William Stanhope, Viscount Petersham

William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born 14 October 1967), is the son of Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington, and his first wife, Virginia Freeman-Jackson. He is the heir apparent to the earldom of Harrington.
Personal life
Stanhope was born on 14 October 1967 in Limerick, Ireland, to the then-Viscount Petersham and his wife Virginia Freeman-Jackson, a debutante. His parents divorced when he was 16 years old. He has one younger sister, Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon, who is a niece-by-marriage of Queen Elizabeth II. Through his father, he is a descendant of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England.
Stanhope spent most of his childhood between Chelsea with his father and his father's girlfriend and later wife Anita Howard, Countess of Suffolk, and Monaco with his mother.
He went to Aysgarth School in North Yorkshire. After leaving Aysgarth, he went on to study at Aiglon College in Switzerland.<ref name="auto"/>
Marriage and children
On 28 April 2001, Stanhope married Candida Sophia Bond in Gloucestershire. They have two children:
* Hon. Tirkana Alleyne Stanhope, born 1 August 2003
* Hon. Augustus Henry Stanhope, born 26 September 2005, currently a Page of Honour to Elizabeth II

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