John Meade, 7th Earl of Clanwilliam

His father inherited Uppark, Sussex in 1930 and adapted the additional surname of Fetherstonhaugh, and it was this estate that John considered home.

[5] However, his time in the Army was unhappy,[4] and after World War II, he moved to South Africa and ran an abalone canning company.

[6] In 1956, Meade married Maxine (died 2004),[1] daughter of James Adrian Hayden-Scott and former wife of Michael Levien, by whom he had three children: He lived in Tisbury, Wiltshire.

He spoke on a variety of subjects, including soil conservation, a topic in which he took great interest, as a gardener.

[1] The Earl died on Christmas Eve, 2009, and was succeeded by his son Patrick, theretofore styled Lord Gillford.