sentences:  He was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Irish Guards.He married, firstly on 6 April 1943, Ghislaine Dresselhuys (who died on 25 April 2000, as Lady Foley), a wealthy heiress, as the only daughter of Dutch-born and Long Island resident, Cornelius William Dresselhuys and the Mauritius-born Edith "née" Merandon du Plessis (an ex-wife of the 1st Viscount Kemsley).