He is currently the chairman of Bristol Estates, a company which owns historic property interests in Horringer, Suffolk, Great Chesterford, Essex, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, and in Kemptown, Brighton.
[3] Bristol is patron of several organisations, including the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust; the Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds; and the Friends of West Suffolk Hospital.
[1] In 1998, the 7th Marquess sold his lease to occupy the East Wing of Ickworth House, the family seat since the 15th century.
[5] However, in 2009, Sir Simon Jenkins, the National Trust's new chairman, stated, "I think it is in our interest for the Marquesses of Bristol to be living there".
[8][9] On 11 May 2018, Lord Bristol married Meredith Dunn, an American art consultant, in a Roman Catholic wedding at the Brompton Oratory.