Background
Lord Cowdray is the son of Weetman Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray (1910–1995). His mother was Lady Anne Pamela Bridgeman (1913–2009) daughter of Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford (1873–1957).
Lord Cowdray is the son of Weetman Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray (1910–1995). His mother was Lady Anne Pamela Bridgeman (1913–2009) daughter of Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford (1873–1957).
He attended Gordonstoun School, a boarding school in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
He is the 65th richest person and the 10th largest landowner in the United Kingdom. His great-grandfather, Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray (1856–1927), had been created Viscount Cowdray in 1917. He has a half-brother, Charles Anthony Pearson, who owns the Dunecht estate, including Dunecht House, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
He dabbled in farming and later in finance, working in the City of London.
He then served in the British Army. In the late 1960s, he started a career as a film producer, running the film production company Cupid Productions.
He produced Sympathy for the Devil, a film starring The Rolling Stones and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, in 1968. Personal life
In 1970, he had a child out of wedlock, Sebastian William Orlando Pearson, with Barbara Page.
They lived in Ibiza, Spain.
In 1985, he was listed in Debrett"s Peerage as a resident of Le Schuylkill, a high-rise building in Monaco. They have five children:
Emily Jane Marina Pearson (born 13 December 1989),
Catrina Sophie Lavinia Pearson (born 13 March 1991),
Peregrine John Dickinson Pearson (born 27 October 1994)
Montague Orlando William Pearson (born 17 May 1997). Lord Cowdray lives at Cowdray Park in Midhurst, West Sussex.
In 2010, he was the second-richest person in Sussex and the 65th richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated wealth of £850 million.
As of May 2012, he was worth an estimated £500 million. In September 2010, he put Cowdray Park up for sale for £25 million with the intention of downsizing, but did not find a buyer.
Viscount Cowdray is also a supporter of the Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party, having donated over £35,000 to the party since 2008.
