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Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington

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The Earl of Harrington
Earl of Harrington
Tenure12 April 2009 – present
PredecessorWilliam Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington
Other titlesViscount Petersham (1945–2009)
BornCharles Henry Leicester Stanhope
(1945-07-20) 20 July 1945 (age 79)
Net worth£250 million
Spouse(s)
Virginia Freeman-Jackson
(m. 1966; div. 1983)

Anita Fugelsang
(m. 1984)
IssueWilliam Stanhope, Viscount Petersham
Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
ParentsWilliam Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington
Eileen Foley Grey

Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington (born 20 July 1945), styled as Viscount Petersham from birth till 2009, is the son of William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington, and Eileen Grey, daughter of Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet.

He married, firstly, Virginia Freeman-Jackson, on 14 September 1966 and they were divorced in 1983. They had two children:

He married, secondly, the showjumper Anita Fugelsang, formerly the wife of Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk.

He was ranked 325th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2008 with an estimated wealth of £250m. 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 £5m in 2005, his total land holdings have been valued recently at about £250m.

Styles of address

  • 1945-2009: Viscount Petersham
  • 2009-: The Right Honourable The Earl of Harrington

Ancestry

Family of Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington
16. Charles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington
8. Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington
17. Elizabeth de Pearsall
4. Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington
18. Joseph Wood
9. Kathleen Wood
19. Edith Falkiner
2. William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington
10. H. H. D. Seaton
5. Margaret Seaton
1. Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington
24. Sir Henry Lambert, 6th Baronet
12. Sir Henry Grey, 7th Baronet
25. Eliza Hervey
6. Sir John Grey, 8th Baronet
26. Alfred Payne
13. Catherine Payne
3. Eileen Grey
28. William de Sales de Terrière
14. Frank de Sales de Terrière
29. Elizabeth Gurney
7. Jean de Sales de Terrière
30. James Bunten
15. Jeanie Bunten
31. Jessie Maclure

References

  1. ^ "Buckingham Palace 18 May 2016". Court Circular.
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl of Harrington
2009–present
Incumbent