Edward Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool

Edward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool (born 14 November 1944), is an English Conservative politician and businessman. He has been married three times and has two children from his first marriage. He serves as a member of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Liverpool
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 23 October 1969 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 4th Earl of Liverpool
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999
Preceded by	Seat established
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-14) 14 November 1944
Political 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

Early life

Liverpool is the posthumous son of Captain Peter George William Savile Foljambe (1919–1944), who was killed in World War II in September 1944, 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.

Foljambe was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University of Perugia.

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 90+ elected hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits on the Conservative benches.

He is a former managing director of Melbourns Brewery and director of hotel management company Hart Hambleton.

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). 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.

Arms

Coat of arms of Edward Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool

Coronet A Coronet of an earl Crest 1st (of honourable augmentation granted Aug 1906): On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a lion rampant of the first, charged on the shoulder with a Bezant, thereon an Eagle displayed Sable, and resting the dexter hind paw on a Plate charged with a Bend Azure, thereon three Garbs Or, and surmounted by an Escutcheon Argent charged with an Eagle displayed also Sable, charged on the breast with a Fleur-de-Lys also Or, the Lion crowned gold and supporting with the fore paws a Man-of-War's Church Pennant proper; 2nd: A Seaweed Rock proper, thereon an heraldic Sea Lion sejant Azure resting the dexter paw on an Escutcheon per fess wavy argent and azure, in chief a Cormorant Sable, beaked and legged, holding in the beak a Branch of Seaweed, called laver, inverted Vert (Liverpool), and in base a Hawk, wings elevated and addorsed Argent (Hawkesbury); 3rd: A Man's Leg unarmed, couped at the thigh, quarterly Or and Sable, spurred Gold Escutcheon Sable a Bend between six Escallops Or, and as an honourable augmentation (granted Aug 1906) on the bend in chief on an Escutcheon Vert a Key surmounted by a Baton in saltire Or Supporters On either side a Griffin, wings elevated Or, beaked, membered, ducally gorged, and on the wing three Fleur-de-Lys one and two all Azure, that on the dexter side charged on the breast with a Torteau thereon a Cross Crosslet fitchée Argent (the badge of Howard), and that on the sinister charged on the breast with a Pellet thereon a Stag's Head cabossed also Argent (the badge of Cavendish) Motto Over the 1st Crest: Bydd Ddiyagog; over the 2nd Crest: Demovres Ferme; over the 3rd Crest: Bee Fast; and under the arms: Soyes Ferme (Be steadfast)

External links

• Profile at the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com