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Rupert Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow

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

Rupert Charles William Bullard Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow (born 16 June 1967), known as Viscount Cranley from 1971 to 2011, is a British hereditary peer.

Biography

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

On 10 September 1999, as Viscount Cranley, Onslow married Leigh Jones-Fenleigh,[1] a former pupil of Cheltenham Ladies' College. They have one daughter.[citation needed]

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

Lord Onslow lives at[2] and owns and manages the Clandon Park estate in Surrey.[3] In April 2015, the National Trust-owned Clandon Park House burned down, and in that year Onslow said that he wanted the building left as a shell and for the insurance money to be spent on Wentworth Woodhouse, which needed assistance. However Marcus Binney of Save Britain's Heritage disagreed,[4] saying "It would be a terrible waste to leave it as a ruin. As for spending the money elsewhere, you'll be very lucky if the Government don't snaffle it to rebuild the Houses of Parliament".[5] By 2017, Onslow was still disputing the National Trust's plans to develop the ruin as a visitor centre, saying that "the trust would be better off spending the insurance money on buying and preserving another endangered property".[6]

Onslow specialises in insuring fine art;[3] he is the Fine Art Underwriter at the Channel Syndicate in Lloyd's of London.[7] His leisure activities are riding, photography, and shooting.[2]

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References

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  1. 1 2 Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition (Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003), vol. 2, p. 3012.
  2. 1 2 3 Who's Who and Who Was Who. London: Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 Ellen Kelleher (8 June 2007). "Value judgments in a contemporary scene". Financial Times.
  4. ↑ Bannerman, Lucy (31 December 2015). "Turn stately homes into offices, says earl". The Times. No. 71794. Gale. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Morrison, Jonathan (28 November 2015). "Let fire-ravaged ancestral home run to ruin, says earl". The Times. No. 71767. Gale. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Morrison, Jonathan (28 August 2017). "Clandon Park plans are a big cliche says earl". The Times. No. 72313. Gale. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Fine Art and Specie | SCOR".
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