year he married Mrs Maureen McKenzie, daughter of Major G C Schofield, MC, of Birkdale, Lancashire. At the time of his death, the Marquess was working on his autobiography, which he planned to call Almost in Confidence, after the newspaper column he had run. It was not ready for publication before he died. He died in Switzerland on 24 May 1975 at the age of 71. His second wife and widow died in 1999. References External links 1903 births 1975 deaths Edward People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 6 20th-century British journalists