Roger David Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton (16 July 1922 – 7 January 1969), styled Viscount Walberton from 1956 to 1964, and the Hon. Roger Marquis from 1939 to 1956, was the son of the 1st Earl of Woolton and his wife Maud (née Smith). His first wife was the Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson, the daughter of Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham. They were divorced in 1953, having had no issue together. In 1957 he married (Cecily) Josephine^[1] Gordon-Cumming (born 11 December 1925), the elder daughter of Major Sir Alexander Gordon-Cumming, 5th Baronet.

The second Lady Woolton bore him two children:

• Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born 24 May 1958)
• Lady Alexandra Susan Marquis (born 12 January 1961)

After his death, Lady Woolton married secondly on 22 September 1969 the 3rd Baron Forres, but was divorced in 1974. She married thirdly in 1982 (as his second wife) the 3rd Earl Lloyd George (1924–2010).^[2]

Arms

Coat of arms of Roger Marquis, 2nd 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")

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