Marcus Worsley

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Sir (William) Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet JP MA (born 6 April 1925) is a former British Conservative Party politician and a brother of the Duchess of Kent.

He was born in the family home of Hovingham Hall, near Malton, North Yorkshire, the son of Sir William Worsley, 4th Bt. He was educated at Eton and graduated from New College, Oxford in 1955. On 10 December 1955, he married Hon. Bridget Assheton (1926–2004), a daughter of the 1st Baron Clitheroe.

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.[1]

At the 1964 general election, he lost his Keighley seat to Labour's John Binns, but for the 1966 election he was selected as Conservative 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.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Hobson	Member of Parliament for Keighley 1959–1964	Succeeded by John Binns
Preceded by John Litchfield	Member of Parliament for Chelsea 1966–1974	Succeeded by Nicholas Scott
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Marquess of Normanby	Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire 1987–1999	Succeeded by The Lord Crathorne
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Worsley	Baronet (of Hovingham Hall) 1973–present	Succeeded by (current incumbent)