The Marquess of Normanby | |
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| Member of theHouse of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as ahereditary peer 30 January 1994 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 4th Marquess of Normanby |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1954-02-24)24 February 1954 (age 71) |
| 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 |
Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 24 February 1954), is aBritish peer, novelist, poet, and entrepreneur.
Lord Normanby is the son ofOswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby andthe Hon. Grania Guinness, a member of theGuinness brewing family and a daughter ofWalter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne. He was educated atEton,Worcester College, Oxford, andCity University of London.
He succeeded to the marquessate and other titles upon the death of his father in 1994 and entered theHouse of Lords as acrossbencher. He lost his seat under theHouse of Lords Act 1999.[1]
Normanby lives in London and atMulgrave Castle.
Normanby is the owner of the Mulgrave Estate andMulgrave Castle, nearWhitby,North Yorkshire. He is the founder of Mulgrave Properties LLP, a residential developer in Yorkshire. His indirect wealth includes a sizeable interest in property inWest Vancouver, Canada, viaBritish Pacific Properties Ltd of which he is a director. In 1998 he sold the 11,000-acre (45 km2)Warter Priory estate, nearPocklington,East Riding of Yorkshire, to businessmanMalcolm Healey for a reported £48 million.[2]
Lord Normanby is chairman of the Normanby Charitable Trust which has a North Yorkshire focus. The trust has also supportedTrinity College, Dublin, andOxford University.
Before he was married, Normanby had a daughter with Sophie McCormick:[3]
In 1990, Normanby married the journalist and authorNicola Shulman, daughter of theatre criticMilton Shulman and sister ofBritishVogue editorAlexandra Shulman. They have three children:[4][5]
Normanby is the author of three novels under the name Constantine Phipps:Careful with the Sharks (1985),Among the Thin Ghosts (1989), andWhat You Want (2014).
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Marquess of Normanby 1994–present | Incumbent Heir apparent: John Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave |
| Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Gentlemen | Followed by |
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