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Alastair Akers-Douglas, 4th Viscount Chilston

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Alastair George Akers-Douglas, 4th Viscount Chilston (born 5 September 1946) is a British sound editor and film producer.

Chilston was a member of the House of Lords from 1982 to 1999.[1]

The son of Ian Stanley Akers-Douglas and his wife Phyllis Rosemary Parsons, he was educated at Eton College and the University of Madrid.[2]

On 10 April 1982, he succeeded as Viscount Chilston, of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, and as Baron Douglas of Baads, Midlothian.[2]

In 1985, Chilston was the lynch pin of Tripod Films of Wardour Street, Soho.[3]

On 5 June 1971, Chilston married Juliet Anne Lovett, a daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Nigel Lovett. They had three sons, Oliver Ian (born 1973), Alexander Hugh (born 1975), and Dominic Lovett (born 1979).[2]

In 2003 his address was the Old Rectory, Twyford, Hampshire.[2]

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  1. ^ "Viscount Chilston", members.parliament.uk, accessed 1 September 2023
  2. ^ a b c d Burke's Peerage, vol. 1 (2003), page 777
  3. ^ Kemps International Film & Television Year Book (1985), page C-143
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