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William Marcus John Worsley was born on 6 April 1925 in London, England. He was the son of a British Army officer and a nurse. He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1945.
He served in the British Army for over 20 years, rising to the rank of Major. He was awarded the Military Cross for his service in the Korean War. After leaving the army, he worked in the City of London as a stockbroker.
He married his wife, Diana, in 1954 and they had two children, Marcus and Sarah.
In his later years, he became a successful businessman and philanthropist. He was a director of several companies, including the London Stock Exchange, and was a trustee of the Imperial War Museum. He was also a patron of the Royal British Legion and the British Red Cross.
He died on 28 April 2012 at the age of 87.
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Who Is Marcus Worsley's Wife?
His wife is Bridget Assheton (m. 1955)
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William Arthington Worsley
Joyce Morgan Brunner |
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William Ralph Worsley
Sarah Marianne Worsley
Giles Arthington Worsley
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Worsley died on 18 December 2012 at Hovingham Hall and was buried in Hovingham cemetery. His eldest son William succeeded to the baronetcy.
In 1978 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for North Yorkshire, serving as Lord Lieutenant from 1987 to 1999. He also served the county as High Sheriff from 1982 to 1983. He was appointed a Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John in 1987.
In 1973, when he inherited the title and estate, he moved back into Hovingham Hall and managed the 3,000-acre (12 km) estate. In 1982 he was appointed High Sheriff of North Yorkshire.
Worsley was active in the National Trust becoming Chairman of the Yorkshire Regional Committee between 1969 and 1994 and for a time Chair of the Trust's Properties Committee, overseeing approval of the acquisition of many significant property acquisitions including Canons Ashby (1981), Belton House (1984), Calke Abbey (1985) and Keddleston Hall (1987). He served as Deputy Chairman of the Trust between 1986 and 1992.
Worsley was a Councillor on Malton Rural District Council from 1955, serving as vice-chairman in 1965.
He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1955 election for the marginal constituency of Keighley in West Yorkshire. However, at the 1959 election he defeated the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Hobson, taking the seat with a majority of only 170. At the 1964 general election, he lost his Keighley seat to Labour's John Binns, but for the 1966 election he was selected as candidate for the safe Conservative seat of Chelsea in west London. He held that seat for three Parliaments, before retiring at the October 1974 general election. He served as the Second Church Estates Commissioner, the church of England's link to the House of Commons, from 1970 to 1974.
Worsley was born in the family home of Hovingham Hall, near Malton, North Yorkshire, the eldest son of Colonel Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet and Joyce Morgan Brunner. He was the eldest brother of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. He was educated at Eton. After conscripted service in the Green Howards, which included a secondment to the Royal West African Frontier Force, he graduated as BA from New College, Oxford in 1949.
In 1955 he married Hon Bridget Assheton (born 20 August 1926, died 22 May 2004), daughter of Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe and Hon Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham. They had four children together:
Sir William Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet, DL, JP (6 April 1925 – 18 December 2012) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament in four parliaments between 1959 and 1974, and served as High Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant for North Yorkshire.
