Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Wharncliffe

Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Wharncliffe (23 March 1935 – 3 June 1987), known as Viscount Carlton from birth until 1953, was a British landowner and hereditary peer who was a member of the House of Lords from 1956 until his death.

Early life and education Wharncliffe was the only son of Archibald Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe and his wife Lady Elfrida Wentworth Fitzwilliam, daughter of William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam. He was educated at Eton. He had four older sisters, one of whom married Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle.

Career In 1953, as Lord Carlton joined the Royal Navy as an able seaman, serving until later in that year when he succeeded his father in the earldom and viscountcy.

He was subsequently a drummer in a rock band, a motor mechanic, a publican and a salesman.

Although his father had sold Wortley Hall, Wharncliffe inherited the Wharncliffe estate.

Personal life Wharncliffe was banned from the roads for three years after being caught drink-driving in 1976.

He was jailed for six months in 1980 for causing death by reckless driving, 15 days after getting his licence back in April 1979.

43-year-old mother-of-three June Deakin was killed when Wharncliffe crashed into her car after drinking double brandies.

Mrs Deakin's husband Terry was driving the car and suffered serious injuries.

Marriage and children On 25 July 1957, Wharncliffe married Aline Margaret Bruce, a daughter of Robert Fernie Dunlop Bruce. They had two daughters: and was buried at St Leonard's Church, Wortley. He was succeeded in the earldom and viscountcy by an American cousin Richard Montagu Stuart Wortley, 5th Earl of Wharncliffe, a grandson of Ralph Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (1864–1927), a younger brother of the second earl.