Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton


Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton, styled Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister from 1974 to 2006, is a British peer.
The younger grandson of the first Earl, he inherited the title Earl of Swinton on the death of his older brother, the 2nd Earl, on 26 March 2006. Their father, Major Hon. John Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister, had been killed in action in 1943.

Family

Lord Swinton's first wife was the Hon. Elizabeth Susan Whitelaw, the eldest daughter of the 1st Viscount Whitelaw, whom he married in 1966. She was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire in July 2005.
He has two sons and one daughter by his first wife:
  1. Lady Lorna Mary Cunliffe-Lister married 2001 to William Parker.
  2. Mark William Philip Cunliffe-Lister, styled Lord Masham, who has been married since 17 June 2000 to Felicity C. Shadbolt. The couple have bought back and restored Swinton Park., They have two sons and one daughter.
  3. Hon. Simon Charles Cunliffe-Lister, now of Burton Agnes Hall
The heir apparent to the earldom is the elder son the Honourable Mark William Philip Cunliffe-Lister, styled Lord Masham.
Lord Swinton and the Hon Susan Whitelaw divorced and Lord Swinton remarried in 1996 to Pamela June Wood.