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Wharncliffe, Earl of (UK, 1876)

Creation: let. pat. 15 Jan 1876

Family name: Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent on a Bend between six Martlets Gules three Bezants, a Canton Or charged with a Fess checky Azure and Argent within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules (Wortley); 2nd, Or a Fess checky Azure and Argent within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules (Stuart);  3rd, Argent three Lozenges conjoined in fess Gules within a Bordure Sable (Montagu)

Crests:

1st:  A Demi Lion Gules, and in an Escroll over the motto "Nobilis Ira" (Stuart);  2nd:  An Eagle's Leg erased Or, issuant therefrom three Ostrich Feathers proper, charged on the thigh with a Fess checky Azure and Argent (Wortley);  3rd:  A Griffin's Head couped Or Wings endorsed and beaked Sable (Montagu)

Supporters:

On the dexter side a Horse Argent bridled Gules, and on the sinister side a Stag proper, each gorged with a Collar flory counterflory of the second

Motto:

Avito Viret Honore (He flourishes with the honour of his ancestors)

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Edward Montagu Stuart Granville [Stuart-Wortley later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 3rd Baron Wharncliffe later 1st Earl of Wharncliffe

1st son of John [Stuart-Wortley later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, by his wife Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Ryder, 3rd dau. of Dudley [Ryder], 1st Earl of Harrowby

born

15 Dec 1827

mar.

4 Jul 1855 Lady Susan Charlotte Lascelles (b. 10 Apr 1834; d. 18 May 1927), 2nd dau. of Henry [Lascelles], 3rd Earl of Harewood, by his wife Lady Louisa Thynne, 2nd dau. of Thomas [Thynne], 2nd Marquess of Bath

only child

1. Hon John Henry Montagu Stuart-Wortley (b. 8 Apr 1856; dvp. 19 Jan 1857)

died

s.p.s. 13 May 1899

created

15 Jan 1876 Viscount Carlton, of Carlton in the West Riding of the County of York, and Earl of Wharncliffe, with remainder, in default of male issue of his body, to his brother Hon Francis Dudley Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, and the heirs male of his body

suc. by

nephew

note

Ensign and Lieut, Grenadier Foot Guards 1846-51; suc. his father 22 Oct 1855 as 3rd Baron Wharncliffe; Lt Col, 1st West Yorkshire Yeomanry 1859-61 and 2nd West Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers 1861; Chairman, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company, later the Great Central Railway Company; took the additional name of Montagu in addition to and before that of Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie by Royal Licence 1880

Francis John [Montagu-Stuart-Wortley later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 2nd Earl of Wharncliffe

1st son of Hon Francis Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (by his wife Maria Elizabeth Martin, 1st dau. of William Bennet Martin, of Worsborough Hall, co. York), brother of Edward Montagu Stuart Granville [Stuart-Wortley later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 1st Earl of Wharncliffe, and 2nd son of John [Stuart-Wortley later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 2nd Baron Wharncliffe

born

9 Jun 1856

mar.

17 Aug 1886 Ellen Gallwey (d. 12 Mar 1922), 2nd dau. of Lt Gen Sir Thomas Lionel John Gallwey KCMG, Governor of Bermuda, by his second wife Alicia Dorinda Le Fanu Macdougall, dau. of Maj Peter Macdougall

children

1. George Francis Dudley Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 25 May 1889; dvp. 6 Oct 1894)

2. Hon Archibald Ralph Montagu-Stuart-Wortley later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, later 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe

3. Hon Edward Thomas Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 25 Apr 1900; dsp. and vp. 21 Mar 1923), mar. 1921 Lucy Perrin (mar. (2) 1925 Frank Leslie Russell)

1. Lady Mary Violet Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 2 Feb 1891; d. 16 Mar 1937)

2. Lady (Ellen) Rachel Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 26 Feb 1894; d. 12 May 1968), mar. 9 Jul 1914 Sir Mark Beresford Russell Sturgis later Grant-Sturgis KCB, of Hillersdon House, Cullompton, co. Devon, Secretary of the Irish Office (b. 10 Jul 1884; d. 29 Apr 1949), 1st son of Julian Russell Sturgis by his wife Mary Maude Beresford, only dau. of Col Marcus Wylly De La Poer Beresford, and had issue

3. Lady Joan Margaret Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 22 Nov 1895; d. 27 Jun 1960), mar. 27 Feb 1917 Thomas Gordon Audley Miles, of Burtonhill, Grenfell Road, Beaconsfield, co. Buckingham (b. 24 Mar 1885; d. 7 Feb 1960), 1st son of Audley Charles Miles, of Burton Hill, Malmesbury, co. Wiltshire, by his wife Eveline Frances Cradock-Hartopp, 1st dau. of Sir John William Cradock-Hartopp, 4th Bt., and had issue

died

8 May 1926

suc. by

son

note

Naval Cadet 1869; Lieut, 1879; retired 1889; Cdr RN on the retired list 1896

Archibald Ralph [Montagu-Stuart-Wortley later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe

born

17 Apr 1892

mar.

24 Mar 1918 Lady Maud Lilian Elfreda Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (d. 1979), 1st dau. of William Charles de Meuron [Wentworth-Fitzwilliam], 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, by his wife Lady Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas, 2nd dau. of Lawrence [Dundas], 1st Marquess of Zetland

children

1. Hon Alan James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, later 4th Earl of Wharncliffe

1. Lady Ann Lavinia Maud Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 25 Jan 1919), mar. 26 Sep 1939 as his second wife Cdr Vivian Russell Salvin Bowlby RN (b. 17 Sep 1895; d. 23 Jul 1972), 1st son of Col Robert Russell Bowlby, of Tunbridge Wells, co. Kent, by his wife Violet Campbell, dau. of Henry Murray Campbell, of Halston, Moyvore, co. Westmeath, and has issue

2. Lady (Mary) Diana Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 2 Jun 1920; d. 19 Sep 1997), mar. 30 Nov 1946 (div. 1959) as his second wife Henry Edward Hugh [Pelham-Clinton-Hope], 9th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, and has issue

3. Lady Barbara Maureen Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 26 Aug 1921; d. 13 Dec 2014), mar. 23 Jun 1943 David Cecil Ricardo, of Rose Cottage, Wortley, Sheffield, only son of Maj Louis Ferdinand Ricardo, of New Rawdon, Iringa, Tanganyika, and had issue

4. Lady Mary Rosemary Marie-Gabrielle Montagu-Stuart-Wortley OBE (b. 11 Jun 1930; d. 7 Sep 2017), mar. 15 Apr 1953 Sir David Courtenay Mansel Lewis KCVO, of Stradey Castle, Llanelli, co. Dyfed, only son of Charles Ronald Mansel Lewis, of Stradey Castle, Llanelli, co. Dyfed, by his wife Lillian Georgiana Chapman, widow of Lieut David Archibald James Chapman and 2nd dau. of Sir (Thomas) Courtenay Theydon Warner, 1st Bt., and had issue

died

16 May 1953

suc. by

son

Alan James [Montagu-Stuart-Wortley later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 4th Earl of Wharncliffe

born

23 Mar 1935

mar.

25 Jul 1957 Aline Margaret Bruce (b. c. 1937; d. 17 Oct 2001), dau. of Robert Fernie Dunlop Bruce, of Dyson Holmes House, Wharncliffe Side, Sheffield, co. York

children

1. Lady Joanna Margaret Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, killed in a car crash (b. 15 Jul 1959; dvp. 1981)

2. Lady Rowena Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 14 Jun 1961), mar. 1986 John Hunt, son of Dr G H Hunt, of Greenwich, London, and has issue

died

3 Jun 1987

suc. by

second cousin once removed

note

able seaman, drummer in rock band, motor mechanic, publican and salesman

Richard Alan [Montagu-Stuart-Wortley], 5th Earl of Wharncliffe

1st son of Alan Ralph Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (by his wife Virginia Anne Claybaugh, dau. of (William) Martin Claybaugh, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, USA), only son of Ralph Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (by his wife Isabella Wood, dau. of George Edward Wood, of Bedford Village, New York, USA), only son of Hon Ralph Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (by his wife Virginia Maria Schley, dau. of Adm Winfield Scott Schley, US Navy), 3rd son of Hon Francis Dudley Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (by his wife Maria Elizabeth Martin, 1st dau. of William Bennet Martin, of Worsborough Hall, co. York), brother of Edward Montagu Stuart Granville [Stuart-Wortley later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie later Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 1st Earl of Wharncliffe, and 2nd son of John [Stuart-Wortley later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 2nd Baron Wharncliffe

born

26 May 1953

mar.

1979 Mary Elizabeth Reed, dau. of Rev William Wellington Reed, of Keene, New Hampshire, USA

children

1. Hon Reed Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, styled Viscount Carlton (b. 5 Feb 1980)

2. Hon Christopher James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 28 Aug 1983)

3. Hon Otis Alexander Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 14 Feb 1991)

 Last updated 31 Dec 2017

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Title:

5th Earl of Wharncliffe

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 15 Jan 1876)

5th Viscount Carlton, of Carlton in the West Riding of the County of York

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 15 Jan 1876)

7th Baron Wharncliffe, of Wortley in the County of York

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 12 Jul 1826)

Address:

270 Main Street, Cumberland, Maine 04021, USA

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