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Earl of Perth

The Earl of Perth PC

Chairman: July 1964 - July 1965


Chairman of the Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art from 1972 to 1976; First Crown Estate Commissioner from 1962 to 1977; appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1957; Minister of State for Colonial Affairs (1957-1962); Representative Peer for Scotland (1952-1963); Partner, Schroders (1945-1956); WWII: Ministry of Production (1944-1945), Cabinet office (1942-1944), Intelligence Corps, Paris (1939-1942); Chairman to the Council of Management (1964-1965), The Ditchley Foundation.

Photo - © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Former Chairmen

Participants of the Ditchley Foundation internship programme in 2021

The Ditchley Internship Programme

The Ditchley Internship programme offers over 50 students the opportunity each year to become immersed in the ethos of Ditchley.

Antique chairs and sofas at Ditchley Park

Our Home at Ditchley Park

Ditchley Park is part of the world’s heritage and remains as central to our way of working now as it has ever been. 

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