Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington (born 20 July 1945), styled as Viscount Petersham from birth until his father's death in 2009, is the son of

William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (24 August 1922 – 12 April 2009), was a British army captain and peer. Early life and education Stanhope was the son of Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington, and Margaret Trelawney ...

, and his wife, Eileen Grey.

Early life

Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope was born 20 July 1945 to

(1922–2009), and Eileen Grey, daughter of Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet. He had two older sisters, the elder of whom was 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

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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 (b.1939), the daughter of

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on 14 September 1966, and they were divorced in 1983. They had two children and four grandchildren: *William Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born 14 October 1967), who married Candida Bond on 28 April 2001. They have two children: **The Honourable Tirkana Stanhope (1 August 2003) **The Honourable Augustus Stanhope (26 September 2005),

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's second

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from 2015 to 2019 *

Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon (''née'' Stanhope; born 1 March 1970) is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat. She is the estranged wife of David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, who is the son of Princess Margaret and thus a cou ...

(born 1 March 1970), who married

David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 3 November 1961), styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is an English furniture maker, a former chairman of the auction house Christie's UK, ...

(later the 2nd

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) on 8 October 1993. They have two children: ** Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1 July 1999) **

Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 3 November 1961), styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is an English furniture maker, a former chairman of the auction house Christie's UK, ...

(14 May 2002) He married, secondly, the photographer Anita Fuglesang, formerly the wife of

Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk & 14th Earl of Berkshire (27 March 1935 – 5 August 2022), styled Viscount Andover until 1941, was an English peer. He succeeded his father, Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, i ...

References

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