Marquess of Willingdon was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 26 May 1936 for the Liberal

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 politician and colonial governor Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Earl of Willingdon

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon

Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...

. He was Governor-General of Canada from 1926 to 1931 and Viceroy of India from 1931 to 1936. Freeman-Thomas had already been created Baron Willingdon, of Ratton in the County of Sussex, in 1910, Viscount Willingdon, of Ratton in the County of Sussex, on 23 June 1924, and on 20 February 1931, on his retirement as Governor General of Canada, he was made Viscount Ratendone, of Willingdon in the County of Sussex, and Earl of Willingdon. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his only surviving son, Inigo. Inigo was a soldier and also served as Liberal Chief Whip

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 in the House of Lords

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 from 1948 to 1949. He was childless and all the titles became extinct upon his death in 1979.

The marquessate of Willingdon was the most recent marquessate to be created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Marquesses of Willingdon (1936)

• Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
  Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
  Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...
  
   (1866–1941)
• Inigo Brassey Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon (1899–1979)