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Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington

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Tenure
  
2009-present

Net worth
  
£250m

Name
  
Charles 12th


Born
  
Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope 20 July 1945 (age 78) (
1945-07-20
)

Title
  
12th Earl of Harrington

Other titles
  
12th Viscount Petersham 12th Baron Harrington 9th Viscount Stanhope of Mahon 9th Baron Stanhope of Elvaston

Predecessor
  
William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington

Spouse(s)
  
Virginia Freeman-Jackson (m. 1966; div. 1983) Anita Fugelsang

Role
  
William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington's son

Parents
  
William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington

Children
  
Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley

Grandchildren
  
Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Charles Armstrong-Jones

Grandparents
  
Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington

Great-grandparents
  
Charles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington

Similar People
  
Serena Armstrong‑Jones - Viscounte, Charles Armstrong‑Jones, David Armstrong‑Jones - Viscount, Margarita Armstrong‑Jones, Antony Armstrong‑Jones - 1st Earl of

Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington (born 20 July 1945), styled as Viscount Petersham from birth till 2009, is the son of William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington, and Eileen Grey, daughter of Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet.

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Early life

Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope was born 20 July 1945 to William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (1922–2009), and Eileen Grey, daughter of Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet. He had two older sisters, Lady Jane Stanhope (1942–1974), who married Anthony Cameron and was killed in a motor accident in 1974. His second sister is Lady Avena Margaret Clare Stanhope (b. 1944), who married Adrian Maxwell.

Wealth

He was ranked 325th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2008 with an estimated wealth of £250 million. He is the owner of some prime land in London. Though the net assets of his two main companies, Elvaston Investments and Stanhope Gardens, came in at about £5 million in 2005, his total land holdings have been valued recently at about £250 million.

Personal life

He married, firstly, Virginia Freeman-Jackson, on 14 September 1966 and they were divorced in 1983. They had two children:

  • William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born 14 October 1967), who is married to the former model Candida Bond, and has issue, one son, Hon. Augustus Stanhope, a Page of Honour and one daughter. A supporter of the Save the Rhino campaign, he lives at the family's Scottish estate, Crimonmogate.
  • Lady Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon (née Hon. Serena Alleyne Stanhope; born 1970), married David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, nephew of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 October 1993, and has two children.
  • He married, secondly, the showjumper Anita Fugelsang, formerly the wife of Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk.

    Titles and styles

  • 20 July 1945 – 12 April 2009: Viscount Petersham
  • 12 April 2009 – present: The Right Honourable The Earl of Harrington
  • References

    Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington Wikipedia