Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham
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Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born July 20, 1945) is the son of William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington and Eileen Grey. As heir apparent to the Harrington earldom, he bears the courtesy title of Viscount Petersham (peerage created 1742). Since the 1967 extinction of the patrilineally related line of the Earls Stanhope, he has been entitled by custom to use of the more senior title Viscount Stanhope of Mahon (peerage created in 1717) which devolved upon his father, but he has not chosen to exchange the titles. However, once he succeeds to his father's earldom, his own son (and future heirs apparent to the earldom) will have the option of using either viscountship.
He married, firstly, Virginia Freeman-Jackson, on 14 September 1966 and they were divorced in 1983. They had two children:
- William Henry Leicester Stanhope (b. 14 October 1967)
- Hon. Serena Alleyne Stanhope (born 1970), married David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley on 8 October 1993. They have two children:
He married, secondly, Anita Fugelsang in 1984.
He was ranked 465th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 with an estimated wealth of £120m.
