Rupert Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow

Rupert Charles William Bullard Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow (born 16 June 1967) is a British noble and hereditary peer.

Biography

Rupert, Earl of Onslow, after competing in the Harborough Ride

The son of Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow and Robin, Countess of Onslow, Rupert Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow was educated at Eton College, Western Kentucky University and at King's College London where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990.[1][2]

Onslow (then Viscount Cranley) married Leigh Jones-Fenleigh on 10 September 1999, an alumna of Cheltenham Ladies' College. They have one child, Lady Olympia Patricia May-Rose Onslow (born 7 July 2003).[3]

Onslow became the 8th Earl of Onslow on the death of his father Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow in 2011.

Lord Onslow owns and manages the agricultural Estate Clandon Park, the Seat of the Earls of Onslow in Surrey, is a Director of Clandon Park Ltd & also specialises in insuring fine art[4] and is the Fine Art Underwriter at The Channel Syndicate in Lloyd's.

Titles

References

  1. Rupert Charles William Bullard Onslow, Viscount Cranley profile at thepeerage.com
  2. Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition (Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003), vol. 2, p. 3012
  3. The Peerage, entry for 8th Earl of Onslow
  4. Ellen Kelleher (8 June 2007). "Value judgments in a contemporary scene". Financial Times.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Michael Onslow
Earl of Onslow
2011–
Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
Anthony Onslow
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