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He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge , and was Member of Parliament for Hastings and for Bodmin from 1900 to 1910 . He was raised to the peerage as a Baron in 1910, and promoted to Viscount in 1924 , Earl in 1931 and Marquess in 1936 . TRIVIA He was a good friend of Roland Gwynne , Mayor of Eastbourne from 1929 to 1931 and lover of the suspected Serial Killer John Bodkin Adams .Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9 He was the last non-royal to be created a Marquess . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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