andrews. He died November 26 1973.

Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg, First Lord Altrincham (1879-1955) was the only son of Elizabeth and Henry Bidewell Grigg, C.I.E., I.C.S. He first attended Winchester and then New College, Oxford. Upon leaving Oxford in 1902 he became secretary to G.E. Buckle, Editor of the Times. He held this position for about a year (1903-1904) and then served as Assistant Editor of The Outlook during 1905 and 1906.

For two years he travelled extensively and in 1908 returned to the Times where he quickly became Colonial Editor. In 1913 he left the Times to become joint editor, with Philip Kerr, of The Round Table and used this position to influence policy. He remained on the editorial board of The Round Table throughtout his life.

In 1914 he entered the army in the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and joined the British Expeditionary Force in 1915 where he soon received command of a company. In 1919 he was appointed military secretary on the staff of the Prince of Wales and accompanied the Prince on a number of tours in 1919 and 1920. He ended his military career in early 1921.For his services to his country he received the M.C. and D.S.O. and was created a C.M.G. and a C.V.O., becoming K.C.V.O. in 1920. He was also honoured by foreign governments becoming a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II and an officer of the Legion of Honour.

After leaving the army he became private secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George where he served as adviser and confidant to the prime minister on imperial and foreign affairs. He stayed with Lloyd George until the fall of the Coalition Government and in the ensuing election was elected a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Oldham.

In 1923 Sir Edward married the Honourable Joan Dickson-Poynder and they had three children, two sons and a daughter.

Sir Edward resigned as a member of Parliament in 1925 to become Govenor of Kenya. During his governorship, he managed to achieve a number of positive measures including the Native Lands Trust Ordinance which made tribal lands secure. Suffering from amoebic dysentery, he and Lady Grigg left Kenya in 1930.

For the rest of his life he remained active politically and in 1933 a by-election at Altincham returned him to the Commons as the National Conservative candidate where he sat for Altrincham until raised to the peerage in 1945.

He continued to speak on behalf of the African colonies and in 1948 became editor of the National Review which merged, two years later, with The English Review Magazine to become the National and English Review with Lord Altrincham as editor until 1954. His book Kenya's Opportunity was published Decenber 1, 1955, one day after his death.

The American Women's Club of Kingston was organized in 1929. Its original purpose was to gather together all women of American birth and their families, to celebrate the several patriotic holidays, to offer friendship to women of American birth residing in Kingston, and to contribute to the welfare of the community according to the ability and desire of the club. The executive consisted of a President, First Vice President, Second Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, to be elected annually.

John and Alexander Anderson were merchants in London, England.

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Walter Atkinson was a farmer living near the village of Paisley, Bruce County, Ontario.

Physician and professor, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.