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| name = The Earl of Dudley
| honorific_suffix = [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Territorial Decoration|TD]]
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Wednesbury]]
| term_start = 1931
| term_end = 1932
| predecessor = [[Alfred Short]]
| successor = [[John William Banfield]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornsey]]
| term_start1 = 1921
| term_end1 = 1924
| predecessor1 = [[William Kennedy Jones]]
| successor1 = [[Euan Wallace]]
| birth_name = William Humble Eric Ward
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|01|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{dda|1969|12|26|1894|01|30|df=yes}}
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| education = [[Eton College]]
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| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| parents = [[William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley]]<br>Rachel Gurney
| spouse = {{marriage|Lady Rosemary Sutherland-Leveson-Gower<br>|8 March 1919|1930|reason=her death}}<br>{{marriage|[[Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Laura, Viscountess Long]]<br>|25 February 1943|1954|reason=div}}<br>{{marriage|Grace Maria Radziwill<br>|1961||reason=}}
| children =
| relations = [[George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley|George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward]] (brother)<br>[[David Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley]] (grandson)
}}
'''William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley''', [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as '''Viscount Ednam''' until 1932, was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.
'''William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley''', [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as '''Viscount Ednam''' until 1932, was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.


==Early life==
==Background and education==
Lord Dudley was the eldest son of [[William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley]], and his wife Rachel (née Gurney). [[George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley]], was his younger brother. He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]].
Lord Dudley was the eldest son of [[William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley]], and his wife Rachel (née Gurney) CBE. Among his siblings was [[George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley]], Lady Gladys Honor Ward (wife of Maj. Percival Cunningham Allan Bridgeman) and Lady Morvyth Lillian Ward (wife of Constantine Evelyn Benson, a grandson of [[Robert Stayner Holford]]).<ref name="EarlDudley"/>


His paternal grandparents were [[William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley]] and the former [[Georgina Ward, Countess of Dudley|Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe]] (third daughter of [[Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Baronet]] and Lady Louisa Hay, the eldest daughter of [[Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull]]). His maternal grandparents were Charles Henry [[Gurney family (Norwich)|Gurney]] and Alice Prinsep Gurney (a daughter of [[Henry Thoby Prinsep]] of the [[Indian Civil Service|Bengal Civil Service]]). His maternal aunt was [[Laura Troubridge, Lady Troubridge]].<ref name="EarlDudley"/>
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==Military service==

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Dudley was commissioned into the [[Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars|Worcestershire Yeomanry]] in 1912. In 1914 he transferred to the regular [[10th Hussars]]. He was promoted [[Lieutenant]] in 1915 and ended the [[First World War]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]], and had been awarded the [[Military Cross]].
He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]].<ref name="EarlDudley"/>

==Career==
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Ward inherited a number of industrial concerns in the [[Black Country]] region of England, notably the [[Round Oak Steelworks]]<ref name="Collie Knox">{{cite book|last1=Knox|first1=Collie|title=Steel at Brierley Hill|date=1957|publisher=Newman Neame|location=Manchester}}</ref> and [[Baggeridge Colliery]]. In 1937, he set up [[Dudley Zoo]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dudleyzoo.org.uk/zoo-history/|title=Zoo History|last=|first=|date=|work=Dudley Zoological Gardens|access-date=2018-02-07|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-GB}}</ref> within the grounds of [[Dudley Castle]], once the seat of the Barons of Dudley.

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===Military service===
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Dudley was commissioned into the [[Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars|Worcestershire Yeomanry]] in 1912. In 1914 he transferred to the regular [[10th Hussars]]. He was promoted [[Lieutenant]] in 1915 and ended the [[First World War]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]], and had been awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="EarlDudley"/>


After the war, he joined the [[Staffordshire Yeomanry]], becoming a [[Major]] and receiving the [[Territorial Decoration]]. In 1933 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the [[North Midland (Staffordshire) Royal Garrison Artillery|51st (Midland) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery]].<ref>''Burkes''.</ref><ref>''Monthly Army List''.</ref>
After the war, he joined the [[Staffordshire Yeomanry]], becoming a [[Major]] and receiving the [[Territorial Decoration]]. In 1933 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the [[North Midland (Staffordshire) Royal Garrison Artillery|51st (Midland) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery]].<ref>''Burkes''.</ref><ref>''Monthly Army List''.</ref>


==Political career==
===Political career===
Dudley sat as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornsey]] from 1921 to 1924 and for [[Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Wednesbury]] from 1931 to 1932 and served as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Under-Secretary of State for India]], [[Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton|Lord Winterton]], between 1922 and 1924. He also held the honorary post of [[High Sheriff of Worcestershire]] in 1930.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33592 |page=1958| date=28 March 1930}}</ref>
Dudley sat as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornsey]] from 1921 to 1924 and for [[Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Wednesbury]] from 1931 to 1932 and served as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Under-Secretary of State for India]], [[Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton|Lord Winterton]], between 1922 and 1924. He also held the honorary post of [[High Sheriff of Worcestershire]] in 1930.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33592 |page=1958| date=28 March 1930}}</ref>


In the [[House of Lords]], Dudley was notable for opposing the [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]], which partially decriminalized male homosexuality. He stated,
In the [[House of Lords]], Dudley was notable for opposing the [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]], which partially decriminalized male homosexuality. He stated,
:"I cannot stand homosexuals. They are the most disgusting people in the world... Prison is much too good a place for them; in fact, that is a place where many of them like to go—for obvious reasons."<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last1=Bedell|first1=Geraldine|title=Coming out of the dark ages|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/24/communities.gayrights|accessdate=27 January 2018|work=the Guardian|date=24 June 2007|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=116|last1=Grey|first1=Antony|title=Quest for Justice: Towards Homosexual Emancipation|date=2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781446434093|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ELvDlKKrGFcC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=Earl+of+dudley+homosexuality&source=bl&ots=KBoyUAlZwI&sig=gwgNNDa8k8dAbA-gKmIxdzQKjUA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ3-yXofnYAhVENd8KHXUMD4UQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=Earl%20of%20dudley%20homosexuality&f=false|accessdate=27 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Knight|first1=Charlotte|last2=Wilson|first2=Kath|title=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People (LGBT) and the Criminal Justice System|date=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137496980|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hV5BDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=Earl+of+dudley+homosexuality&source=bl&ots=2aA3eqfP3H&sig=oM76GEUVxAW8ssyZkRkBEZY_E04&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ3-yXofnYAhVENd8KHXUMD4UQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=Earl%20of%20dudley%20homosexuality&f=false|accessdate=27 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
:"I cannot stand homosexuals. They are the most disgusting people in the world... Prison is much too good a place for them; in fact, that is a place where many of them like to go—for obvious reasons."<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last1=Bedell|first1=Geraldine|title=Coming out of the dark ages|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/24/communities.gayrights|accessdate=27 January 2018|work=the Guardian|date=24 June 2007|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=116|last1=Grey|first1=Antony|title=Quest for Justice: Towards Homosexual Emancipation|date=2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781446434093|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ELvDlKKrGFcC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116|accessdate=27 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Knight|first1=Charlotte|last2=Wilson|first2=Kath|title=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People (LGBT) and the Criminal Justice System|date=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137496980|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hV5BDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46|accessdate=27 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>


Gay rights activist [[Peter Tatchell]] said, "The Earl of Dudley's contribution in the Lords sums up the level of the opposition's argument [to the bill]."<ref name="guardian" />
Gay rights activist [[Peter Tatchell]] said, "The Earl of Dudley's contribution in the Lords sums up the level of the opposition's argument [to the bill]."<ref name="guardian" />


==Businesses==
==Personal life==
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Dudley married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1893–1930), only surviving daughter of [[Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland]], on 8 March 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36; she was survived by two of her three sons. Their children were:<ref name="EarlDudley"/>
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William Ward inherited a number of industrial concerns in the [[Black Country]] region of England, notably the [[Round Oak Steelworks]]<ref name="Collie Knox">{{cite book|last1=Knox|first1=Collie|title=Steel at Brierley Hill|date=1957|publisher=Newman Neame|location=Manchester}}</ref> and [[Baggeridge Colliery]]. In 1937, he set up [[Dudley Zoo]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dudleyzoo.org.uk/zoo-history/|title=Zoo History|last=|first=|date=|work=Dudley Zoological Gardens|access-date=2018-02-07|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-GB}}</ref> within the grounds of [[Dudley Castle]], once the seat of the Barons of Dudley.


* [[William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley]] (1920–2013), who married Stella Carcano y Morra, a daughter of Don [[Miguel Angel Carcano]], who was the Argentine Ambassador to the U.K. They divorced in 1960 and he married the Scottish actress and socialite [[Maureen Swanson]].<ref name="EarlDudley"/>
==Family==
* John Jeremy Ward (1922–1929), who died in childhood.<ref name="EarlDudley"/>
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Dudley married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1893–1930), only surviving daughter of [[Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland]], on 8 March 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36; she was survived by two of her three sons.
* Peter Alistair Ward (1926–2008), who married Claire Leonora Baring, a granddaughter of [[Guy Baring]], in 1956. They had several children including the actress and environmentalist [[Tracy Louise Ward]] and actress [[Rachel Ward]] before divorcing.<ref name="EarlDudley"/>


He married secondly [[Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Viscountess (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris]] (1915–1990), daughter of Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of [[Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long]], on 25 February 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. Laura went on to marry [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough]] shortly before his death, and died in 1990.
He married secondly [[Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Viscountess (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris]] (1915–1990), daughter of Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of [[Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long]], on 25 February 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. Laura went on to marry [[Michael Temple Canfield]] in 1960 and, after his death in 1969, [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough]] shortly before his death. The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough died in 1990.<ref name="EarlDudley"/>


Dudley married thirdly Grace Maria Radziwill née Kolin (1923–2016), daughter of Dr Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi and former wife of [[Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł|Prince Stanislaus Radziwill]], in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |date=28 September 2010 |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p990.htm#i9899 |title= Grace Maria Kolin |publisher= The Peerage}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=February 2013}}; and [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=grace&pid=183263650 Death notice], ''The New York Times'', December 31, 2016</ref> This marriage was also childless.
In 1961, Dudley married thirdly to Grace Maria ([[née]] Kolin) [[Radziwiłł family|Radziwill]] (1923–2016), daughter of Dr. Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi of [[Dubrovnik]], [[Yugoslavia]]. Grace was the former wife of [[Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł|Prince Stanislaus Radziwill]] (The Prince's third wife, [[Lee Radziwiłł]], was formerly married to [[Michael Temple Canfield]], the third husband of Ward's second wife, [[Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Laura]]).<ref>{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |date=28 September 2010 |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p990.htm#i9899 |title= Grace Maria Kolin |publisher= The Peerage}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=February 2013}}; and [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=grace&pid=183263650 Death notice], ''The New York Times'', December 31, 2016</ref> This marriage was also childless.<ref name="EarlDudley"/>


Dudley died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son [[William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley|William]].<ref name="EarlDudley">{{cite web |title=Dudley, Earl of (UK, 1860) |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/dudley1860.htm |website=www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk |publisher=Heraldic Media Limited |accessdate=19 March 2020}}</ref> After his death, his widow lived with the American editor [[Robert B. Silvers]] for nearly four decades from 1975 until her death in 2016.<ref name="Scott1997">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Janny |title=IDEAS: One Mind, But What A Mind; Defining the Passions Of the Liberal Elite For Over 2 Decades |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E1DC1630F932A35752C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 |accessdate=19 March 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 November 1997}}</ref><ref name="2009Profile">{{cite news |title=Chip McGrath Profiling New York Review of Books Editor Robert Silvers For The Times |url=https://observer.com/2009/03/chip-mcgrath-profiling-inew-york-review-of-booksi-editor-robert-silvers-for-ithe-timesi/ |accessdate=19 March 2020 |work=[[New York Observer]] |date=27 March 2009}}</ref>
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He is said to have fathered a daughter in 1923 with the aristocrat and socialite [[Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)|Venetia Stanley]], although the legal father was her husband [[Edwin Samuel Montagu]]. This child grew up to befriend [[Princess Margaret]] during [[World War II]] and marry the American photographer [[Milton Gendel]], with whom she created an artistic salon in Italy.<ref>"A Six-Decade Roman Holiday". ''Vanity Fair'' November 2011.</ref>


===Other relationships===
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[[Mandy Rice-Davies]] claimed that the Earl was one of the customers at Murray's Cabaret Club, where she worked as a showgirl, and that he proposed to her when she was 17. "I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22." she said.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2881267/How-friend-Mandy-survived-Profumo-sex-scandal-changed-Britain-wicked-style-wouldn-t-she.html#ixzz3MReHRQ6v.</ref>{{deprecated inline|certain=yes|date=September 2019}}
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He is said to have fathered a daughter in 1923 with the aristocrat and socialite [[Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)|Venetia Stanley]], although the legal father was her husband [[Edwin Samuel Montagu]]. This child grew up to befriend [[Princess Margaret]] during [[World War II]] and marry the American photographer [[Milton Gendel]], with whom she created an artistic salon in Italy.<ref>"A Six-Decade Roman Holiday". ''Vanity Fair'' November 2011.</ref>


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[[Mandy Rice-Davies]] claimed that the Earl was one of the customers at Murray's Cabaret Club, where she worked as a showgirl, and that he proposed to her when she was 17. "I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22." she said.<ref name="Mangold2014">{{cite news |last1=Mangold |first1=Tom |title=How my friend Mandy survived the sex scandal that changed Britain |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2881267/How-friend-Mandy-survived-Profumo-sex-scandal-changed-Britain-wicked-style-wouldn-t-she.html |accessdate=19 March 2020 |work=[[Daily Mail Online]] |date=19 December 2014}}</ref>
Dudley died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son [[William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley|William]]. His second son, John Jeremy Ward, born on 7 May 1922, died on 9 December 1929. His third but younger surviving son, Peter Alistair Ward (8 February 1926 – 24 March 2008), married firstly on 21 November 1956 and divorced Claire Leonora Baring (born 29 February 1936), paternal granddaughter of [[Guy Baring]]. They had several children including the actress and environmentalist [[Tracy Louise Ward]] and actress [[Rachel Ward]].


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 18:06, 19 March 2020

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Dudley
MC TD
Member of Parliament for Wednesbury
In office
1931–1932
Preceded byAlfred Short
Succeeded byJohn William Banfield
Member of Parliament for Hornsey
In office
1921–1924
Preceded byWilliam Kennedy Jones
Succeeded byEuan Wallace
Personal details
Born
William Humble Eric Ward

(1894-01-30)30 January 1894
Died26 December 1969(1969-12-26) (aged 75)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Lady Rosemary Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
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(m. 1919; died 1930)​

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(m. 1943; div. 1954)​

Grace Maria Radziwill
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(after 1961)​
RelationsGeorge Ward, 1st Viscount Ward (brother)
David Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley (grandson)
Parent(s)William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
Rachel Gurney
EducationEton College

William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC TD (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Lord Dudley was the eldest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and his wife Rachel (née Gurney) CBE. Among his siblings was George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, Lady Gladys Honor Ward (wife of Maj. Percival Cunningham Allan Bridgeman) and Lady Morvyth Lillian Ward (wife of Constantine Evelyn Benson, a grandson of Robert Stayner Holford).[1]

His paternal grandparents were William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley and the former Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe (third daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Baronet and Lady Louisa Hay, the eldest daughter of Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull). His maternal grandparents were Charles Henry Gurney and Alice Prinsep Gurney (a daughter of Henry Thoby Prinsep of the Bengal Civil Service). His maternal aunt was Laura Troubridge, Lady Troubridge.[1]

He was educated at Eton.[1]

Career

Ward inherited a number of industrial concerns in the Black Country region of England, notably the Round Oak Steelworks[2] and Baggeridge Colliery. In 1937, he set up Dudley Zoo[3] within the grounds of Dudley Castle, once the seat of the Barons of Dudley.

Military service

Dudley was commissioned into the Worcestershire Yeomanry in 1912. In 1914 he transferred to the regular 10th Hussars. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1915 and ended the First World War as a Captain, and had been awarded the Military Cross.[1]

After the war, he joined the Staffordshire Yeomanry, becoming a Major and receiving the Territorial Decoration. In 1933 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 51st (Midland) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery.[4][5]

Political career

Dudley sat as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey from 1921 to 1924 and for Wednesbury from 1931 to 1932 and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for India, Lord Winterton, between 1922 and 1924. He also held the honorary post of High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1930.[6]

In the House of Lords, Dudley was notable for opposing the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalized male homosexuality. He stated,

"I cannot stand homosexuals. They are the most disgusting people in the world... Prison is much too good a place for them; in fact, that is a place where many of them like to go—for obvious reasons."[7][8][9]

Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell said, "The Earl of Dudley's contribution in the Lords sums up the level of the opposition's argument [to the bill]."[7]

Personal life

Dudley married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1893–1930), only surviving daughter of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, on 8 March 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36; she was survived by two of her three sons. Their children were:[1]

He married secondly Viscountess (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris (1915–1990), daughter of Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long, on 25 February 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. Laura went on to marry Michael Temple Canfield in 1960 and, after his death in 1969, John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough shortly before his death. The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough died in 1990.[1]

In 1961, Dudley married thirdly to Grace Maria (née Kolin) Radziwill (1923–2016), daughter of Dr. Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi of Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. Grace was the former wife of Prince Stanislaus Radziwill (The Prince's third wife, Lee Radziwiłł, was formerly married to Michael Temple Canfield, the third husband of Ward's second wife, Laura).[10] This marriage was also childless.[1]

Dudley died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son William.[1] After his death, his widow lived with the American editor Robert B. Silvers for nearly four decades from 1975 until her death in 2016.[11][12]

Other relationships

He is said to have fathered a daughter in 1923 with the aristocrat and socialite Venetia Stanley, although the legal father was her husband Edwin Samuel Montagu. This child grew up to befriend Princess Margaret during World War II and marry the American photographer Milton Gendel, with whom she created an artistic salon in Italy.[13]

Mandy Rice-Davies claimed that the Earl was one of the customers at Murray's Cabaret Club, where she worked as a showgirl, and that he proposed to her when she was 17. "I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22." she said.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Dudley, Earl of (UK, 1860)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ^ Knox, Collie (1957). Steel at Brierley Hill. Manchester: Newman Neame.
  3. ^ "Zoo History". Dudley Zoological Gardens. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. ^ Burkes.
  5. ^ Monthly Army List.
  6. ^ "No. 33592". The London Gazette. 28 March 1930. p. 1958.
  7. ^ a b Bedell, Geraldine (24 June 2007). "Coming out of the dark ages". the Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. ^ Grey, Antony (2011). Quest for Justice: Towards Homosexual Emancipation. Random House. p. 116. ISBN 9781446434093. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. ^ Knight, Charlotte; Wilson, Kath (2016). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People (LGBT) and the Criminal Justice System. Springer. p. 46. ISBN 9781137496980. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  10. ^ Lundy, Darryl (28 September 2010). "Grace Maria Kolin". The Peerage.[unreliable source]; and Death notice, The New York Times, December 31, 2016
  11. ^ Scott, Janny (1 November 1997). "IDEAS: One Mind, But What A Mind; Defining the Passions Of the Liberal Elite For Over 2 Decades". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Chip McGrath Profiling New York Review of Books Editor Robert Silvers For The Times". New York Observer. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  13. ^ "A Six-Decade Roman Holiday". Vanity Fair November 2011.
  14. ^ Mangold, Tom (19 December 2014). "How my friend Mandy survived the sex scandal that changed Britain". Daily Mail Online. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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