George Richard William Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret

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George William Richard Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret (3 December 1824 - 8 June 1867) was an English peer.

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He was the eldest son of Thomas Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret, who he succeeded in 1833, inheriting Easton Neston house.{{cite web| url = http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/pomfret1721.htm| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929190940/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/pomfret1721.htm| archive-date = 2015-09-29| title = Pomfret, Earl of (GB, 1721 - 1867)}}

He died unmarried on 8 June 1867,{{harvnb|Goodwin|1889|p=370}} cites: Gentlemen's Magazine. 4th ser. iv. 105 when the earldom, barony, and baronetcy became extinct.

Easton Neston house passed to his sister's son Sir Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh, 6th Baronet, of Rufford in Lancashire, who then made Easton his seat and in 1935 was created Baron Hesketh.{{National Heritage List for England| num=1001032 |desc=Easton Neston |accessdate=22 May 2019}}

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