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The 6th Earl of Durham (Antony Claud Frederick Lambton) 1922-2006
Lord Lambton just loved smoking dope and screwing hookers two at a time. And if a hooker's husband hadn't documented this predilection with the help of a camera and a tape recorder embedded in the nose of a teddy bear, he would never have lost his job as undersecretary of defense for the Royal Air Force.

British investigators were particularly alarmed by his decision to pay a hooker with a personal check (this was before Jerry Springer popularized the move) and by pictures showing "sexual practices which deviated from the normal." Lambton publicly explained his motivation&mdash"People sometimes like variety. It's as simple as that."—and expressed bewilderment that it was such a big deal: "Surely all men visit whores?"

Official documents released in 2004 showed Lambton wasn't quite so flip with British intelligence agents trying to determine if his sexcapades had compromised national security. He advised that he was both frustrated with his job and despairing over a grueling battle to retain the right to be officially recognized as "Lord Lambton" even though he had officially renounced the title several years before in order to keep his seat in the House of Commons. According to officials, the dispute "had become an obsession with him" that could only be relieved through "frantic activity," which, in addition to Patrick Bateman-esque hooker romps, also drove him to become an "enthusiastic gardener." Lambton lived out the rest of his days dabbling in literature with his mistress in Tuscany.

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The 2nd Earl of Jellicoe (George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe) 1918-2007

The son of a renowned World War I hero and a World War II hero himself, the Earl of Jellicoe had it all: fame, wealth, political power, and lots of hookers. Jellicoe dodged a bullet early in his political career when his friend Queen Mary excused some career-threatening marital troubles and gave him what one friend called "a royal license to sin." The license later expired, however, when his hooker habit came to light at exactly the same time as Lord Lambton's more sensational piccadilloes (see previous). Jellicoe reportedly blamed his whoring on stress caused by his work processing Asian immigrants who'd been kicked out of Uganda by Idi Amin.

Jellicoe promptly resigned as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, but the judge who investigated the case for possible breaches of national security later praised his discretion for using an assumed name and never talking business with his hookers. Furthermore: "He entertained them to a meal, and any sexual intercourse took place late in the evening and at his own flat and never elsewhere." Jellicoe was one of the few lords permitted by Tony Blair to remain in the House of Lords when he purged hereditary heirs in 1999.

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