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The Marquess of Reading
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
19 September 1960 – 1980
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 2nd Marquess of Reading
Succeeded byThe 4th Marquess of Reading
Personal details
Born1916
Died1980 (aged 63–64)
SpouseMargot Irene Duke
Parent(s)Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading
Hon. Eva Violet Mond

Michael Alfred Rufus Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading (1916–1980) was an English aristocrat and banker.

Biography

Early life

He was born in 1916. His father was Gerald Rufus Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading (1889–1960),[1][2] and his paternal grandfather was Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860–1935).[1] His mother was Eva Violet Mond (1895–1973),[1][2] daughter of Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett (1868–1930)[1] and Violet Mond, Baroness Melchett (1867–1945). Eva Violet Mond's grandfather Ludwig Mond (1839–1909), chemist and industrialist, created the Mond process to extract and purify nickel.

He became the 3rd Marquess of Reading after his father's death in 1960.

Career

He was a member of the London Stock Exchange.[2]

Personal life

He was married to Margot Irene (née Duke).[1] They had a son, Simon Rufus Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading (born 1942), and a daughter, Lady Jacqueline Rosemary Margaret Rufus Isaacs, who married Sir Mark Wilfrid Home Thomson, 3rd Baronet (born 1939).[1]

He died in 1980,[1] and Lady Reading lived until 2015.[3]

References

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Marquess of Reading
1960–1980
Succeeded by