David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (born 3 November 1961), known professionally as David Linley, a bespoke furniture maker and chairman of
Christie'sChristie's is a leading art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...
UK, the international auction house. The son of
Princess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonThe Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II....
, and
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonAntony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, RDI, is an English photographer and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who sits in the House of Lords by a life peerage granted him in 1999. He was married to Princess Margaret from 1960 to 1978...
; he is thirteenth in the
line of succession to the British ThroneThe line of succession to the British Throne is a partial list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and common law....
and heir to the Earldom of Snowdon.
Born at the Royal property,
Clarence HouseClarence House is a royal home in London, situated on The Mall. It is attached to St. James's Palace and shares the palace's garden. For nearly 50 years, from 1953 to 2002, it was home to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, but is now the official residence of The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of...
, in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
Linley was educated at Bedales, where he developed a passion for arts and crafts.
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (born 3 November 1961), known professionally as David Linley, a bespoke furniture maker and chairman of
Christie'sChristie's is a leading art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...
UK, the international auction house. The son of
Princess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonThe Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II....
, and
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonAntony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, RDI, is an English photographer and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who sits in the House of Lords by a life peerage granted him in 1999. He was married to Princess Margaret from 1960 to 1978...
; he is thirteenth in the
line of succession to the British ThroneThe line of succession to the British Throne is a partial list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and common law....
and heir to the Earldom of Snowdon.
Family
Born at the Royal property,
Clarence HouseClarence House is a royal home in London, situated on The Mall. It is attached to St. James's Palace and shares the palace's garden. For nearly 50 years, from 1953 to 2002, it was home to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, but is now the official residence of The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of...
, in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
Linley was educated at Bedales, where he developed a passion for arts and crafts. From 1980 to 1982 he studied at Parnham College for craftsmen in wood. He opened a workshop in
DorkingDorking is a historic market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately south of London, in Surrey, England.- History and development :...
where he designed and made furniture for three years before setting up his own company David Linley Furniture Ltd, now known as Linley, where he makes bespoke furniture, upholstery, and interior design products known for their neoclassical appearance and use of inlaid woods. He has written numerous books and lectured around the world.
On 1 December 2006 he took up the post of chairman of Christie's UK, having joined the board in 2005 as a non-executive director.
After romances with
Susannah ConstantineSusannah Caroline Constantine is an award-winning English fashion guru, style advisor, presenter, bestselling fashion author and designer....
, Kate Menzies, and Nicola Formby, Lord Linley married
The Hon. Serena StanhopeSerena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and a member, by marriage, of the extended British Royal Family. She was born in Limerick, Ireland.-Background:...
, a daughter of the Hon. Charles Stanhope (now
Earl of HarringtonEarl of Harrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1742 for the former Secretary of State and then Lord President of the Council, William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington. He had already been created Baron Harrington, of Harrington in the County of Northampton, in 1730,...
), on 8 October 1993.
They have two children:
| Name | Birth | Notes |
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| The Hon. Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones is the son of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley. He is a great-grandson of King George VI of the United Kingdom....
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1 July 1999 |
Born in London, second in line to the Earldom of Snowdon. Named in honour of the Prince of Wales; Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, the birthplace of his mother; and 17th century English architect and designer Inigo Jones. Six godparents: Lady Bruce Dundas (aka Ruth Kennedy), Nigel Harvey, Nick Powell, Orlando Rock, Lucinda Cecil and Rita Konig (lifestyle writer, Vogue columnist, and daughter of royal-family decorator Nina Campbell). |
| The Hon. Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones is the only daughter of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley. She was born three months after the death of her grandmother, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and a month and a half after the death of her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the...
|
14 May 2002 |
Named for her paternal grandmother, the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and great-aunt, Elizabeth II. Rose was, according to her father in an interview with Majesty Magazine, selected by her brother Charles. Alleyne is also one of her mother's middle names. |
Succession
Lord Linley is the son of
Princess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonThe Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II....
and the
1st Earl of SnowdonAntony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, RDI, is an English photographer and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who sits in the House of Lords by a life peerage granted him in 1999. He was married to Princess Margaret from 1960 to 1978...
; thus he is the
nephewNephew is a term referring to the son of one's sibling or spouse's sibling, and niece to the daughter of one's sibling or spouse's sibling. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation...
of
Queen Elizabeth IIElizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known informally as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...
, and a
grandsonGrandson has multiple meanings:*Grandson, a son of a child of a person, see family *Grandson, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland*Grandson , a district in Switzerland...
of
George VIGeorge VI was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death...
. Though his mother was a princess, in the United Kingdom, royal titles and styles are passed only from the father. Similarly, the children of
Princess AnneAnne, Princess Royal is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
do not hold titles. He does not hold the title
Viscount LinleyEarl of Snowdon is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961, together with the subsidiary title Viscount Linley, of Nymans in the County of Sussex, for Antony Armstrong-Jones, husband of HRH The Princess Margaret...
in his own right; rather, it is a
courtesy titleA courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used by children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the users do not themselves hold substantive titles...
used by the eldest son and heir general of the
Earl of SnowdonEarl of Snowdon is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961, together with the subsidiary title Viscount Linley, of Nymans in the County of Sussex, for Antony Armstrong-Jones, husband of HRH The Princess Margaret...
. If he outlives his father, Lord Linley will assume the title, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, in his own right. At the time of his birth he was fifth in the
line of succession to the British throneThe line of succession to the British Throne is a partial list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and common law....
, now he is in thirteenth place and is the first person in the line of succession who is not a descendant of the Queen.
Ancestry
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