Anthony Duckworth-Chad

Anthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad OBE DL (born 1942), of Pynkney Hall, in Tattersett near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, is a landowner, City of London business man, and a senior county officer for Norfolk.

Early life and education

Duckworth-Chad is son of Anthony John Stanhope Duckworth, of Dodges House, Sharpthorne, near East Grinstead, Sussex, and Audrey Diana, daughter of J. N. Tollenaar, of Sloane Street.[1] He was educated at Eton College and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.[2] His paternal grandfather was Sir George Herbert Duckworth, half-brother of the painter Vanessa Bell and writer Virginia Woolf.[3] Duckworth-Chad's great-uncle, Gerald Duckworth founded the London publishing firm of Duckworth & Co; Duckworth-Chad agreed to become the heir of his great-uncle's widow with the stipulation that he would add her maiden name, Chad, to his own.

Career

He is a liveryman and past Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London, Chairman of the Governing Body of Gresham's School, Holt, vice-president of the Anglers’ Conservation Association, Trustee of the Country Land and Business Association Charitable Trust, and Trustee of the Rudhams Playing Fields Trust. In 1992, Duckworth-Chad was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk.[4] He now serves as a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.[5]

In 1999, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the Country Landowners' Association and the Rural Community.

Personal life

In 1970, Duckworth-Chad married (Elizabeth) Sarah Wake-Walker, a granddaughter of the seventh Earl Spencer. They have two sons and a daughter. Duckworth-Chad's wife, Elizabeth Wake-Walker, is a first cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 153rd edition, ed. Odham's Press, 1955, p. 228
  2. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, 2003, p. 4039
  3. ↑ Roger Poole, The Unknown Virginia Woolf, Cambridge University Press, 1978, pages 27-34
  4. ↑ "No. 52868". The London Gazette. 20 March 1992. pp. 5025–5026.
  5. ↑ "No. 53556". The London Gazette. 25 January 1994. p. 1097.
  6. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, 2003, pp. 3695, 4039
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