When Henry Thackeray Schwabe married Gertrude Cook on the fifth of July 1894 he thereby connected with a number of interesting families such as: Gertrude's mother Millicent Hamilton Johnson (the Johnson family detailed below), Millicent's mother Charlotte Philipse (the Philipse family of Yonkers, New York, detailed HERE) and Millicent's grandmother Rebecca Franks (the Franks family are detailed HERE).

Sir Henry Johnson first baronet (1748-1835), army officer, was born on 1 January 1748, the second son of Allen Johnson (d. 1747) of Kilternan, co. Dublin, and his wife, Olivia, the daughter of John Walsh of Ballykilcavan, Queen's county. He entered the army in 1761, and rose through the several grades  -- Captain, 1763; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1778; Colonel, 1782; Major-General, 1793; General, 1808. He commanded a battalion of Irish light infantry in the American Revolutionary War, and was severely wounded; and while in command at Stony Point was surprised by General Wayne on the night of the 15th July 1779, and made prisoner with his whole force. In 1782 he married an Rebecca Franks, and returned to England after the capture of Yorktown. During the Insurrection of 1798 he commanded a division of the army in the County of Wexford, and on 5th June defended New Ross. It was attacked early in the morning of that day by an overwhelming body of insurgents under Bagenal Harvey, who were at first successful, driving most of General Johnson's troops out of the town, but not following up their success, and abandoning themselves to pillage and inebriety, were in the afternoon obliged to retreat to Slievecoiltia.  Musgrave places the insurgent loss at 2,500, while Johnson's casualties numbered altogether but 227. In the engagement General Johnson displayed signal bravery, and had two horses shot under him. Lord Cornwallis thus writes of him: "Johnson, although a wrong-headed blockhead, is adored for his defence at New Ross, and considered as the saviour of the south."  General Johnson received a baronetcy in 1818, and died 18th March 1835, at his house in Catharine Place, Bath, aged about 87, being succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, a distinguished Peninsular officer, who survived until 27th June 1860. Johnson and his wife had two sons: Henry Allen, who became aide-de-camp to the prince of Orange, and George Pigot, a captain in the 81st regiment, who was killed in Portugal in 1812.  His surviving son inherited the baronetcy.

Obituary from The Gentleman's Magazine:  Gen. Sir H. Johnson, Bt. G.C.B.  March 18. At his house in Catharine Place, Bath, aged 87, General Sir Henry Johnson, Bart. G.C.B. Colonel of the 5th foot, and Governor of Ross castle.

Sir Henry was born Jan. 1, 1748, the younger son of Allen Johnson, esq. of Dublin, by Olivia, daughter of John Walsh, esq. and was younger brother to Sir John Johnson, who was created a Baronet of Ireland in 1775, and took the name of Walsh in 1809, the father of the present Sir Edward Johnson-Walsh, of Ballykilcaven, Queen's county, Bart.

This veteran officer was appointed to an Ensigncy in the 28th Foot in the first year of King George the Third, Feb. 1761. He served during the seven years' war, and was appointed to a Company in the same regiment in 1763. He returned to England in 1767.

In 1775 he embarked at Cork for America, and soon after his arrival was appointed by Sir W. Howe to a battalion of light infantry, which be had the honour to command in several actions until severely wounded. He was appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the 17th foot in 1778, and remained in America until after the siege of York town and Virginia, where, commanding the 17th foot, he was taken prisoner, and, agreeably to the capitulation that followed, returned to England.

He received the brevet of Colonel, Dec. 25, 1782; that of Major-General, Dec. 20, 1793 ; and was appointed Colonel of the 81st foot, June 18, 1798. In the last-named year he served on the staff of Ireland; and being ordered to the coast of Wexford, commanded at the battle of New Ross, where he bad two horses shot under him, and which victory was generally considered to have contributed essentially to the suppression of the rebellion. He received the rank of Lieut.General 1799, General 1808; and was removed from the Colonelcy of the 8let to that of the 5th foot in 1819.

He was created a Baronet by patent dated Dec. 1, 1818; was nominated a K.C.B. in 1820, and a G.C.B. in 183-.

He married, Jan. 17, 1782, Rebecca, daughter of David Franks, esq. and sister to John Franks, esq. of Isleworth; and by her, who died in March 1823 had issue two sons: 1. his successor, Sir Henry Allen Johnson, K.W. who was Aid-de-camp to the Prince of Orange in the Peninsula; and 2. George-Pigot, a Captain in the 81st foot, who was killed in Portugal in 1812.

His grandson was:  Sir Edwin Beaumont Johnson (1825-1893), army officer. He was the fourth son of Sir Henry Allen Johnson and Charlotte Elizabeth Philipse,  daughter of Frederick Philipse of Philipsburg, New York. His father, a student of Christ Church, Oxford and a tutor there to the prince of Orange, and, having received a commission in the 81st regiment, accompanied him as aide-de-camp to the Peninsula, where he served under Wellington. For deatils of his lief see the Dictiobnary of National Biography,

Another grandson was Lionel Piggot Johnson: This short biography of his is taken from an Introduction to his poems:

Lionel Johnson was the grandson of Sir Henry Allen Johnson of Bath, 4th baronet, and the son of Captain William Victor Johnson, second son of the baronet. An
elder brother of Lionel fought at Atbara and Khartoum and was mentioned in despatches. Lionel Johnson's Irish descent was through the 1st baronet. Sir Henry
Johnson of Ballykilcaven, who was Governor of Ross Castle.

I have been asked to write a few words of introduction to the following selection from the poems of the late Lionel Johnson. I am impressed by the fact that this should
have been done by one who knew him more intimately - by Mrs. Tynan Hinkson or by Mr. Selwyn, for example. My only claim to write is based upon a profound esteem tor
Mr. Johnson's literary work ; he was distinguished alike as a poet and a prose writer, and in both departments he must ultimately command a larger public than has
hitherto been his. He was a true poet and a fine critic. Those who knew Lionel Johnson mourned him deeply when his life was cut short in 1902 at the early age of
thirty-five. That slight boyish frame enclosed a brilliant intellect, remarkable intuitive power as to the best in literature, and an extraordinary fund of knowledge. With some people the capacity for assimilating books at an early age seems well nigh miraculous. When Dr. Johnson said that he knew more at seventeen than " now," speaking as an old man, he did but note the facility with which youth, in certain isolated cases, can acquire knowledge. In the same way, there was something incredible, passing wonderful, in the quantity of good books that Lionel Johnson had absorbed at the age of twenty-two, when I first made his acquaintance. He was at home with every
phase of Church History, and able to expose with accurate learning the numerous errors in a certain "Biographical Dictionary of the Fathers" in many volumes that appeared
some fifteen years back. He knew his Boswell's "Johnson" well nigh by heart: that was a small matter; but he knew the period from a hundred other books with an
equal familiarity. His knowledge of the 18th century was indeed profound, and he had the same keen knowledge of the 19th. His appreciation of Thomas Hardy's genius
led him to write a book on that subject, only less masterly than his appreciations of a hundred other authors of the Georgian or Victorian eras.