Overview
- The death of Simon Rufus Isaacs, the fourth Marquess of Reading, was announced by his daughter Lady Natasha on Wednesday in an Instagram tribute that did not give a cause.
- Reports say King Charles was told of his longtime friend's passing on the first day of a nine‑day Caribbean tour.
- Julian Rufus Isaacs, previously styled Viscount Erleigh, is reported to have inherited the title as the fifth Marquess of Reading.
- Simon Rufus Isaacs was an Old Etonian who served as an officer in the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards, worked in finance including on the London Stock Exchange, inherited the marquessate in 1980 and was active in charitable work.
- The family has long ties to the royal household and public life, the marquessate having been created in 1926 for Rufus Isaacs, the first Marquess and a notable figure in British legal and political history.