Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim

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Alexander Randal Mark McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim, FRSA, (born 3 February 1935) is the son of the late Randal John Somerled McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim (1911 to 1977). As the heir to his father's titles, he was styled Viscount Dunluce from his birth until 1977. He lives mostly at his ancestral home, Glenarm Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Contents 1 Education 2 Family 3 Appointments 4 Sources

[edit] Education

Antrim was educated at Downside School, Christ Church, Oxford and the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. He subsequently worked as an art restorer for the Tate Gallery.

[edit] Family

He married twice, and has three children:

• Lady Flora Pennybacker (born 1963)
• Lady Alice McDonnell (born 1964)
• Randal Alexander St John McDonnell, Viscount Dunluce (born 1967)

[edit] Appointments

• Director of Ulster Television
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Member of the Marine Biological Association

[edit] Sources

• The Complete Peerage, volume 14 (1998)
• Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th Edition (1999)
• 9th Earl of Antrim at thepeerage.com

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Randal McDonell	Earl of Antrim 1977–present	Succeeded by Incumbent