Earl of Woolton ( Earl of Woolton ) - hereditary title in the system of the United Kingdom Kingdom Dormition . It was created in 1956 for the businessman and conservative politician Frederick Marquis, 1st Viscount Woolton (1883-1964). He also had titles of Baron Woolton from Liverpool in the county of Lancaster (1939), Viscount Woolton from Liverpool in the county of Lancaster (1953) and Viscount Valburton from Walburton in the county of Sussex (1956). All these titles were peers of the United Kingdom .
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Period | 1956 - present |
Title | Earl Woolton |
Ancestor | Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton |
Motherland | Great Britain |
Allegiance | Great Britain |
Palaces | Auchnacree House near the town of Forfar in the region of Angus ( Scotland ). |
As of 2014 , the title holder is his grandson, Simon Frederick Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born 1958 ), who inherited his father in 1969 .
Family residence - Auchnacree House near the town of Forfar in the region of Angus ( Scotland ).
Earls of Woolton (1956)
- Frederick James Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton (August 23, 1883 - December 14, 1964), son of Thomas Robert Marquis (died 1944) and Margaret Marquis (nee Ormerod).
- Roger David Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton (July 16, 1922 - January 7, 1969), son of the previous
- Simon Frederick Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born May 24, 1958), son of a previous marriage from Josephine to Gordon-Cumming. He is married but has no children.
No title heir.
Links
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- thepeerage.com