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Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton

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The Earl of Woolton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
7 January 1969 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Earl of Woolton
Succeeded bySeat abolished[a]
Personal details
Born
Simon Frederick James Marquis

(1958-05-24) 24 May 1958 (age 66)
Spouses
Hon. Sophie Birdwood
(m. 1987; div. 1997)
Carol Davidson
(m. 1999)
Children3
Parent(s)Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton
Josephine Gordon-Cumming
EducationEton College
St. Andrews University (MA, 1981)
OccupationBusinessman, peer

Simon Frederick James Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born 24 May 1958), styled Viscount Walberton between 1964 and 1969, is a British hereditary peer and businessman.

Early life and education

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Woolton is the son of Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton, and his second wife (Cecily) Josephine Gordon-Cumming (1925–2012), later Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor, daughter of Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming, 5th Baronet.[1] He succeeded to the earldom and subsidiary titles in 1969 at the age of 10 upon the death of his father.

Woolton was educated at Eton and at the University of St Andrews from which he graduated in 1981 with an MA degree in Economics and Modern History.[2]

Career

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Woolton was a director of New Boathouse Capital[3] and was Chief Financial Officer of Quayle Munro.[4]

Woolton was a member of the House of Lords from 1979 (21 being the minimum age at which a peer can take his or her seat) until he was excluded by the House of Lords Act 1999.

Marriages and children

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Woolton married the Honourable Sophie Birdwood, daughter of Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood,[5] in 1987. They had three daughters:[6]

  • Lady Olivia Alice Marquis (born 16 April 1990)
  • Lady Constance Elizabeth Marquis (born 14 October 1991)
  • Lady Claudia Louise Marquis (born 3 March 1995)

Woolton and his first wife were divorced on 13 May 1997. On 28 October 1999, he married Mary Carol Davidson. Davidson has two daughters from a previous marriage.

As Lord Woolton has no sons, and as there are no other surviving male-line descendants of the first earl, there is no heir to the earldom and its subsidiary titles which will become extinct on the present earl's death.

Coat of arms of Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
Suspended from and between the Antlers of a stag a Stirrup and Leather proper
Escutcheon
Sable on a Bend engrailed between two Garbs Or a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper between two Lions rampant of the field
Supporters
On either side a Lion rampant Or gorged with a Riband Azure pendent therefrom by a Chain also Or an Escutcheon Azure charged with a Liver Bird Argent
Motto
Fortitudine Virtute Dabitur (By fortitude and courage it shall be given)

Notes

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  1. ^ Seat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

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  1. ^ "Woolton, Earl of (UK, 1956)". Cracoft's Peerage. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Our People: Simon Woolton". Quayle Munro.
  3. ^ "NEW BOATHOUSE CAPITAL LIMITED". Directors in the UK.
  4. ^ Simon Woolton, Chief Financial Officer - website Quayle Munro.
  5. ^ "Judith Helen (née Roberts), Lady Birdwood". National Portrait Gallery.
  6. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Woolton
1969–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1969–1999)
Incumbent
Heir:
none
Viscount Woolton
1969–present
Baron Woolton
1969–present