She was d of Adm Sir Francis Loftus TOTTENHAM KCB CBE RN 1880-967 (4xgt gs of Charles TOTTENHAM 1694-1758 f of Sir John TOTTENHAM 1st Bt d 1786 (who was f of 1st Marquess of ELY 1738-1806), as also 4xgt gs of 1st Viscount LOFTUS 1687-1763, 5xgt gs of 1st Viscount DUNCANNON 1659-1724, etc) and as her 2nd h Evelyn Rosalie 1895-1986 d of Harry Ernest PRESCOTT 1859-1944 and his cousin Lucy Beatrice Clarke PRESCOTT 1868-1952 scions of that gentry family of Wilmslow. She m 1957 Lt-Col Sir John Arscott MOLESWORTH-ST AUBYN 15th Bt 1926-98, and had two sons (incl present 16th Bt) and a dau as above.