Background
Weetman John Churchill Pearson was born on 27 February 1910. His father was Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray (1882–1933). His mother was Agnes Beryl Spencer-Churchill (1881–1948).
Weetman John Churchill Pearson was born on 27 February 1910. His father was Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray (1882–1933). His mother was Agnes Beryl Spencer-Churchill (1881–1948).
He attended Eton College and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford.
His maternal great-grandfather was George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793–1857). His maternal great-great-grandfather was George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766–1840). His maternal great-great-great-grandfather was George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817).
His maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather was Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706–1758).
His maternal great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722). He resided in Cowdray Park in Midhurst, West Sussex.
Military career He fought in the Second World War, and his left arm was amputated as a result. He received the Territorial Decoration (Territorial Decoration) for his service.
He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for Air, Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye, from 1941 to 1942.
Deputy Lord Lieutenant He served as Deputy Lieutenant (Doctor of Laws) of Sussex in 1945, during the tenure of Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield (1872–1952) as the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, which spanned 1917 to 1949. Business career He served as Chairman of South. Pearson & Son Limited from 1954 to 1977, and as President of Pearson Public Limited Company from 1983 to 1995. Polo When he went up to Oxford he played for four years with the Oxford polo team
He was the main driving force for the revival of polo in England after the Second World War.
He played polo despite having lost his arm at Dunkirk. He had an artificial limb fitted so he could continue to play.
In 1948 the In 1949, he played with the English team in the Argentinian Open. In 1951 he revived the Coronation Cup and in 1956 he launched his own major trophy, the Cowdray Park Gold Cup, which remains to this day the main trophy for British Open Polo.
He served as Steward and Chairman of the Hurlingham Polo Association from 1947 to 1967.