Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman

Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman
Viscount Portman
Born	Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman (1958-07-30) 30 July 1958
Nationality	British
Net worth	GBP £1.72 billion (STRL April 2015)^[1]
Children	3

Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman (born 30 July 1958) is a British peer and property developer.

Biography

Portman is the eldest son of Edward Portman, 9th Viscount Portman by his first wife Rosemary Joy Farris. He inherited the viscountcy on his father's death in 1999.

Portman estate

Viscount Portman and family ranked 33rd in the Sunday Times Rich List 2005 and 40th in the 2006 list, with an estimated personal fortune of £1,200m.

His fortune comes from his 110-acre (0.45 km²) central London inheritance, called the Portman estate, which is spending £40 million on an investment programme that includes the development of a shopping area, Portman Village.

Portman's other assets include shares in commercial properties in New York and Florida.

Marriages & Children

Portman's first wife was Caroline Steenson with whom he had one son:

Hon. Luke Henry Oliver Berkeley Portman (born 1984), heir apparent to the viscountcy.

He was married secondly in 1987 to Patricia Martins Pim with whom he has two further sons:

Hon. Matthew Portman (born 1990)
Hon. Daniel Portman (born 1995)^[2]

Arms

Arms of Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman
Coronet A Coronet of a Viscount Crest 1st: a Talbot sejant Or; 2nd: a Unicorn passant Gules armed and crined Or Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or a Fleurs-de-lis Azure (Portman); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Chevron Ermine between ten Crosses Patée Argent six in chief and four in base (Berkeley) Supporters Dexter: a Savage wreathed about the head and waist with Ivy in his dexter hand a Club resting on the shoulder proper; Sinister: a Talbot Or Motto A Clean Heart and a Cheerful Spirit

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References

↑ "Sunday Times Rich List". The Sunday Times (page 27). 26 April 2014. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ The Peerage, entry for 10th Viscount Portman
↑ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/portman1873.htm

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Portman

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Henry Berkeley Portman	Viscount Portman 1999–present	Incumbent

British viscounts*

In the peerages of England, Scotland and Great Britain

Hereford Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird Bolingbroke & St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood

In the peerage of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene & Ferrard Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Haberton Hawarden

In the peerages of United Kingdom & Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive viscounts, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest

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