Nicholas Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston explained
(Jenico) Nicholas Dudley Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston (born 19 November 1939), is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and British hereditary peer, who sat in the House of Lords (as Baron Gormanston) until 1999.[1]
Lord Gormanston is the premier viscount in the Peerage of Ireland (title created 1478).[2]
Family background
The only son and heir of Captain the 16th Viscount Gormanston (1914–1940)[3] and Pamela Hanly, daughter of Captain Edward Hanly and Lady Marjorie Feilding (daughter of the 9th Earl of Denbigh), he succeeded to the family titles before his first birthday; the 16th Viscount (Captain Jenico Preston, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) was killed in action[4] during the Battle of France in 1940.[5]
His maternal great-grandfather was General Sir William Butler, of Bansha Castle, County Tipperary, and his great-grandmother was the celebrated Victorian painter, Elizabeth Thompson (later Lady Butler). The 14th Viscount Gormanston GCMG, a diplomat, was his paternal great-grandfather.
Education
A Roman Catholic like his forebears, Lord Gormanston attended the Benedictine school of Downside, Somerset. He is a connoisseur of art.
Gormanston Castle
The ancestral seat, Gormanston Castle in County Meath, Ireland, was sold to the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor (OFM) in 1947, becoming Gormanston College.[6]
Personal life
In 1974, Viscount Gormanston married, firstly, Eva-Antonie Landzwójczaka (1955–1984),[7] having two sons:[8]
- Hon. Jenico Francis Tara Preston, born 1974, heir apparent; commercial director,[9] British Fashion Council[10] then Future Olympia,[11] married 2015 Kelly Catherine Reade (born 1978), global communications director Jo Malone,[12] descended via her mother from the Marquises of Chaves,[13] by whom he has one son,
- (Jenico Bertram Nicholas) Alfred Preston, born 2016, heir in line;
- Hon. William Luke Preston, born 1976, married 2016 Victoria Christensen.[14]
Viscount Gormanston married, secondly, on 2 November 1997 Lucy Arabella Fox (born 1960), daughter of Edward Fox and Tracy Reed.[15]
Lord and Lady Gormanston live in Kensington, London.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Parliamentary career for Viscount Gormanston – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament. members.parliament.uk.
- Web site: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage.
- https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw52033/Jenico-William-Richard-Preston-16th-Viscount-Gormanston?LinkID=mp53360&role=sit&rNo=0 www.npg.org.uk
- https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/war-memorial-lists/war-memorials-royal-gallery-ww2.pdf www.parliament.uk
- https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp53360/jenico-william-richard-preston-16th-viscount-gormanston www.npg.org.uk
- http://www.gormanstoncollege.ie/ www.gormanstoncollege.ie
- https://feefhs.org/resource/poland-virtuti-index-l Polish Order of the Virtuti Militari
- Web site: Gormanston, Viscount (I, 1478). www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
- https://haberdashers.co.uk/membership www.haberdashers.co.uk
- https://fashionunited.uk/news/people/british-fashion-council-appoints-3-new-directors-to-support-ceo/2016091321750 www.fashionunited.uk
- https://olympia.co.uk/team/ www.olympia.co.uk
- https://www.diarydirectory.com/newsarticle/jo-malone-london-global-announces-team-appointments/38305 www.diarydirectory.com
- Web site: Jo Malone London.
- https://debretts.com/peerage-and-baronetage/ www.debretts.com
- https://www.burkespeerage.com www.burkespeerage.com