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
Major-General Edward Frederick Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham, CB, DSO, MC, TD (16 June 1890 – 4 July 1963), was a British newspaper executive and Territorial Army officer who served with distinction in both World Wars.
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. They were divorced in 1953, having had no issue together. In 1957 he married (Cecily) Josephine 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:
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Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton
Simon Frederick James Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born 24 May 1958), styled Viscount Walberton between 1964 and 1969, is a British peer and businessman.
He was a hereditary member of the House of Lords from 1979 until 1999.
Biography
Woolton ...
(born 24 May 1958)
* Lady Alexandra Susan Marquis (born 12 January 1961)
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).
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1922 births
1969 deaths
Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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