Charles Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough
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Charles `Abd al-Mateen John Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough
(born 5 November 1963) is the son of John Edward Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough and Florence Anne Petronel Upton. He married Anna-Karin Zecevic, daughter of George Zecevic, in 1990. He succeeded his father to the title and a 28,000 acre (113 square kilometre) Lincolnshire
estate in 1991 and is said to be worth £70 million.
He is a convert to Islam
,{ Master of the Brocklesby Hunt, and President of Brocklesby Park Cricket
Club. He was educated at Eton College
.
In March 2009, he was banned from driving for 90 days after hitting speeds of 125 mph in his BMW on the A1 in November 2008.
Earl of Yarborough
Earl of Yarborough is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron Yarborough. The Anderson-Pelham family descends from Francis Anderson of Manby, Lincolnshire. He married Mary, daughter of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire...
(born 5 November 1963) is the son of John Edward Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough and Florence Anne Petronel Upton. He married Anna-Karin Zecevic, daughter of George Zecevic, in 1990. He succeeded his father to the title and a 28,000 acre (113 square kilometre) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
estate in 1991 and is said to be worth £70 million.
He is a convert to Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
,{ Master of the Brocklesby Hunt, and President of Brocklesby Park Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
Club. He was educated at Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
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In March 2009, he was banned from driving for 90 days after hitting speeds of 125 mph in his BMW on the A1 in November 2008.
Children
- George John Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley (born 9 August 1990)
- Hon. William Charles John Walter Pelham (born 1991)
- Hon. James Marcus Pelham (born 1994)