Randal McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim

Randal Alexander St John McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim (born 2 July 1967), known until 2021 as Viscount Dunluce, is Chief of the McDonnells of Antrim. A Northern Irish landowner, with an estate based at Glenarm Castle, he is also a City of London business man, chairman of Sarasin & Partners LLP and a Director of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC.

Life

The son of Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim,[1] and a grandson of the sculptor Angela Sykes,[2] the present Lord Antrim was educated at Gresham's School and Worcester College, Oxford,[3] where he graduated in Modern History.[4] He is the brother of Lady Flora McDonnell.[3]

After Oxford, Viscount Dunluce, as he then was, embarked on a career in asset management in the City of London. In 1992, when he was twenty-five, his father put him in charge of the Glenarm Castle estate, and in that role he diversified to achieve sustainability, investing in Glenarm Shorthorn Beef, Glenarm Organic Salmon, and hydro-electric power.[4]

In 1998 he began to work at Sarasin & Partners LLP, where he has been chairman since 2008, taking responsibility for the investment mandates of the firm’s largest customers and its charitable endowments. He is a non-executive director of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC[4] and a Trustee of the Irish Landmark Trust. When his father died on 21 July 2021, he inherited his father’s peerages and estates.[2]

As Lord Dunluce, Antrim married Aurora Gunn in 2004. They have a son, Alexander, Viscount Dunluce (born 2006) and a daughter, Lady Helena McDonnell (born 2008), both at school in England.[4] Lady Antrim is a documentary filmmaker and member of the Board of the Royal Parks. [5]

Notes
  1. Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 31
  2. Marie Louise McConville, Earl of Antrim's funeral to take place in Glenarm next week, The Irish News, 6 August 2021, accessed 17 August 2021
  3. Burkes Peerage, vol. 1 (1999), p. 90
  4. The Earl of Antrim, highcouncilofclandonald.com, accessed 17 August 2021
  5. "New Members appointed to the board of The Royal Parks". DCMS. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  • The Complete Peerage, volume 14 (1998)
  • Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th Edition (1999)
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