Family
He was born at Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, England, the son of Sir William Henry Arthington Worsley of Hovingham, 3rd Baronet (born 12 January 1861) and Lady Worsley (Augusta Mary Chivers Bower) (died 1913).
His paternal grandparents were Sir Arthington Worsley of Hovingham, 2nd Baronet (21 December 1830 - 3 June 1861) and Marianne Christina Isabella Hely-Hutchinson (5 May 1832 - 11 August 1893): his maternal grandparents were Edward Chivers Bower and Amelia Mary Bennett-Martin.
He married Joyce Morgan Brunner (died 1979), daughter of Sir John Fowler Brunner, 2nd Baronet, and wife Lucy Marianne Vaughan Morgan, on 20 May 1924 at St. Margaret's, Westminster.
They had four children.
- (William) Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet (born 6 April 1925, died 18 December 2012),
- (George) Oliver Worsley (born 22 February 1927, died 30 November 2010),
- John Arthington Worsley (born 15 July 1928) and
- Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley (born 22 February 1933) married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, thereby becoming Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
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