Summary
Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 24 February 1954), is a British peer, novelist, poet, and entrepreneur.
The Marquess of Normanby | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 30 January 1994 – 11 November 1999 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 4th Marquess of Normanby |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 February 1954 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie McCormick Nicola Shulman |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | The 4th Marquess of Normanby Grania Guinness |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford (BA) City University London |
| Occupation | Landowner, novelist, poet |
Early life and education edit
Lord Normanby is the son of Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby and The Honourable Grania Guinness, a member of the Guinness brewing family and a daughter of Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne. He was educated at Eton, Worcester College, Oxford and City University of London.
He succeeded to the marquessate and other titles upon the death of his father in 1994 and entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher. He lost his seat under the House of Lords Act 1999.[1]
Normanby lives in London and at Mulgrave Castle.
Business interests edit
Normanby is the owner of the Mulgrave Estate and Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Yorkshire. He is the founder of Mulgrave Properties LLP, a residential developer in Yorkshire. His indirect wealth includes a sizeable interest in property in West Vancouver, Canada, via British Pacific Properties Ltd of which he is a director. In 1998 he sold the 11,000-acre (45 km2) Warter Priory estate, near Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, to businessman Malcolm Healey for a reported £48 million.[2]
Philanthropy edit
Lord Normanby is chairman of the Normanby Charitable Trust which has a North Yorkshire focus. The trust has also supported Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford University.
Marriage and children edit
Before he was married, Normanby had a daughter with Sophie McCormick:[3]
- Pandora McCormick (born 12 December 1984), an actress.
In 1990, Normanby married the journalist and author Nicola Shulman, daughter of theatre critic Milton Shulman and sister of British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman. They have three children:[4][5]
- Lady Sibylla Victoria Evelyn Phipps (born 6 August 1992)
- John Samuel Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave (born 26 November 1994), heir apparent to the marquessate and other titles.
- Lord Thomas Henry Winston Phipps (born 3 June 1997)
Publications edit
Normanby is the author of three novels under the name Constantine Phipps: Careful with the Sharks (1985), Among the Thin Ghosts (1989), and What You Want (2014).
References edit
- ^ "House of Lords". Retrieved 29 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Villagers welcome tycoon new owner". York Press. 4 June 1998. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Sophie McCormick, portrait painter who lived a bohemian life in Dublin and Kenya – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "World of Nicola Shulman, writer". The Daily Telegraph. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999
External links edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Marquess of Normanby
- British Pacific Properties