Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton

Roger David Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton (16 July 1922 – 7 January 1969[1]), was the son of the 1st Earl of Woolton. His first wife was The Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson, the daughter of Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham. They were divorced in 1953, having had no issue together. In 1957 he married (Cecily) Josephine[2] Gordon-Cumming (born 11 December 1925), the elder daughter of Major Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming, 5th Baronet.

The second Lady Woolton bore him two children:

  • Simon Frederick Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (24 May 1958)
  • Lady Alexandra Susan Marquis (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).[3]

Arms
Coat of arms of Roger Marquis, 2nd 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")
gollark: Well, sonata, it can be proven that you are isomorphic to the field of complex numbers without 3.
gollark: I hope they aren't having people pack them *manually*.
gollark: Well, it's probably fine, as you can't just set the frequency of light arbitrarily precisely.
gollark: Oh dear. Apparently frequency is in fact continuous.
gollark: Due to uncertainty things non-[HG]Tech™ entities cannot, as far as I know, measure light and whatever to arbitrary precision, so I assume they can't create it to that either.

References
  1. Darryl Landy. The Peerage: Roger David Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton. Last edited 9 June 2007, and retrieved 28 January 2008.
  2. Burke's Peerage online: Lloyd George of Dwyfor. Lady Lloyd George, as she is now, uses her second name per Burke's. Last accessed 28 January 2008.
  3. "(Cecily) Josephine Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor (1925-2012)". Peerage News.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick Marquis		 Earl of Woolton
1964–1969		 Succeeded by
Simon Marquis


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