Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton (4 September 1939 – 21 March 2021), styled Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister from 1974 to 2006, was a British
peer.
The younger grandson of the first Earl, he became
Earl of Swinton
Earl of Swinton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1955 for the prominent Conservative politician Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton. He had already been created Viscount Swinton, of Masham in the Coun ...
on the death of his older brother, the
2nd Earl, on 26 March 2006. Their father, Major Hon. John Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister, the son and heir of
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, (1 May 1884 – 27 July 1972), known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton between 1935 and 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950 ...
, had been killed in action in 1943.
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Family
Swinton's first wife was
the Hon. Elizabeth Susan Whitelaw, eldest daughter of the
1st Viscount Whitelaw, whom he married in 1966. She was appointed
Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire. The office was established after the English Restoration in 1660, when a Lord Lieutenant was appointed for each Riding of Yorkshire. Since 1721, all Lord ...
in July 2005.
He had two sons and one daughter by his first wife:
# Lady Lorna Mary Cunliffe-Lister (born 1968) married 2001 to William Parker.
# Mark William Philip Cunliffe-Lister, styled Lord Masham (born 15 September 1970), who has been married since 17 June 2000 to Felicity C. Shadbolt. The couple have bought back and restored Swinton Park. They have two sons and one daughter.
# Hon. Simon Charles Cunliffe-Lister (born 1977), now of
Burton Agnes Hall
Before he became Lord Swinton, Cunliffe-Lister and Susan Whitelaw divorced, and in 1996 he married secondly Pamela June Wood, the former wife of Jeremy Sykes, of the Sykes family of
Sledmere
Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road.
The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially called "Sledmere" by the Office for National Statistics, although th ...
.
Swinton died in March 2021 at the age of 81.
Telegraph Deaths Announcements: Swinton
/ref> He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, the Honourable Mark William Philip Cunliffe-Lister, previously styled ''Lord Masham''.
References
External links
2nd Earl of Swinton, DL (1937-2006) – Google ''Peerage News'' GroupGenealogy
Cunliffe-Lister, Nicholas John
Cunliffe-Lister, Nicholas John
Swinton, Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl
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People from Masham
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