John Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden (9 February 1872 – 15 December 1943), briefly styled Earl of Brecknock in 1872, was a British peer.

Background and education

Camden was born at

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, the third but only surviving son of John Pratt, 3rd Marquess Camden, by Lady Clementina Augusta, daughter of

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. He was a half-first cousin of

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on his mother's side. He succeeded to the marquessate at the age of two months on the early death of his father, and was subsequently educated at

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and

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Career

In 1905 Camden was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, a position he held until his death. He fought in the

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as a Major in the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, where he was awarded the

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. He was also a deputy lieutenant of

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between 1894 and 1922 as well as a justice of the peace for the county. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the

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in 1933. From 1942 to 1943 he was commodore of the prestigious

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Family

Lord Camden married Lady Joan Marion, daughter of

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, in 1898. They had two sons and two daughters. He died in December 1943, aged 71, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his eldest son, John. The Marchioness Camden died in July 1952, aged 74. His daughter Lady Fiona Pratt married firstly Sir Gerard Fuller, 2nd Baronet and secondly Edward Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton, becoming the mother of the third Baronet and of Shaun Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton.''

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'', volume 2 (2003), p. 2923

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