Having had a passion for film and photography since the age of 10, Lord Settrington left Eton College at the first possible opportunity and at 17 worked for the film director Stanley Kubrick on the film Barry Lyndon. In 2012, a major exhibition of his recent photographic work, 'Nature Translated', was staged at the Bermondsey Project Space in London. The exhibition was shown at the Marble Palace, part of the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg, in January 2014 and in Moscow as part of the Moscow Photography Biennale in April 2014. Two new exhibitions of the Duke's photographs were held in early 2015: 'Wood Land' which was held at Venus Over Manhattan Gallery in New York City, and 'Abstract and Intentional' which was held at Hamiltons Gallery in London.
Goodwood
The Earl of March, as he was then known, moved from London to the family seat Goodwood to take over management of the estate, following the family tradition of the duke handing over management of the estate to the heir apparent when the latter turns forty. Motor sport at Goodwood was started by his grandfather, Freddie Richmond, who opened the Goodwood Motor Circuit in 1948. March established the Festival of Speed at Goodwood House in 1993. He then brought motor racing back to the circuit, which had closed in 1966, with the creation of the Goodwood Revival in 1998. Both events have since become recognised as some of the most unusual, exciting and creative events in the world. The Goodwood Estate covers 12,000 acres to the north of Chichester. The Goodwood Estate Company is a diverse portfolio of businesses which includes: Goodwood Racecourse, a 4,000 acre organic farm, two eighteen hole golf courses, Goodwood Aerodrome and Flying School, and a 91 bedroom hotel. The Group employs over 550 people and attracts 800,000 visitors to the Estate each year. The headquarters of Rolls Royce Motor Cars is also on the Estate.
Family
The Duke lives in Goodwood House with his wife, Janet, and their four children. He has been married twice, and has three sons and two daughters:
1) Sally Clayton; one daughter
*I) Lady Alexandra Gordon-Lennox
2) The Honourable Janet Elizabeth Astor, daughter of the 3rd Viscount Astor ; one daughter and three sons
*II) Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara, is the Duke's heir apparent
*III) Lord William Rupert Charles Gordon-Lennox
*IV) Lady Eloise Cordelia Gordon-Lennox
*V) Lord Frederick Lysander Gordon-Lennox
In January 2016 he and the Duchess were attacked and tied up in a major jewel robbery at Goodwood.
Titles
8 January 1955 – 2 November 1989: Lord Settrington
2 November 1989 – 1 September 2017: Earl of March and Kinrara
