Background
Worsley was born in the family home of Hovingham Hall, near Malton, North Yorkshire, the eldest son of Colonel Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet and Joyce Morgan Brunner.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Worsley was born in the family home of Hovingham Hall, near Malton, North Yorkshire, the eldest son of Colonel Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet and Joyce Morgan Brunner.
He was educated at Eton and graduated as Master of Arts from New College, Oxford in 1949.
He was the eldest brother of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. Worsley was a Councillor on Malton Rural District Council from 1955, serving as vice-chairman in 1965. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1955 election for the marginal constituency of Keighley in West Yorkshire.
At the 1964 general election, he lost his Keighley seat to Labour"s John Binns, but for the 1966 election he was selected as candidate for the safe Conservative seat of Chelsea in west London.
He held that seat for three Parliaments, before retiring at the October 1974 general election. In 1973, when he inherited the title and estate, he moved back into Hovingham Hall and managed the 3,000-acre (12 km2) estate.
In 1982 he was appointed High Sheriff of North Yorkshire. In 1978 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for North Yorkshire, serving as Lord Lieutenant from 1987 to 1999.
He also served the county as High Sheriff from 1982 to 1983.
He was appointed a Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John in 1987. Worsley died on 18 December 2012 at Hovingham Hall and was buried in Hovingham cemetery.
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He served as a Member of Parliament in four parliaments between 1959 and 1974, and served as High Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant for North Yorkshire.
However, at the 1959 election he defeated the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) Charles Hobson, taking the seat with a majority of only 170.