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The Earl of Woolton
Member of the House of Lords

Lord Temporal

In office
1964 – 7 January 1969
as a hereditary peer
Preceded byThe 1st Earl of Woolton
Succeeded byThe 3rd Earl of Woolton
Personal details
Born

Roger David Marquis


(1922-07-22)22 July 1922
Died7 January 1969(1969-01-07) (aged 46)
Spouses

Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson

(m. 1946; div. 1953)

Cecily Josephine Gordon-Cumming

(m. 1957⁠–⁠1969)
Children2
Parent(s)Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
Maud Smith
OccupationPeer

Roger David Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton (16 July 1922 – 7 January 1969), styled Viscount Walberton from 1956 to 1964, and the Hon. Roger Marquis from 1939 to 1956, was the son of the 1st Earl of Woolton and his wife Maud (née Smith). His first wife was the Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson, the daughter of Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham. They were divorced in 1953, having had no issue together. In 1957 he married (Cecily) Josephine[1] Gordon-Cumming (born 11 December 1925), the elder daughter of Major Sir Alexander Gordon-Cumming, 5th Baronet.

The second Lady Woolton bore him two children:

After his death, Lady Woolton married secondly on 22 September 1969 the 3rd Baron Forres, but was divorced in 1974. She married thirdly in 1982 (as his second wife) the 3rd Earl Lloyd George (1924–2010).[2]

Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton
Arms of the Earl of Woolton
Coronet
ACoronet of an Earl
Crest
Suspended from and between the Antlers of a stag a Stirrup and Leather proper
Escutcheon
Sable on a Bend engrailed between two Garbs Or a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper between two Lions rampant of the field
Supporters
On either side a Lion rampant Or gorged with a Riband Azure pendent therefrom by a Chain also Or an Escutcheon Azure charged with a Liver Bird Argent
Motto
Fortitudine Virtute Dabitur ("By fortitude and courage it shall be given")

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage online: Lloyd George of Dwyfor[permanent dead link]. Lady Lloyd George, as she is now, uses her second name per Burke's. Last accessed 28 January 2008.
  • ^ "(Cecily) Josephine Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor (1925-2012)". Peerage News.
  • Peerage of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by

    Frederick Marquis

    Earl of Woolton
    1964–1969
    Succeeded by

    Simon Marquis

    Viscount Woolton
    1964–1969
    Baron Woolton
    1964–1969


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