Multiple Marriages of Peers/Peeresses

[S. S.]

Would anyone happen to have a list of peers or peeresses in their own right (not any heirs apparent or presumptive; widows or widowers of peers/peeresses) whom have gone on to marry at least three times or more in their life? I have created a preliminary list as follows. I would be particularly interested if anyone can furnish me with a list of more individuals, as well as the peer(s) who have married the most number of times. 

 

Married 3 times or more

1.     Henry McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway

2.     John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn

3.     William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen [S]

4.     Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton

5.     Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury

6.     George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury

7.     Chandos Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury

8.     Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury

9.     Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon [L]

10.  William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington of Killard [I]

11.  George Jackson, 3rd Baron Allerton

12.  John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill

13.  Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

14.  Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey

15.  Luke White, 5th Baron Annaly of Annaly and Rathcline [I]

16.  Evelyn Hope-Johsntone, 9th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell [S]

17.  Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll [S]

18.  John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll [S]

19.  George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll [S]

20.  William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Craigside

21.  Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran [I]

22.  Henry Arundell, 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour

23.  John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham

24.  Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Aschbome

25.  James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton

26.  Dudley Trench, 5th Baron Ashtown [I]

27.  William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor

28.  William Eden, 4th Baron Auckland of West Auckland

29.  Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier [I]

30.  John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury

31.  James Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour [S]

32.  George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore [I]

33.  Matthew Barnewall, 6th Viscount Barnewall [I]

34.  Richard Barry, 2nd Earl of Barrymore [I]

35.  James Barry, 3rd Earl of Barrymore [I]

36.  John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath (d 1539)

37.  John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath

38.  Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted

39.  Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort

40.  John Aitken, 2nd Baron Beaverbrook

41.  John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford

42.  John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse

43.  Robert Hamilton, 13th Lord Belhaven and Stenton [S]

44.  Frederick Hamilton, 14th Lord Belhaven and Stenton [S]

45.  Timothy Bell, Baron Bell [L]

46.  John Bellew, 4th Baron Bellew of Duleek [I]

47.  William Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley

48.  Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough [I]

49.  Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton

50.  Richard Orde-Powlett, 7th Baron Bolton

51.  Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock [S]

52.  Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Bracley

53.  Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg [L]

54.  Valentine Crittall, Baron Braintree [L]

55.  William de Braose, 1st Baron Braose [W] (d 1291)

56.  Robin Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke

57.  John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland [S] (ALLEGEDLY)

58.  William Brett, Baron Brett [L]

59.  Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol

60.  Charles Greville, 7th Earl Brooke

61.  Victor Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux

62.  Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux

63.  John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow

64.  Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow

65.  John Warrender, 2nd Baron Bruntisfield

66.  Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan

67.  Mary (née Beaumont), 1st Countess of Buckingham

68.  John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

69.  Hugh Burnell, 2nd Baron Burnell [W] (d 1420)

70.  William Byron, 4th Baron Byron

 

Married 4 times or more

Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll [S]

Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres [S]

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore [I]

Henry Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor [I]

David Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty

James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley [W] (d Nov 1463)

Bertram Bowden, Baron Bowden [L]

S.S.

 

[Lori]

How about Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore, married 3 times

[malcolm davies]

Not on your list- the 11th Duke of Maryborough and the 15th Duke of Hamilton both 3 times and the 2nd Duke of Westminster 4 times.Amongst Marquesses,there is the 7th Marquess of Northampton 4 times,and his father the 3rd Marquess 3 times,and the 16th Marquess of Winchester 3 times,the 8th Marquess of Ailesbury 3 times.

[marquess]

Maryborough? How indeed I wish that we had another non royal dukedom to add to the current list.  I think I will have to include the dukedom of Maryborough  for a character in my next book. 

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Here is a preliminary list of peers who married at least four times (I'm still combing my files for more). I have not cross-checked with your list, so there may be duplications:

Frederick William Henry Francis, 7th Marquess Conyngham (13 Mar 1924-Johannesburg 3 Mar 2009); m.1st 29 Apr 1950 (div 1970) Eileen Wren Newsam (d.20 Nov 2016, aged 92); m.2nd 1971 Elizabeth Hughes; m.3rd 1980 Daphne Georgina Adelaide Armour (d.1986); m.4th 1987 Emma Christianne Annabel Agnew


William, 2nd Earl of Saint Germans (1 Apr 1767-19 Jan 1845); m.1st 30 Nov 1797 Lady Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (13 Apr 1769-24 Mar 1806); m.2nd 13 Feb 1809 Letitia Ashe-A’Court (d.20 Jan 1810), sister of Lord Heytesbury; m.3rd 7 Mar 1812 Charlotte Robinson (d.3 Jul 1813), maternal niece of Earl of Powis; m.4th 30 Aug 1814 Susan (d.5 Feb 1830), dau of Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Bt.


Andrew, 2nd Lord Gray, d.Feb 1514; m.1st Janet Keith; m.2nd before 1483 Elizabeth, dau of John Stewart, Earl of Atholl; m.3rd after 1497 Margaret Houston, widow of 2nd Lord Lyle; m.4th Elizabeth, dau of 1st Earl of Erroll and widow of 2nd Earl of Huntly


Barcley Robert Edwin, 11th Earl of Kingston (23 Sep 1943-19 Mar 2002); m.1st 20 Nov 1965 (div 1974) Patricia Mary Killip; m.2nd Nov 1974 (div 1979) Victoria Edmonds; m.3rd 9 Feb 1990 Corleen Jennifer Rathbone; m.4th Jane Sutherland


Charles Edmund, 1885 TOWRY-LAW, 3rd Lord Ellenborough (17 Nov 1820-9 Oct 1890); m.1st 23 Nov 1840 Lady Eleanor Cecil Howard (26 Apr 1817-15 Jun 1852); m.2nd 28 Jun 1855 Anna Elizabeth Day (d.29 Feb 1860); m.3rd 26 Aug 1863 Isabella Ogilby (d.22 Apr 1874); m.4th 1 Dec 1874 Beatrice Joanna (d.17 May 1932), dau of Sir Joseph Knatchbull, 10th Bt.


Sir Robert, of Shenton, cr 1625 Viscount Kilmorey [I], bur 26 Nov 1631; m.1st ca 1586 Jane Lacy (d.16 Jul 1591); m.2nd ca 1594 Mrs Anne Wilmot, née Doyley (fl 1607); m.3rd Mrs Catharine Huxley, née Robinson (d.ca 1628); m.4th Dorothy, Lady Pakington, née Smith (d.by 1639), later wife of 1st Earl of Kellie


Luke Plunkett, 9th Lord Killeen, cr 1628 Earl of Fingall [I], d.29 Mar 1637; m.1st Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald [not O’Donnell, see note sub Leinster] (dsp soon after marriage); m.2nd 1611 Hon. Susannah Brabazon; m.3rd before 21 Mar 1628 Eleanor, Lady Colclough, née Bagenal (d.Nov 1632); m.4th Margaret (d.16 Nov 1637), dau of Nicholas St.Lawrence, Lord Howth, and widow of Viscount Gormanston


George Vernon, 7th Lord Lilford (8 Jan 1931-3 Jan 2005); m.1st Jul 1954 (div) Mrs Eveline Bird; m.2nd 29 Jun 1957 (div 1958) Anuta Merritt; m.3rd 12 Sep 1958 (div 1961) Norma Yvonne Shell; m.4th 23 Dec 1961 (div 1969) Muriel Norma Cooke; m.5th 7 Aug 1969 (div 1991) Margaret Penman; m.6th 1995 Mrs Pamela St.Helier Adams


William, 12th Lord Ross of Halkhead (ca 1656-15 Mar 1738); m.1st 7 Feb 1679 Agnes Wilkie, maternal gdau of Lord Carmichael; m.2nd before Sep 1695 Margaret, dau of 4th Lord Wharton, and widow of Sir Thomas Sulyarde, Bt.; m.3rd Lady Anne Hay; m.4th ca 1731 Henrietta (d.16 Jan 1750), dau of Sir Francis Scott, Bt.


David Herbert, 3rd Viscount Samuel (8 Jul 1922-7 Oct 2014); 5 May 1950 (div 1957) Esther Berelowitz; m.2nd 14 Dec 1960 (div 1979) Rinna Grossmanl n,3rd 1980 (div 1993) Mrs Veronika Grimm, née Engelhardt; m.4th 8 Jul 1997 (div 2006) Mrs Eve Black; m.5th 2007 Ruth Eden


Walter, 6th Lord Torphichen (bap 12 May 1629-May 1696); m.1st shortly after 27 May 1651 Jean Lindsay (dspms on or after 13 Jun 1655); m.2nd 28 Apr 1657 Hon. Catherine Alexander, gdau of 1st Earl of Stirling; m.3rd 11 Apr 1671 Hon. Anna Elphinstone (bap 22 Jun 1648-1672); m.4th 1672 Christian Primrose


Henry Sheppard Hart, 6th Lord Waterpark (18 May 1876-26 Nov 1948); m.1st 16 Apr 1902 (div 1906) Isabel Emilie Jay (d.26 Feb 1927); m.2nd 12 Dec 1906 (div 1913) May Burbidge (d.Jul 1969); m.3rd 30 Aug 1913 (div 1919) Elise Herran; m.4th 2 Jun 1920 (div 1929) Georgette Zlateffmoloff; m.5th 7 Aug 1929 Jeanne Lassallette


Henry George Herbert, 5th Earl Sondes (1 May 1940-2 Dec 1996); m.1st 1968 (div 1969) Mrs Primrose Anne Cresswell, née Cotter; m.2nd 1976 (div 1981) Silvia Gabrielle Fstn zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz, née Scheid (25 May 1944-    ) m.3rd 1981 (div 1984) Sharon McCluskey; m.4th 1986 Mrs Phyllis Schmertz, née Kane


Sir Patrick Murray, of Elibank, cr Baronet [S] 1628, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever, cr 1643 Lord Elibank [S], with remainder to heirs male whatsoever, d.12 Nov 1649; m.1st 1610 Margaret, dau of Hamilton of Innerwick; m.2nd 1617 Elizabeth Dundas (d.before 19 May 1627); m.3rd 16 Jan 1628 Helen Lindsay; m.4th 11 Dec 1636 Agnes Nicholson (d.16 Nov 1637); m.5th 1638 Katherine, Lady Murray, née Weir (d.before 16 Oct 1655)


Richard Wenman, of Thame Park, cr 1628 Viscount Wenman of Tuam and Baron Wenman of Kilmainham [I] (ca 1573-3 Apr 1640); m.1st ca 1595 Agnes Fermor (bur 4 Jul 1617); m.2nd 4 Nov 1618 Mrs Anne Chamberlayne; m.3rd Elizabeth ___ (bur 27 Apr 1629); m.4th Mary Keble (bur 28 Jul 1638)


John, 4th Earl of Kimberley (12 May 1924-26 May 2002); m.1st 27 Oct 1945 (div 1949) Diana Evelyn Legh; m.2nd 9 Feb 1949 (div 1952) Carmel June Maguire (d.1992); m.3rd 15 Sep 1953 (div 1961) Cynthia Abdy Collins; m.4th 7 Jul 1961 (div 1965) Margaret Simons; m.5th 8 Aug 1970 (div 1982) Gillian Ireland-Smith; m.6th 20 Aug 1982 [Sarah] Jane Hope Consett

On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 12:23:16 PM UTC-6 S. S. wrote:

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I know that your question was confinded to Peers, but I want to mention that while searching the peers I found two Baronets married seven times each:

Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Bt., married seven times, as did Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th Bt., 4th Visconde de Monserrate

On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 12:23:16 PM UTC-6 S. S. wrote:

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Continuing my list of Peers married at least four times. This is not an exclusive list.. it's just from the famileis on whom I have created files in which I can search. And again sorry.. I have not cross-checked with other peoples' lists for duplications.


Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, d.28 Nov 1675; he was cr 1665 Baron St.Liz, with remainder, failing his own issue male, to that of his father; m.1st Lady Anne Weston (d.Venice 10 Mar 1635); m.2nd 12 Aug 1639 Barbara Lamb (d.1 Apr 1641 [per Cokayne; Collins says 2 Apr 1641]); m.3rd 8 Jul 1641 Lady Elizabeth Bourchier (1622-22 Sep 1670); m.4th Dorothy Lane (bur 23 Nov 1709)


Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea, cr 1660 Baron Fitzherbert of Eastwell (1627/8-28 Aug 1689); m.1st London 21 May 1645 Hon. Diana Willoughby (bur 27 Mar 1648); m.2nd by 1649 Lady Mary Seymour (d.Eastwell 20 Nov 1672), by whom he is said to have had 7 sons and 4 daus; m.3rd London 10 Apr 1673 Catherine, Lady Wentworth, née Norcliff (dspm 1678); m.4th 1681 Elizabeth Ayres (d.10 Apr 1745)


James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (3 Nov 1922-23 May 2006); m.1st 18 Jun 1945 (div 1954) Tuppina Cecily Bennet (d.1984); m.2nd 9 Sep 1954 (div 1962) Hon Jennifer Lowther (below); m.3rd 6 Mar 1963 (div 1975) Nancy Ruth Cobbs (d.4 Jul 1999); m.4th 1975 Caroline Sheila (10 May 1943-8 Feb 2019), dau of Sir Gerald Ley, 3rd Bt.


JOHN GEORGE VANDERBILT HENRY, 11th Duke of Marlborough, etc (London 13 Apr 1926-16 Oct 2014); m.1st St. Margaret's, Westminster 19 Oct 1951 (div 1960) Susan Mary Hornby (19 Oct 1929-27 Jan 2005); m.2nd Paris 23 Oct 1961 (rel) Greek Orthodox Church of St.Etienne, Passy, Paris 23 Oct 1961 (div 1971) Athina Livanos (19 Mar 1926-Paris 10 Oct 1974); m.3rd Charlbury, Oxon 20 May 1972 (div 2008) Dagmar Gfn Douglas (b.Madrid 26 Sep 1943); m.4th 2008 Mrs Lily Mahtani


Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-Whitehall 7 May 1671); m.1st 6 Feb 1623 Susanna Hill (d.Jan 1625); m.2nd Stoke Newington 1 Jul 1626 Lady Anne Rich (d.14 Feb 1642); m.3rd London 20 Dec 1642 Essex, Lady Bevill, née Cheke (d.Twickenham 28 Sep 1658); m.4th Eleanor, Dowager Countess of Warwick, née Wortley (d.London 20 Jan 1667); m.5th Lady Margaret Russell, Dowager Countess of Carlisle (d.Nov 1676)


ANGUS Charles Drogo Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester, etc (Kimbolton 9 Oct 1938-25 Jul 2002); m.1st Geelong, Australia 22 Nov 1961 (div 1970) Mary Eveleen McClure; m.2nd 1971 (div 1985) Diane Pauline Plimsaul; m.3rd 1989 Anne-Louise Taylor; m.4th Swedish Church, Mayfair 22 Apr 2000 (div 2001) Biba Hiller (3 Feb 1942-11 Oct 2003)


Thomas Howard, cr 1553 Viscount Howard of Bindon (ca 1520-28 Jan 1582); m.1st Elizabeth Marney (ca 1517-    ); m.2nd Gertrude Lyte; m.3rd Carshalton 7 Jun 1576 Mabel Burton; m.4th Margaret Manning (1559-1635)


Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres (bap 23 Aug 1652-Balcarres 1722); m.1st ca 1670 Mauritia de Nassau [illegitimate granddaughter of Maurice, Pr of Orange] (ca 1637-bur 14 Aug 1671); m.2nd Lady Jean Carnegie (d.ca 1680); m.3rd Lady Jean Kerr; m.4th by 4 Jul 1689 Lady Margaret Montgomerie (d.May 1747)


George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes, d.Dieppe 1558; m.1st by 1517 (div 1520) Margaret, nat. dau of 3rd Lord Crichton by Princess Margaret Stewart; m.2nd Elizabeth (d.1526 [1527?]), dau of Andrew, Lord Gray, and widow of Earl of Huntly and of Lord Glamis; m.3rd by 29 Jan 1530 Agnes (d.1541/3), dau of Sir John Somerville, and widow of Lord Fleming; m.4th by 10 Apr 1543 Isabel, dau of ___ Lundy, and widow of Earl of Crawford; he contracted to marry 5thly Christian, dau of ___ Wood, widow of George Strang


Spencer Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton, b.2 Apr 1946; m.1st 13 Jun 1967 (div 1973) Bss Henriette Luisa Maria Bentinck (1949-Seville 29 Nov 2010); m.2nd 1974 (div 1977) Annette Marie Smallwood; m.3rd 1977 (div 1983) Rosemary Ashley Morritt Hancock; m.4th 1985 (div 1988) Hannelore Ellen Erhardt; m.5th 1990 (div 2013) Mrs Pamela Martina Raphaella Kyprios, née Haworth; m.6th 4 Sep 2013 Tracy Goodman


William Francis Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty (18 Sep 1911-18 May 1995); m.1st 6 Jun 1940 (div 1947) Diana Joan Younger; m.2nd 16 Jun 1961 (div 1969) Wilma Dorothy Millen Vermilyea; m.3rd 1974 Mrs Mildred Allewyn Spong, née Bensusan (d.1975); m.4th 1976 Mary Agnes Radonicich (d.26 Dec 2003)


Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (Ravenscroft 18 May 1872-Penrhyndeudraeth 2 Feb 1970); m.1st London 13 Dec 1894 (div 1921) Alys Whitall Pearsall Smith (Philadelphia 18__-22 Jan 1951); m.2nd 27 Sep 1921 (div 1935) Dora Winifred Black (Thornton Heath, Surrey 3 Apr 1894-Porthcurno, Cornwall May 1986); m.3rd 18 Jan 1936 (div 1952) Patricia Helen Spence); m.4th 15 Dec 1952 Edith Finch (d.1 Jan 1978)


George Neville, 5th Lord Bergavenny, d.1535; m.1st Lady Joan FitzAlan; m.2nd Margaret Brent (dsps); m.3rd ca Jun 1519 Lady Mary Stafford; m.4th Mary Brooke, alias Cobham


Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden, etc. (1612-29 Oct 1682); m.1st 25 Dec 1632 Lady Anne Feilding (dsps 24 Mar 1636); m.2nd ca Jun 1638 Anne, Dowager Css of Bath, née Lovet; m.3rd 21 Dec 1639 Hon. Hester Wotton (bap 11 Jan 1616-    ); m.4th 6 Jul 1655 Lady Elizabeth Bertie (d.1683)


Charles, 1798 NOEL, suc 1823 as 3rd Lord Barham, suc 1838 as 3rd Bt., cr 1841 Earl of Gainsborough, Viscount Campden of Campden, and Baron Noel of Ridlington (2 Oct 1781-10 Jun 1866); m.1st 1 Jul 1809 Elizabeth Welman (dsp 1 Dec 1811); m.2nd 13 May 1817 Elizabeth (d.20 Sep 1818), dau of Hon. Sir George Grey, Bt.; m.3rd 29 Jun 1820 Arabella (d.4 Oct 1829), dau of Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 2nd Bt.; m.4th 25 Jul 1833 Lady Frances Jocelyn (20 Nov 1814-12 May 1885)


GEORGE John Charles, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc (27 Nov 1912-Meikleour, Perthshire 25 Aug 1999); m.1st 18 Sep 1938 Barbara Chase (b.1918, died Perth Royal Infirmary 17 Feb 1965 after a shooting accident at Meikleour House); m.2nd 22 Dec 1969 (div 1978) Hon.Selina Eccles (18 Jan 1937-Amsterdam 11 May 2019); m.3rd Meikleour House 15 Oct 1978 Gillian Anna Morgan (1936-1982); m.4th in Scotland 12 Jul 1995 Penelope Eva Bradford (Hon. Mrs Astor, d.31 Dec 2006)


Edward John Stanley, 6th Lord Sheffield & Stanley of Alderley, etc. (9 Oct 1907-3 Mar 1971); m.1st 3 Mar 1932 (div 1936) Lady Victoria Audrey Beatrice Chetwynd-Talbot (13 Mar 1910-    ); m.2nd 18 Jan 1944 (div 1948) Edith Louisa Sylvia Hawkes; m.3rd 6 Apr 1951 (div 1957) Thérèse Husson; m.4th 15 Sep 1961 Kathleen Margaret Wright (d.1 Apr 1996)


IAN Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, etc (Paris 18 Jun 1903-Edinburgh 7 Apr 1973); m.1st 12 Dec 1927 (div 1934) Hon. Janet Gladys Aitken (9 Jul 1908-1988); m.2nd Caxton Hall, London 22 Nov 1935 (div 1951) Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews (d.10 Feb 1970); m.3rd Caxton Hall Register Office 22 Mar 1951 (div 1963) Mrs Ethel Margaret Sweeny, née Whigham (The Broom, Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire 1 Dec 1912-Pimlico 25 Jul 1993); m.4th 15 Jun 1963 Mathilda Coster Mortimer (Geneva 20 Aug 1925-American Hosital, Paris 6 Jun 1997)


Garret Graham Wellesley, 7th Earl Cowley (30 Jun 1934-17 Jun 2016); m.1st 1960 (div 1966) Elizabeth Suzanne Lennon; m.2nd 1968 (div 1981) Isabelle O’Bready; m.3rd 1981 Paige Deming (d.Isle of Man 31 Dec 2008); m.4th London 15 Feb 2012 Mrs Carola Marion Stormonth Darling, née Erskine-Hill (b.1943)


Alexander Sutherland, cr 1650 Lord Duffus (1621/2-31 Aug 1674); m.1st by 1644 Jean (dsps 31 Mar 1648), dau of Colin Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth, and widow of John Sinclair, Master of Berriedale; m.2nd 13 Jan 1653 Jean Innes (dsp 10 Mar 1653); m.3rd 1654 Lady Margaret Stewart (d.Jan 1667); m.4th ca 1668 Hon. Margaret Forbes (d.13 Apr 1677)


Alexander Seton, cr 1651 Viscount of Kingston (1621-Whittinghame 21 Oct 1691); m.1st Jean Fletcher; m.2nd ca 1661 Elizabeth Douglas (d.1668), heiress of Whittinghame; m.3rd Hon. Elizabeth Hamilton; m.4th Edinburgh 3 Aug 1686 Lady Margaret Douglas (Sep 1651-Whittinghame 12 Oct 1692)


EDWARD Fitzgerald, 7th Duke of Leinster, etc (6 May 1892-committed suicide 8 Mar 1976); m.1st London 12 Jun 1913 (div 1930) May Etheridge (d.11 Feb 1935); m.2nd 1 Dec 1932 (div 1946) Raffaella Kennedy (d.London 28 Dec 1993); m.3rd 11 Mar 1946 Jessie Smither (d.1960); m.4th 1965 Vivien Irene Felton (19 Feb 1920-Brighton 1992)


James Berkeley, summoned 1421 as Baron Berkeley [it is not clear whether it was believed that he was entitled to the 1295 Barony as heir of entail, or that this was a Barony by Tenure as owner of Berkeley Castle, but by modern doctrine it is considered a new barony] (Raglan ca 1394-Berkleley Castle Nov 1463); m.1st a dau of Sir John St.John; m.2nd 1415 a dau of Sir Humphrey Stafford; m.3rd 1423/4 Isabel (d.27 Sep 1452), widow of William Ferrers, dau of Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk; m.4th 1457 Joan, dau of John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury


John Clinton, 3rd Lord Clinton (d.6 Sep 1398); m.1st ca 1350 Idoine de Say; m.2nd NN; m.3rd Joan, Lady Limbury; m.4th Elizabeth, widowed Lady Grey and Lady Bermingham, née de la Plaunche (d.1423)


Sir Robert Dalzell, 3rd Bt., 1702 5th Earl of Carnwath, attainted 1716 (ca 1687-Kirkmichael 4 Aug 1737); m.19 Jan 1710 Lady Grace Montgomerie (d.Jan 1713); m.2nd 3 Jun 1720 Grizell Urquhart (bur 4 Sep 1723); m.3rd 15 Nov 1728 Margaret Hamilton (d.Edinburgh 13 Feb 1730); m.4th Worksop 19 Jun 1735 Margaret Vincent (bap 5 Nov 1696-London 11 Apr 1758)


HUGH Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, etc (Saighton Towers 19 Mar 1879-Loch More Lodge 20 Jul 1953); m.1st London 16 Feb 1901 (div 1919) Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West (1876-Brockenhurst, Hants 21 Jan 1970); m.2nd 26 Nov 1920 (div 1926) Violet Mary Nelson (1891-1983); m.3rd Register Office, Prince's Row, Westminster 20 Feb 1930 (div 1947) Hon Loelia Mary Ponsonby (6 Feb 1902-London 1 Nov 1993); m.4th Chester 7 Feb 1947 Anne Winifred Sullivan (13 Apr 1915-31 Aug 2003)


Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (5 Nov 1905-1993); m.1st 29 Apr 1933 (div 1937) Elizabeth Balfour; m.2nd 14 Aug 1937 (div 1947) May Kathleen Middleton (d.9 May 1969); m.3rd 12 Nov 1947 (div 1951) Leila Mary Heaton (d.23 Feb 1959); m.4th 1951 Marjorie Alice Banks (d.1991)


Algernon George de Vere Capell, 8th Earl of Essex (London 21 Feb 1884-8 Dec 1966); m.1st Cirencester 28 Sep 1905 (div 1926) Mary Eveline Stewart Freeman (d.30 Oct 1955); m.2nd 10 Feb 1926 (div 1950) Alys Montgomery Falkiner; m.3rd 10 Dec 1950 (div 1956) Mildred Carlson; m.4th 1957 Christine Mary Davis (d.1985)


George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry (25 Jan 1934-Malaga 14 Jun 2002); m.1st 22 Mar 1955 (div 1963) Marie (Mimi) Farquhar-Medart (d.1998); m.2nd 5 Dec 1969 (div 1975) Ann Cripps; m.3rd 1980 (div 1988) Valerie Anne Birch; m.4th 1992 Rachel Wynne Mason


John Darcy, 3rd Lord Darcy, d.5 Jul 1635; m.1st Rosamond Frescheville (bap 5 Jun 1576-18 Apr 1607); m.2nd 7 May 1617 Isabel Wray (dsp 27 Jan 1622); m.3rd 7 Nov 1624 Hon. Mary Belasyse (bap 11 Apr 1606-14 Sep 1625); m.4th Elizabeth West (bur 24 Jul 1669)


Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness (bap 3 Mar 1622-13 Dec 1692); m.1st 14 May 1645 Lady Catherine Fane (bur 30 Aug 1649); m.2nd 8 Feb 1650 Lady Frances Howard (d.9 Apr 1670); m.3rd shortly before summer 1676 Frances (bur 5 Jan 1681), dau of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, and widow of the Earl of Southampton and of Viscount Molyneux; m.4th 8 Jan 1685 Mrs Elizabeth Warwick (1 Jan 1635-22 Feb 1690), dau of Lord Frescheville


James Darcy, cr 1721 Baron Darcy of Navan [I]; he d.19 Jul 1731; m.1st Bethia Payler (d.19 Nov 1671); m.2nd Hon. Anne Stawell; m.3rd ca 1693 Mary (d.1710), dau of Sir William Hickes, 2nd Bt.; m.4th 6 Apr 1725 Margaret Garth (d.9 Aug 1758)


Bennet Sherard, 3rd Earl of Harborough (bap 3 Sep 1709-23 Feb 1770); m.1st 28 Jun 1748 Lady Elizabeth Verney (dsps 7 Jun 1756); m.2nd 2 Jul 1757 Frances Noel (d.15 Dec 1760); m.3rd 31 Mar 1761 Margaret Hill (7 Jul 1729-21 Feb 1767), sister of Lord Berwick; m.4th 8 Oct 1767 Elizabeth (bap 3 Mar 1740-5 Mar 1797), dau of Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Bt.

[S. S.]

Thank you all whom have contributed thus far, especially Paul. I believe I owe you quite a lot, since many of my list information stems a great deal from your genealogical records so far. 

S.S.

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To add to my list of Peers who married at least four times, retrieved by doing word searches through pdf files of The Complete Peerage:

Charles Calvert,3rd Lord Baltimore (1637-1715)

Thomas Poynings, de jure 5th Lord St.John (d.1429)

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (ca 1484-1545)

Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone (ca 1540-1616)

Joan, Baroness Cobham (d.1434)

James Fitz-John FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond (d.1558)

Isabel, [9th?] Countess of Fife (d.1389 or soon after)

Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (d.1243)

William Blount, 4th Lord Mountjoy (ca 1478-1534)

Roger, 2nd Lord Northwode (d.1361)

[BREMENMURRAY]

The ninth Duke of Newcastle was married three times

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I might suggest that you keep the list to those who have been married at least four times. Here is why: After I had compiled all those who had been married at least four times (which was more than fifty, if I counted correctly, I later decided to try to see which had been married exactly three times. After going through less than 10% of one file (in which I have a large group of families not big enough for their own file), I already had nine, and there would be dozens of other files to go through even after finishing this one. I think that the number of Peers married exactly three times would be well over one hundred.

Here are the ones I've collected before I stopped, and you can see that I'd got only to "Barnewall" in an alphabetical file:


Denis James, 6th Earl of Caledon (10 Nov 1920-20 May 1980); m.1st 6 Apr 1943 (div 1948) Ghislaine Dresselhuys; m.2nd 31 Dec 1952 Anne Luise Frn von Graevenitz (22 Apr 1927-20 Jul 1963); m.3rd 4 Aug 1964 Marie Elisabeth Burton Allen (d.9 Aug 2021)

Nicholas James, 7th Earl of Caledon (6 May 1955-    ); m.1st 15 Nov 1979 (div 1985) Wendy Coumantaros; m.2nd 19 Dec 1989 (div 2000) Henrietta Mary Alison Newman (23 Jan 1964-    ), of the Baronets; m.3rd 2008 Mrs Amanda Cosbie Sara Cayzer, née Squire

Henry Benedict, 11th Lord Arundell of Wardour (Irnham Hall 12 Nov 1804 [per 1874 and most GGTs; 1787, per 1865 GGT Nachträge]-19 Oct 1862); m.1st 8 Aug 1826 Lucy Smythe (dsp 22 Feb 1827 [Mar 1827, per 1874, 1898 GGT]), of the Baronets; m.2nd 22 Sep 1829 Frances Catherine (18 Mar 1809-19 Apr 1836), dau of Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, 8th Bt. ; m.3rd 19 Jun 1838 Hon. Theresa Stourton (21 Mar 1812-26 Oct 1878)

John, 3rd Lord Ashburnham (bap 13 Mar 1687-10 Mar 1737), cr 1730 Earl of Ashburnham and Viscount St.Asaph; m.1st 21 Oct 1710 Lady Mary Butler (d.2 Jan 1713); m.2nd 24 Jul 1714 Henrietta Maria, de jure 4th Baroness Strange (d.26 Jun 1718), dau of William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, and widow of Earl of Anglesey; m.3rd 14 Mar 1724 Lady Jemina Grey (d.7 Jul 1731)

James, cr 1619 Lord Balfour, Baron of Glenawley [I], d.18 Oct 1634; m.1st Grisold Balfour; m.2nd Lady Elizabeth, née Hay, ex-wife of Sir John Leslie of Balquhain; m.3rd before 1627 Hon. Anne Blayney

David Andrew, 4th Lord Kinross (29 Mar 1906-1985); m.1st 10 Jun 1936 (div 1941) Araminta Peel; m.2nd 17 Apr 1948 Helen Anne Hog (d.2 May 1969); m.3rd 1972 Ruth Beverly Mill (d.8 Jan 2000)

Matthew, 6th Viscount Barnewall of Kingsland, d.15 Nov 1834; his claim to the title was allowed in 1814 after it had been dormant since 1800; he m.1st NN; m.2nd 1819 Mary Anne Bradshaw (bur 16 Oct 1819), maternal gdau of Sir Robert Warren, Bt.; m.3rd 2 Jan 1820 Julia Willis (28 Feb 1804-10 Jan 1890)

Robert, called 12th Lord Trimlestown, d.6 Dec 1779; m.1st Margaret Rochfort (d.ca 1740); m.2nd by 1757 Elizabeth Colt (d.1781); m.3rd Anne Hervey (d.24 Jun 1831)

Charles Aloysius, 18th Lord Trimlestown (14 May 1861-26 Jan 1937); m.1st 26 Oct 1889 Margaret Theresa Stephens (d.9 Jan 1901); m.2nd 10 Dec
1907 Mabel Florence Shuff (d.16 Mar 1914); m.3rd 12 Aug 1930 Josephine Francesca (d.15 Jun 1945), dau of Sir Christopher John Nixon, Bt.

[S. S.]

You make a fair point Paul. After adding up all the names till now, those married three times already is more than a hundred currently. I think keeping the list to four times or more married is better. 

S.S.

[malcolm davies]

Yes Marquess, a typo took place thanks to the difficulty of writing a comment on my I pad.

I thought readers of this blog might be interested to know where the name Maryborough came from.It is a town in Queensland on the Mary River with a population of around 22,000 about 15 miles inland from the coast.

It was named after Lady Mary Fitzroy,nee Lennox, wife of Sir Charles Fitzroy,Governor of NSW. She was a daughter of the 4th Duke of Richmond.He was the grandson of the 3rd Duke of Grafton.They were 5th cousins in descent from King Charles II.

They met when Fitzroy was ADC to her father, who was Governor General of Canada-rather like Harold Macmillan in the early 20th century.

[marquess]

Thanks for the reply and the interesting information,  there will most definitely be a peer in my next book or even the current one that I'm writing bearing that territorial designation.