Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Wharncliffe
Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Wharncliffe (23 March 1935 – 3 June 1987), known as Viscount Carlton from birth until 1953, was a British landowner and hereditary peer who was a member of the House of Lords from 1956 until his death.
Early life and education[edit]
Wharncliffe was the only son of Archibald Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe and his wife Lady Elfrida Wentworth Fitzwilliam, daughter of William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam. He was educated at Eton. He had four older sisters, one of whom married Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle.[1]
Career[edit]
In 1953, as Lord Carlton joined the Royal Navy as an able seaman, serving until later in that year when he succeeded his father in the earldom and viscountcy.
He was subsequently a drummer in a rock band, a motor mechanic, a publican and a salesman.[2]
Although his father had sold Wortley Hall, Wharncliffe inherited the Wharncliffe estate.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Wharncliffe was banned from the roads for three years after being caught drink-driving in 1976.
He was jailed for six months in 1980 for causing death by reckless driving, 15 days after getting his licence back in April 1979.
43-year-old mother-of-three June Deakin was killed when Wharncliffe crashed into her car after drinking double brandies.
Mrs Deakin's husband Terry was driving the car and suffered serious injuries.[4]
Marriage and children[edit]
On 25 July 1957, Wharncliffe married Aline Margaret Bruce, a daughter of Robert Fernie Dunlop Bruce. They had two daughters:[1]
- Lady Joanna Margaret Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (15 July 1959 – 8 March 1981), who was killed in a road accident at the age of 21;[1]
- Lady Rowena Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (born 14 June 1961), who in 1986 married John Hunt, son of Dr G H Hunt. They took the name of Wortley-Hunt and have two children, Somerset Carlton Gerald Wortley-Hunt (born 1987) and Fleur Aline Isabel Montagu Stuart Wortley-Hunt (born 1989),[1] but later divorced.[3]
Death[edit]
Lord Wharncliffe died on 3 June 1987 at Wharncliffe House, Wortley, South Yorkshire,[5] and was buried at St Leonard's Church, Wortley. He was succeeded in the earldom and viscountcy by an American cousin Richard Montagu Stuart Wortley, 5th Earl of Wharncliffe, a grandson of Ralph Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (1864–1927), a younger brother of the second earl.[1] However, he separated the peerages from the estate, leaving that to his immediate family.[3] The estate was ultimately inherited by Lady Rowena Wortley-Hunt, who took it over on her mother’s death in 2001.[3]
In July 1987, the 5th Earl, a construction foreman from Cumberland, Maine, arrived in Yorkshire as a tourist to visit the family seat which he had never seen. He commented “I am just an ordinary guy.”[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (Debrett's Peerage Limited, 2008), p. 1,055
- ^ “Wharncliffe, 4th Earl of, (Alan James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie) (23 March 1935–3 June 1987)” Who’s Who, online edition, 1 December 2007, accessed 9 January 2023 (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d History of The Stuart Montagu Wortley Mackenzie Family, wharncliffeestates.co.uk, accessed 8 January 2023
- ^ "Death-crash earl gets six-month jail term". The Scotsman. 26 July 1980. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ ”WHARNCLIFFE the rt hon 4th earl of Alan James Montagu Stuart Wortley Mackenzie of Wharncliffe Hse Wortley Sheffield died 3 June 1987 Probate Leeds 9th May £866239” in Wills and Administrations 1988 (England and Wales (1989), p. 8742
- ^ U.S. Earl In England To See Family Seat, AP News, 30 July 1987, accessed 8 January 2023
External links[edit]
- Alan James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Wharncliffe at National Portrait Gallery, London
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