Background
Lord Brackley was the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Ellesmere and his wife, Lady Katherine Phipps.
Lord Brackley was the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Ellesmere and his wife, Lady Katherine Phipps.
He was appointed a Captain in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) on 10 March 1894. The battalion was embodied in late 1899 and sent to South Africa to serve in the Boer War. Lord Brackley and most of the battalion left Cape Town for the United Kingdom in early May 1902, shortly before the end of the war.
After his return, he was appointed Aide-de-camp to Sir William Knox, Commander of Royal Artillery for 3rd Army Corps.
He later served with the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots, stationed at Edinburgh, during World War I, when he was mentioned in despatches. Lady Anne Katherine (1908–1964), married Geoffrey Babington
Lady Jane Mary (1909–1978), married Richard Scrope
Lady Mary (born 1911), married Lieutenant-Colonel
Conyers Scrope
Lady Susan Alice (1913–2010), married Major John Askew
John Sutherland (1915–2000)
Lady Margaret (1918–2004), married Sir Jock Colville
Lady Alice (1923–1977)
Lord Brackley inherited his father"s titles in 1914.
He sold his father"s seat, Street George"s Hill House and its 964-acre estate, to master builder West. G. Tarrant, who went on to create Surrey"s landmark Street George"s Hill estate.
He and Lady Violet moved to Burwood House, now Notre Dame School. A cricketer, he captained his own side to the West Indies in the winter of 1904-1905.