Education
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, before taking a Diploma in the History of Art at London University as an extramural student.
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, before taking a Diploma in the History of Art at London University as an extramural student.
Honorary Fellow The Courtauld Institute of Art, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. He trained as an artist at the Lydgate Art Research Centre in Britain and has had exhibitions in London and in Somerset. Director General of the National Trust1983-1995
Chairman of the Greenwich Foundation for the Royal Naval College, Greenwich1997 - 2004
Trustee of The Samuel Courtauld Trust 1990-2012
Trustee, World Monuments Fund in Britain, 1996 - 2007
Governor of Gresham"s School
Chairman of the Royal Opera House, 1991-1996
Trustee of the City and Guilds of London Art School
Chairman of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee1997 - 2002
President of the Friends of Holland Park.
Member of Governing Board, The Courtauld Institute of Art 1981-1983 and 2002-2014
Member of the Stowe House Preservation Trust1998 - 2012.