Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton

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

Woolton is the son of Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton and his second wife Josephine Gordon-Cumming,^[1] now Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor. He graduated from St. Andrews University in 1981 with an MA degree in Economics and Modern History.^[2]

Family life

In 1987 he married Honourable Sophie Frederika Birdwood, daughter of the 3rd Baron Birdwood together they have three daughters

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

The couple were divorced, and both have since remarried, Sophie to David Montgomery.^[3]

In 1999, the Earl married Carol Chapman, née Davidson, who had two daughters by a previous marriage. The Earl and his second wife have no children together. There is no current heir to the title.

He was a director of New Boathouse Capital ^[4] and is now Chief Financial Officer of Quayle Munro.^[5]

Titles and styles

The Honourable Simon Frederick Marquis (24 May 1958 - 14 December 1964)
Viscount Walberton ( 14 December 1964 - 7 January 1969)
Right Honourable Earl of Woolton (7 January 1969 -

Arms

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)

References

↑ "Woolton, Earl of (UK, 1956)". Cracoft's Peerage. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
↑ "Our People: Simon Woolton". Quayle Munro.
↑ Harding, Louette. Daily Mail. London http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1028774/Sophie-Montgomery-talks-genetic-disorder-making-blind.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "NEW BOATHOUSE CAPITAL LIMITED". Directors in the UK.
↑ Simon Woolton, Chief Financial Officer - website Quayle Munro

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Woolton

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Preceded by Roger David Marquis	Earl of Woolton 1969–present	Incumbent

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