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Freeman Freeman-thomas, 1st Marquess Of Willingdon




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 .


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  Title Member Of Parliament for Hastings
  Years 1900 &ndash 1906
  Before William Lucas-Shadwell
  After William Harvey Du Cros


  Title Member Of Parliament for Bodmin
  Years 1906 &ndash 1910
  Before Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes
  After Cecil Alfred Grenfell


  Before Sir George Clarke
  Title Governor Of Bombay
  Years 1913&ndash1918


  Before The Lord Pentland
  Title Governor Of Madras
  Years 1919&ndash1924


  Before The Viscount Byng Of Vimy
  Title Governor General Of Canada
  Years 1926&ndash1931


  Before The Lord Irwin
  Title Viceroy Of India
  Years 1931&ndash1936


  Before The Marquess Of Reading
  Title Lord Warden Of The Cinque Ports
  Years 1936&ndash1941


  Before New Creation
  Title Marquess Of Willingdon
  Years