Quentin Wallop, 10th Earl of Portsmouth


Quentin Gerard Carew Wallop, 10th Earl of Portsmouth, , styled Viscount Lymington until 1984, is a British peer and current head of the Wallop family.

Early life

Quentin was born on 25 July 1954. His father was Oliver Kintzing Wallop, Viscount Lymington and his mother was Ruth Violet Mason. Before his parents' marriage, his mother, the second daughter of Brig. Gen. Gerald Carew Sladen, was married to Richard Desborough Malcolm Mason.
The Earl went to Eton College, but did not attend university.

Career

Quentin succeeded his grandfather as the 10th Earl of Portsmouth in 1984. He is the great-grandson of Edward Bosc Sladen, a British army officer. The Earl is President of Basingstoke Conservative Association, patron of the Hampshire branch of the British Red Cross, and churchwarden of St Andrew's Church, Farleigh Wallop.
From 1987 until 2002, the Earl was a non-executive director of the Grainger Trust, "whose principal activity is property investment and trading" and which in 1998 "made £8.4 million on turnover of £44 million." As of 1999, he owned 16.55%, making him the firm's largest shareholder.
A supporter of hunting, he was Chairman of the Hampshire branch of the Game Conservancy Trust from 2001 to 2005. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers.
In 1988, the Earl helped fund £376,000 of the legal expenses of Nikolai Tolstoy in defending his libel case against Lord Aldington. He also helped fund the legal expenses of Neil Hamilton in defending his libel case against Mohammed Al-Fayed.

Personal life

On 10 February 1981, he was married to author Candia McWilliam, the only daughter of Colin McWilliam of Edinburgh. Before their divorce in 1985, they were the parents of two children:
Lord and Lady Portsmouth divorced in 1984 and both subsequently remarried. Lord Portsmouth then married Annabel Fergusson, daughter of Dr. Ian Fergusson, in 1990. They have one daughter:
He lives at the family home, Farleigh House in Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire.