Background
Willingdon was the second son of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon and his wife Lady Mary Adelaide, daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey.
chief viceroy Marquess of Willingdon
Willingdon was the second son of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon and his wife Lady Mary Adelaide, daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey.
From 1931 to 1941 he was styled Viscount Ratendone. From 1919 to 1920 he served as an aide-de-camp on the personal staff of the Viceroy of India, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford. Willingdon succeeded his father as second Marquess of Willingdon on 12 August 1941.
In the House of Lords he served as a Liberal Party whip from 1948 and then Liberal Chief Whip from 1949 to 1950.
