Captain Charles Robert George Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe (born 18 February 1981), also known as Charles Innes or Charlie Roxburghe, is a British aristocrat and soldier.

Biography

Captain Charles Robert George Innes-Ker is the 11th Duke of Roxburghe. He is the eldest son of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe and his first wife, the former Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster.Tom O'Sullivan
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'', 12 March 2000 His uncle was

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016), was a British landowner, businessman, philanthropist, Territorial Army general, and peer. He was the son of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of W ...

. He was educated at

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and the

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. He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, passed out in December 2004, and has served with the

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and

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. Prior to succeeding to the dukedom on his father's death in August 2019, he was styled Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford. On his accession to the dukedom, he inherited

Floors Castle Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect William Adam for Duke John, possibly incorporat ...

and 60,000 acres around the

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and the

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as well as

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s in the area, with an estimated wealth of up to £100 million. In February 2003, he was caught travelling on the

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without paying the £1 fare. He chose to pay a £10 fine rather than take the case to court and risk appearing on "losers' posters" displayed around the city, naming people who had been caught travelling without tickets.

Personal life

On 22 July 2011, he married

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Charlotte Susanna Aitken (b. 15 February 1982), elder daughter of

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. The couple separated and sued for divorce in June 2012, less than a year after the wedding. In 2015, he had a daughter with fashion designer Morvarid Sahafi. On 30 January 2021, his engagement to Annabel Green was announced and they married in September 2021 at

. Annabel became upon marriage The Duchess of Roxburghe.

Chiefship of Clan Innes

The previous Duke of Roxburghe was heir to the chiefship of the Clan Innes (Clann Innis, not ''Mac Aonghuis'' or Clan MacInnes); however, since he bears the surname Innes-Ker, the

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will not recognise him as chief of the name Innes.

References

Bowmont, Charles Innes-Ker, Marquess of Bowmont, Charles Innes-Ker, Marquess of British people of American descent 1981 births Living people Blues and Royals officers British Army personnel of the Iraq War 11 Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Goelet family {{UK-noble-stub