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Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman

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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Portman
Born
Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman

(1958-07-30) 30 July 1958 (age 66)
NationalityBritish
OccupationProperty developer
Spouses
  • Caroline Steenson
  • Patricia Martins Pim
Children3 sons

Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman (born 30 July 1958) is a British peer and property developer. He ranked 89th on the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated fortune of £1.9 billion.[1] As of 2024 he was "resident abroad for tax purposes".[2]

Biography

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

Portman estate

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Viscount Portman and family were ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2024, with an estimated wealth of £1.9 billion.

This fortune is principally the controlling interest in a 110-acre (0.45 km2) portion of Marylebone, central London, the Portman Estate. The trust is spending £40 million on an investment programme to create a shopping area, Portman Village.

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

Marriages and children

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Portman's first wife was Caroline Steenson, and they had one son:[3]

In 1987, he married the Brazilian Patricia Martins Pim, now Viscountess (Lady) Portman, and they have two sons:[3]

  • Hon. Matthew Portman (born 1990)[3]
  • Hon. Daniel Portman (born 1995)[3]

Arms

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Coat of 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

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  1. ^ "The Sunday Times Rich List 2024". www.thetimes.co.uk. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2024/2784.html
  3. ^ a b c d e Bradberry, Grace (23 January 2004). "Who'll inherit London?". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Portman, Viscount (UK, 1873)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Portman
1999–present 		Incumbent
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