The Hon. Charles Pearson (born 5 March 1956) is the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray and owner of

Dunecht estate The Dunecht Estate is one of the largest private estates in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at . It is owned by The Hon Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray. Dunecht’s business interests include farming (in hand and le ...

in Aberdeenshire.

Early life and education

Charles Pearson is the younger son of the Third Viscount Cowdray and his wife Elizabeth (née Mather-Jackson) daughter of

Sir Anthony Mather-Jackson, 6th Baronet Sir Anthony Henry Mather-Jackson, 6th Baronet (9 November 1899 – 11 October 1983) was an English colliery owner and manufacturer. He was an all-round cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1927. Jackson was born in Westminster, the s ...

. Charles Pearson was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

Marriage and Family

In 1992 Charles Pearson married Baroness Benedicte Blixen-Finecke, daughter of Ifver Iuul. They have two children Carinthia (b 1993) and George (b 1995) and live in West Sussex and in Aberdeenshire.

Business

Charles Pearson is a Director of The Dickinson Trust Ltd, The Cowdray Estate Trust Ltd and the Cabardunn Development Company Ltd. He is the principal partner in the Dunecht Home Farms Partnership, a farming business operating over in Aberdeenshire. Enterprises on the farm include cereals, oilseed rape, beef cattle and sheep. Charles Pearson and his immediate family are owners of

Dunecht Estates The Dunecht Estate is one of the largest private estates in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at . It is owned by The Hon Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray. Dunecht’s business interests include farming (in hand and let ...

, a diverse rural property based in Aberdeenshire and Kincardenshire. Dunecht Estates extends to and comprises seven estates -

Dunecht Estate The Dunecht Estate is one of the largest private estates in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at . It is owned by The Hon Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray. Dunecht’s business interests include farming (in hand and le ...

, Ramoir and Campfield Estate,

Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle ( gd, Dùn Fhoithear, "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-eastern coast of Scotland, about south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 1 ...

Forest of Birse The Forest of Birse is a remote upland area in the upper catchment of the Water of Feugh, which forms the south-western portion of the Parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It also forms the western part of the community of Finzean, but has ...

, Edinglassie Estate, West Durris Estate and Bucharn Estate. Interests on the Estates include farming, forestry, field sports, minerals, let houses, commercial property, tourism and development land.

Dunecht House Dunecht House is a stately home on the Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The house is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national ...

, the Category A

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

that is the centre piece of the Dunecht estate, was sold to the Scottish business entrepreneur

Jamie Oag James George Oag is a Scottish business entrepreneur. Education Oag was born in West Lothian in March 1966. He attended Armadale Academy then served an apprenticeship as a mechanic before attending Inverness College to study mechanical engineer ...

in 2012.

Interests

Charles Pearson is President of the West Sussex Association for Disabled People. His leisure interests include shooting, fishing, walking and riding. In 2009 Pearson and his family won a twelve-year battle against the

Ramblers Association The Ramblers is the trading name of the Ramblers Association, Great Britain's leading walking charity. The Ramblers is also a membership organisation with around 100,000 members and a network of volunteers who maintain and protect the path ...

and

West Sussex County Council West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is the authority that governs the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex. The county also contains seven district and borough councils, and 158 town, parish and neighbourhood councils. The county council has 7 ...

to move rights of way at

Pitshill Pitshill is a Grade II* listed house built in the neoclassical style and is located within the Parish of Tillington a couple of miles west of Petworth. Begun by William Mitford in 1760 on the site of an earlier house it was completed by his son, ...

House,

Tillington, West Sussex Tillington is a village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England, west of Petworth on the A272. The civil parish (CP) includes the hamlets of Upperton, River, and River Common. The land ar ...

which will allow restoration of this important Grade II* listed building and its surrounding listed parkland.Midhurst & Petworth Observer, report published 19 August 2009

References

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External links

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