William Ley, 4th Earl of Marlborough

William Ley, 4th Earl of Marlborough (1612–1679) was an English peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1665 until his death.

A younger son of James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough,[1][2] he married Margaret, a daughter of Sir William Hewett of Beccles, Suffolk. On 3 June 1665 he succeeded to the peerages on the death of his nephew James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough (1618–1665).[3]

When he died in 1679, with no surviving descendants, the peerages became extinct.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Marlborough, Earls and Dukes of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 737.
  2. ^ John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance (London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831), p 124
  3. ^ a b George Edward Cokayne, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, Volume 5 (1893), p. 252
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