William Stonor, 8th Baron Camoys

Lord Camoys was born 10 September 1974 to Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys and Elisabeth Hyde Parker, daughter of Sir William Stephen Hyde-Parker, 11th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Manchester, graduating with a BA degree in History. He is a direct descendant of Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (second creation), who commanded the left wing of the English army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He is a direct descendant of British Prime Minister Robert Peel whose daughter Eliza married The Hon. Francis Stonor. He is a descendant of Nicholas Brown, after whom Brown University in Rhode Island in the United States was named. Through his mother he is a descendant of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, who broke the defences of North River in New York in 1776 as captain of HMS Phoenix and later commanded the Battle of Copenhagen with Vice-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson as his second-in-command. ==Career==

After graduation, Lord Camoys worked in London and Bristol for private equity firm 3i plc before joining the Foreign Office as a diplomat, where he worked on Afghanistan and Iran in the Middle East Department, in New Delhi and in London as leader of a counter-terrorism team. In 2009, he founded Ilex Partners International Limited, a mergers and acquisitions company focused on Asian markets, with Lord Rothschild. He lived in China from 2010 to 2016. In 2021, Lord Camoys co-founded Marlow Studios, a new $1bn 1.5m sq.ft technology, media and creative campus located in Marlow, South Buckinghamshire. He is a Trustee and Director of the Wormsley Estate, the Getty family private residence in South Buckinghamshire. He is a Member of the Livery of The Fishmongers Company. He is the UK Chairman of Nepal Nature Trust, a UK charity supporting nature conservation in Nepal, and a Member of the Governing Board of Trustees of Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservation. He is a member of the Thames and Chilterns Regional Committee of Historic Houses. Lord Camoys was elected a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta in 2024. ==Marriage and family life==

Stonor married Lady Ailsa Fiona Mackay, daughter of Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape in 2004. They have three children. Lord Camoys' ancestral home is Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. ==References==