Shaun Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton

Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton (21 August 1945 – 13 February 2019) was an Irish and British peer, soldier, landowner, and powerboat racer.

Normanton was the elder son of Edward John Sidney Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton, and his wife Lady Fiona Pratt, a daughter of John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden, who had previously been married to Sir John Gerard Henry Fleetwood Fuller, 2nd Baronet.

[2] As Viscount Somerton, Normanton was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards direct from Mons on 3 April 1965.

Normanton commercialized the parkland, turning it into a golf club, opened the house to the public, and organized many events to raise money, including festivals, concerts, and clay pigeon shoots.

[6] Dod's Parliamentary Companion (1991) states that Normanton was a member of White's and the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Somerley House
The Somerley Venus and Adonis