Michael Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading

Michael Alfred Rufus Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading (8 March 1916 – 2 July 1980) was an English aristocrat and banker.

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Reading
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 19 September 1960 – 2 July 1980 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 2nd Marquess of Reading
Succeeded by	The 4th Marquess of Reading
Personal details
Born	(1916-03-08)8 March 1916
Died	2 July 1980(1980-07-02) (aged 64)
Spouse	Margot Irene Duke
Children	Simon Rufus Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading Lady Jacqueline Rufus Isaacs
Parent(s)	Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading Hon. Eva Violet Mond

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]