The Earl of Woolton | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
In office 1964 – 7 January 1969 as a hereditary peer | |
Preceded by | The 1st Earl of Woolton |
Succeeded by | The 3rd Earl of Woolton |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger David Marquis 22 July 1922 |
Died | 7 January 1969 | (aged 46)
Spouses | Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson
(m. 1946; div. 1953)Cecily Josephine Gordon-Cumming
(m. 1957–1969) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton Maud Smith |
Occupation | Peer |
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]