Edward Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton

Edward John Sidney Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton (29 March 1910 – 28 January 1967) was a British and Irish peer, soldier, and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1933 until his death.

From birth until 1933 he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Somerton.

Early life The only son of Sidney James Agar, 4th Earl of Normanton, and his wife Lady Amy Frederica Alice Byng, he was educated at West Downs School, Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA.

On 13 November 1935, Normanton resigned his commission and transferred as a lieutenant from the active list to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. During the Second World War, he returned to the army and rose to the rank of Captain.

Private life On 5 July 1937, Normanton married firstly Barbara Mary Prior-Palmer, a daughter of Sir Frederick William Francis George Frankland, 10th Baronet, and Mary Cecil Curzon, 17th Baroness Zouche. They were divorced in 1943. On 30 October 1944, Normanton married secondly Lady Fiona Pratt, a daughter of John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden, and Lady Joan Marion Nevill. She had previously been married to Sir John Gerard Henry Fleetwood Fuller, 2nd Baronet and had two young sons, John Fuller (1936–1998) and Anthony Fuller (born 1940).

With his second wife, Normanton had two sons: Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton (1945–2019) Mark Sidney Andrew Agar (born 1948)