Alexandra Gage, Viscountess Gage
The Visountess Gage | |
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| Born | Alexandra Murray Templeton 1969 |
| Spouse | Nicholas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage |
| Children | 1 |
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Alexandra Murray Gage, Viscountess Gage (née Templeton; born 1969) is a British academic, businesswoman, and aristocrat. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Brighton, teaching fine art at the university's School of Art and Media. As the second wife of Nicholas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage, she is the châtelaine of Firle Place in Sussex. Lady Gage is the founder and owner of the skincare business Beauty Energy Balms, which makes products from herbs grown in the garden of the Firle estate.
Biography[edit]
Lady Gage married Nicholas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage in 2009 at St Thomas à Becket Church, Framfield in an Anglican ceremony celebrated by Rev. Peter Owen-Jones.[1] They have one son together, The Honourable John Valentine Gage.[2][3] She is Lord Gage's second wife, as he divorced Lady Diana Adrienne Beatty in 2004, and is thirty-eight years younger than her husband.[1][4] As the Viscountess Gage, she manages the family estate, Firle Place, which is open to the public four months out of the year.[2][5] When Firle Place is used for television and filming projects, she and her husband stay at Charleston Farmhouse, another one of their properties.[2][4]
Lady Gage founded the company Beauty Energy Balms, which makes skincare products from herbs grown in the gardens at Firle Place.[2][6]
She works at the University of Brighton, as a fine art senior lecturer at the university's School of Art and Media.[3][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Sussex Lord will be father again at 75". The Argus. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Duchess: Viscountess Gage of Firle Place on Apple Podcasts". Podcasts.apple.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Lord Gage's first sale and public exhibition of paintings - Firle Place, nr Lewes". Great British Life. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Lord Gage: £330,000 of taxpayer money spent fixing Tory aristocrat's potholes | Metro News". Metro.co.uk. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Sleator, Laurence. "£330,000 of taxpayer cash used to repair former Tory peer's potholed drive | News". The Times. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Olivia Williams February 13, 2016 (13 February 2016). "Winter wellness tips". Country Life. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Alex Templeton — The University of Brighton". Research.brighton.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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