John Pratt, 5th Marquess Camden

John Charles Henry Pratt, 5th Marquess Camden (12 April 1899 – 22 March 1983) was a British peer, soldier, and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1943 until his death.

Early life The son of John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden, later Lord Lieutenant of Kent, and his wife Lady Joan Marion Nevill, a daughter of Henry Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny, he was styled as Earl of Brecknock from birth and was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

In civilian life, Brecknock was a director of Darracq Motor Engineering Company, Bayard Cars Ltd, and Pobjoy Aircraft & Airmotors.

On 31 January 1942 he married secondly Averil Streatfeild, daughter of Colonel H. S. J. Streatfeild. Together they were the parents of one son:

Lord Michael John Henry Pratt (19462007)

In 1978, as Lord Camden, he married thirdly Cecil Rosemary Pawle, a daughter of Brigadier Hanbury Pawle, former wife of Peter Townsend.