Edward Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool
English politician and businessman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool (born 14 November 1944), is a British Conservative politician and businessman.[1] He has been married three times and has two children from his first marriage.
The Earl of Liverpool | |
|---|---|
| |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Hereditary peerage 23 October 1969 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 4th Earl of Liverpool |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Elected Hereditary Peer 11 November 1999 – 17 April 2026 | |
| Election | 1999 |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe 14 November 1944 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouses | Lady Juliana Mary Alice Noel
(m. 1970; div. 1994)Countess Marie-Ange Michel de Pierredon
(m. 1995; div. 2001)Georgina Ann Lederman Rubin
(m. 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician, peer |
Early life
Liverpool is the posthumous son of Captain Peter George William Savile Foljambe, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, (1919–1944), who was killed in World War II on 2 September 1944,[2] and the former Elizabeth Joan Flint. His paternal grandfather was the Hon. Bertram Foljambe, sixth son of Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool, the former Lord Steward of the Household to Edward VII.[3]
Foljambe was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University of Perugia.[citation needed]
Career
In 1969, at the age of 24, he succeeded his great-uncle as Earl of Liverpool and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was one of the 92 elected hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat on the Conservative benches. He retired from the House on 17 April 2026.[1][4]
He is a former managing director of Melbourns Brewery and director of hotel management company Hart Hambleton.[citation needed]
Personal life
Lord Liverpool married three times—firstly to Lady Juliana Mary Alice Noel, daughter of Anthony Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough, and Mary Stourton, on 29 January 1970. Before they divorced in 1994, they had two children: Luke Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury (born 25 March 1972), and Hon. Ralph Foljambe (born 1974).[3] He later married Countess Marie-Ange Michel de Pierredon, daughter of Count Géraud Michel de Pierredon, on 26 May 1995—they divorced in 2001. Finally, he married Georgina Ann Lederman (née Rubin) in 2002.[3]
Arms
 |
|
