Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Earl of Woolton
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Status1:Lord Temporal
Predecessor1:The 1st Earl of Woolton
Term Start1:1964
Successor1:The 3rd Earl of Woolton
Term End1:7 January 1969
as a hereditary peer
Birth Name:Roger David Marquis
Birth Date:22 July 1922
Occupation:Peer
Children:2
Parents:Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
Maud Smith

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://blgweb.thomastechsolutions.com/sites/Contents/book/UK/FHP/Peerage/fhp-LLOYDGEORGEOFDWYFOR.asp Burke's Peerage online: Lloyd George of Dwyfor
  2. Web site: (Cecily) Josephine Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor (1925-2012). Peerage News.