Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey

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The Lord Vestey
Bt KCVO GCStJ DL
Trooping the Colour, senior offices.JPG
Lord Vestey, Master of the Horse, riding to The Queen's Birthday Parade in 2009
Born (1941-03-19) 19 March 1941 (age 83)
Residence Stowell Park, Gloucestershire
Nationality  United Kingdom
Education Eton College; RMAS
Occupation Chairman, Vestey Group
Title 3rd Baron Vestey;
Master of the Horse
Predecessor Samuel, 2nd Baron Vestey
Political party Conservative
Children 5
Parent(s) The Hon. William Vestey, Captain, Scots Guards
(kia 1944)[1]
Insignia of a Baronet

Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey Bt KCVO GCStJ DL (born 19 March 1941) is a British peer, landowner, philanthropist and businessman.

Lord Vestey currently serves as Master of the Horse to the Royal Household.[2]

Early life

Samuel Vestey was born on 19 March 1941. He was educated at Eton College, before attending Sandhurst. He served as a Lieutenant in the Scots Guards. He is a great-grandson of the celebrated opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.

Business career

Lord Vestey has served as the Chairman of the Vestey Group since 1995 and was Chairman of the Meat Training Council[3] from 1991–95. He is also a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Butchers.

In popular culture

Vestey's battle with the native Australian Gurindji people over working conditions and native land claims was chronicled in Paul Kelly's song "From Little Things Big Things Grow", originally released on his 1991 album Comedy. Vestey also features in Ted Egan's song "Gurindji Blues", which is about the land rights and working conditions of Australian aboriginal people at Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory.[4]

Public service

Baronet's Badge ribbon.png Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png Order of St John (UK) ribbon.png Service Medal of the Order of St John Ribbon.jpg

In 1954 Vestey succeeded his grandfather in the peerage title at the age of thirteen. His family seat is Stowell Park Estate in Gloucestershire, purchased in 1954.[5]

He was Chancellor (1988–91) and Lord Prior of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1991–2002) having been appointed Bailiff Grand Cross (GCStJ) in 1987.[6] He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1982.

Lord Vestey has served as Master of the Horse to the Royal Household, to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom since 1999, who appointed him Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[7]

KCVO insignia

Personal life

His elder son, The Hon. William Guy Vestey,[8] served as a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1995 to 1998.[9][10]

The Vestey family's combined wealth (Lord Vestey, with his cousin, Sir Edmund Vestey) amounts to approximately £1.2 billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013.[11]


Arms

Arms of Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey
Coronet
Baron's coronet
Crest
In front of a Springbok's Head couped at the neck Proper three Mullets fesswise Azure
Escutcheon
Azure in base barry wavy of four Argent and of the First an Iceberg issuant Proper on a Chief of the Second three Eggs also Proper
Supporters
Dexter: a Sheep Proper; Sinister: a Bull Argent
Motto
"E Labore Stabilitas" (Out of hard work comes stability)
Orders
The Royal Victorian Order circlet:
VICTORIA
The Badge of the Order of St John:
Maltese Cross.

References

  1. ↑ Profile, burkespeerage.com; accessed 29 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Profile, royal.gov.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.[dead link]
  3. ↑ Profile, meattraining.org.uk; accessed 29 August 2015. Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Profile, guardian.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Profile, debretts.com; accessed 29 August 2015.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59090. p. 3. 13 June 2009.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 54036. p. 6949. 16 May 1995.
  10. ↑ Profile, guardian.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Coronet of a British Baron.svg
Baron Vestey
1954–present		 Incumbent
Heir apparent:
The Hon. William Vestey
Court offices
Preceded by Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg
Master of the Horse
1999–present		 Incumbent
Other offices
Preceded by
VOSJ Grand Priory Coat of Arms.JPG

Lord Prior of St John
1991–2002		 Succeeded by
Colonel Eric Barry
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Master of the Horse		 Succeeded by
The Earl of Shrewsbury
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