Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington

The Earl of Harrington
Born	Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope (1945-07-20) 20 July 1945
Title	Earl of Harrington
Tenure	12 April 2009 – present
Other titles	Viscount Petersham (1945-2009)
Net worth	£250 million
Predecessor	William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington
Spouse(s)	Virginia Freeman-Jackson (m. 1966; div. 1983) Anita Fugelsang (m. 1984)
Issue	William Stanhope, Viscount Petersham Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
Parents	William 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:

• William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born 14 October 1967), who is married to the former model Candida Bond, and has issue, one son, Hon. Augustus Stanhope, a Page of Honour and one daughter. A supporter of the Save the Rhino campaign, he lives at the family's Scottish estate, Crimonmogate.
• Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley (née Hon. Serena Alleyne Stanhope; born 1970), married David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, nephew of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 October 1993, and has 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

• Burke's Peerage

External links

• genealogics.org
• thepeerage.com

Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Henry Leicester Stanhope	Earl of Harrington 2009–present	Incumbent