Marquess of Willingdon

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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
Coat of arms of the Marquesses of Willingdon

Marquess of Willingdon was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . This is the last British Marquess title to be awarded .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on May 26, 1936 for the politician and colonial governor Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Earl of Willingdon , on the occasion of his end of service as Viceroy of India .

He was previously Baron Willingdon , of Ratton in the County of Sussex on July 20, 1910 , Viscount Willingdon , of Ratton in the County of Sussex on June 23, 1924 , and on February 20, 1931 on the occasion of his retirement as Governor General of Canada was made Earl of Willingdon and Viscount Ratendone , of Willingdon in the County of Sussex. These titles also belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and were henceforth listed as a subordinate title of the Marquess.

The titles expired on the childless death of his only son, the 2nd Marquess, on March 19, 1979.

List of Marquesses of Willingdon (1936)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The London Gazette : No. 34289, p. 3440 , May 29, 1936.
  2. The London Gazette: No. 28398, p. 5269 , July 22, 1910.
  3. The London Gazette: No. 32949, p. 4887 , June 24, 1924.
  4. ^ The London Gazette: 33692, 1283 , February 24, 1931.

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