William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow

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William Arthur Bampfylde Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow KBE MC TD (11 June 1913–3 June 1971) was a British peer and soldier.

Onslow was the eldest son of Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow and Violet Marcia Catherine Warwick Bampfylde, daughter of Coplestone Richard George Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baron Poltimore, and was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. He was a Lieutenant in the Life Guards during World War II. He inherited his father's titles in 1945 and was a county councillor for the County of London from 1940-46 and for Surrey from 1949-42.

On 4 August 1936, he had married Hon. Pamela Louisa Eleanor Dillon, the only daughter of Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon and they had two children, Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, Viscount Cranley (b. 1938) and Lady Teresa Lorraine Onslow (b. 1940). Lord Onslow was knighted in 1960, divorced his wife in 1962 and was married to Nina Edith Jo Sturdee on 30 June that year. He died in 1971 and was succeeded by his only son.

Political offices
Preceded by: The Lord Archibald	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1951–1960	Succeeded by: The Lord Newton
Military Offices
Preceded by: Sir Richard McCreery	Colonel of the 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry 1956–1961	Succeeded by: Amalgamated with the 29th Regiment to form the Kent and County of London Yeomanry
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Richard Onslow	Earl of Onslow 1945–1971	Succeeded by: Michael Onslow