Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster
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Personal details | |
Born | 29 July 1867 |
Died | 19 September 1951 | (aged 84)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Eloise Lawrence Breese
(m. 1905) |
Children | Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon |
Education | Lambrook Eton College |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster
Early life
Ancaster was born in
He was educated at
Career
In 1894, he was elected to Parliament for the
Apart from his parliamentary political career he was also
He was Joint Lord Great Chamberlain between 1910 and 1951. He was appointed GCVO in 1937.[1]
During the
On 12 December 1902 he was one of the founding directors of Ivel Agricultural Motors Limited of Biggleswade, founded by Dan Albone who had invented the Ivel Agricultural Motor (the word 'tractor' did not come into common use until later).[5]
Personal life
In 1905, Lord Aveland married American heiress Eloise Lawrence Breese (1882–1953), daughter of William Lawrence Breese of New York, at
- Lady Catherine Mary Heathcote-Drumond-Willoughby (1906–1996), who married Charles Wedderburn Hume and John St Maur Ramsden (1902–1948), son of Sir John Ramsden, 6th Baronet.[4]
- Gilbert James Heathcote-Drumond-Willoughby (1907–1983), who married the Hon. Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor, daughter of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.[10]
- Lady Priscilla Heathcote-Drumond-Willoughby (1909–2002), who married Col. Sir John Aird, 3rd Baronet (parents of Sir John Aird, 4th Baronet).[4]
- John Heathcote-Drumond-Willoughby (1914–1970), who died unmarried.[4]
He died on 19 September 1951, aged 84, and was succeeded in his titles by his only surviving son,
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary: Earl of Ancaster". The Times. 20 September 1951. p. 8.
- ^ "Willoughby, the Hon. Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond (WLHY886GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 27330". The London Gazette. 5 July 1901. p. 4476.
- ^ a b c d "Ancaster, Earl of (UK, 1892 - 1983)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Dan Albone". Biggleswade History Society. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ "Miss Eloise Breese Weds" (PDF). The New York Times. 7 December 1905. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "DUKE OF ROXBURGHE MARRIES MISS GOELET; Second American Heiress to be Made a Duchess in St, Thomas's WOMEN MOB HER CARRIAGE Extraordinary Demonstration Near the Church by Faminine Sightseers Keeps Police Busy -- Reception at Mrs. Goelet's Home" (PDF). The New York Times. 11 November 1903. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "New Yorker Dies at Front: W. L. Breese, Killed in Battle, Held an English Commission". The New York Times. 17 March 1915. p. 3.
- ^ "MISS JULIA FISH TO WED W.L. BREESE; Second Daughter of Hamilton Fish Engaged to a Son of Mrs. Higgins of London, CEREMONY IN THE SPRING Mr. Breese Has Large Mining Interests in Alaska--He Is James L. Breese's Nephew" (PDF). The New York Times. 13 December 1907. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "HON. PHYLLIS ASTOR TO WED PEER'S SON; Only Daughter of Lord and Lady Astor Betrothed to Heir of Earl of Ancaster. COUNTESS IS NEW YORKER Fiance's Mother Is Former Eloise Breese--Her Mother Is Noted as M. P." (PDF). The New York Times. 1 July 1933. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "COUNTESS OF ANCASTER; The Former Eloise Breese of New York Dead in England" (PDF). The New York Times. 15 December 1953. Retrieved 6 August 2019.