David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty (born 21 November 1946) is a British peer and photographer. Known from birth by the

courtesy title A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but rather is used through custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title). In some co ...

of Viscount Borodale, in 1972 he succeeded his father as

Earl Beatty Earl Beatty is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the prominent naval commander Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty. He was created Baron Beatty, of the North Sea and of Brooksby in the County of Leic ...

and gained a seat in the House of Lords, but rarely attended.

Early life

The son of David Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty, and his second wife Dorothy Furey, he is also a grandson of the former First Sea Lord David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, and was educated at Eton College.Peter W. Hammond, ed., ''The Complete Peerage'', Volume XIV (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 683

Career

On 10 June 1972 he succeeded his father in his peerages. As a photographer, Beatty has worked in the British Isles and in Africa.

Personal life

In 1971 Beatty married firstly Anne Please; they were divorced in 1983, having had two sons: * Sean David Beatty, Viscount Borodale (born 1973) * Peter Wystan Beatty (born 1975) In 1984, Beatty married secondly Anoma Wijewardene, Anoma Corinne Wijewardene. They were divorced in 1997.

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