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

1. "Woolton, Earl of (UK, 1956)". Cracoft's Peerage. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
2. "Our People: Simon Woolton". Quayle Munro.
3. 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)
4. "NEW BOATHOUSE CAPITAL LIMITED". Directors in the UK.
5. Simon Woolton, Chief Financial Officer - website Quayle Munro

External links

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