Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan


Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan, , styled as Viscount Chelsea until 1997, is a British billionaire peer and landowner. He is a first cousin of the Aga Khan IV, spiritual head of the Ismaili sect of Shia Muslims.

Biography

Early life

He was born the son of William Gerald Charles Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan and the Hon. Primrose Lilian Yarde-Buller, and was known as Viscount Chelsea before inheriting the title of Earl Cadogan on the death of his father on 4 July 1997. He was educated at Eton College.

Career

He was a Second Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in 1996. He chaired Chelsea Football Club from 1981 until 1982 and is also a Governor of Culford School in Suffolk.
He owned Bedfordshire based high end upholstered furniture manufacturers, Peter Guild Ltd, for a period during the 1990s.
In the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 ranking of the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom, his family was placed 14th with an estimated fortune of £2 billion.—he is the second richest UK-based peer behind the Duke of Westminster. The Cadogan family's wealth is based on Cadogan Estates, which administers extensive landholdings in Chelsea, a wealthy part of London, including much of Sloane Street and Cadogan Hall.

Honours

On 6 June 1963, he married Lady Philippa Wallop, daughter of Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth, and had two sons and one daughter:
He married secondly the etiquette expert Jennifer Rae.
His third marriage is to Dorothy Ann Shipsey, formerly the matron at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers.
Lord Cadogan's heir, Viscount Chelsea, lives at the family's Snaigow estate in Scotland. Lord Chelsea was educated at St David's College, Llandudno, and then served with the RAF in the first Gulf war.