James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster
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| Member of Parliament for Rutland & Stamford | |
| In office 21 November 1933 – 3 February 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Neville Smith-Carington |
| Succeeded by | Sir Roger Conant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 8 December 1907 |
| Died | 29 March 1983 (aged 75) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor
(m. 1933; died 1975) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster,
Early life
Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby was a son of Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster, and American heiress Eloise Lawrence Breese. His younger brother John died unmarried in 1970, and his two sisters, Lady Catherine and Lady Priscilla, married John St Maur Ramsden and Col. Sir John Renton Aird, 3rd Baronet, respectively.[1]
He was educated at
Career
In 1933 he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutland and Stamford, and held this seat until 1950.[3] The seat had previously been held by his uncle, Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby. From 1933 to 1935, Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby was "Baby of the House", the youngest member of the House of Commons.
He served in the
In 1951, he was summoned to the
Personal life
On 27 July 1933, Lord Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby married Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor (1909–1975), the only daughter of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor and Nancy Astor (the American-born British politician who was the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat). Together, James and Nancy were the parents of two children, one son and one daughter:[1]
- Nancy Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (born 1 December 1934)
- Timothy Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (born 19 March 1936),[4] his son and heir who went missing at sea off Corsica in 1963.[5][6]
His wife died on 2 March 1975. Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby died in March 1983, aged 75. On his death, the earldom of Ancaster and barony of Aveland became extinct, while he was succeeded in the ancient barony of Willoughby de Eresby by his daughter Nancy, who also succeeded him as joint Lord Great Chamberlain. His Heathcote baronetcy was inherited by his distant relative Gilbert Simon Heathcote.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Ancaster, Earl of (UK, 1892 - 1983)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-905649-38-9.
- Cokayne, George E. (1998). Hammond, Peter W. (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. XIV, Addenda and Corrigenda. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 24.
- ^ "The Willoughby Memorial Trust". www.willoughbygallery.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 24
- ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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