the 2nd Viscount Wimborne. The Countess of Ilchester died in January 1956, aged 79. Lord Ilchester survived her by three years and died in October 1959, aged 85. His eldest son Edward Henry (known as "Harry") succeeded in the earldom. Arms The arms of the head of the Fox-Strangways family are blazoned Quarterly of four: 1st & 4th: Sable, two lions passant paly of six argent and gules (Strangways); 2nd & 3rd: Ermine, on a chevron azure three foxes' heads and necks erased or on a canton of the second a fleur-de-lys of the third (Fox). References Work cited External links Earls of Ilchester English philanthropists Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1874 births 1959 deaths People educated at Eton College Giles Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Deputy Lieutenants of Dorset People of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England