Charles Anthony Palmer-Tomkinson is an English landowner, a former English skier, and a close friend of Prince Charles.
Charles Palmer-Tomkinson was a competitor in the 1964 Winter Olympics in the Giant Slalom and Downhill events. Other members of his family were also Olympians. His father James competed in the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympic Games, and died aged 36 in 1952 after a skiing accident. His brother, Jeremy, competed in the 1968, 1972, 19...
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Charles Anthony Palmer-Tomkinson is an English landowner, a former English skier, and a close friend of Prince Charles.
Charles Palmer-Tomkinson was a competitor in the 1964 Winter Olympics in the Giant Slalom and Downhill events. Other members of his family were also Olympians. His father James competed in the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympic Games, and died aged 36 in 1952 after a skiing accident. His brother, Jeremy, competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics' in various events.
The Palmer-Tomkinson family own substantial lands in and around Birstall, Leicestershire, and Wanlip, Leicestershire, having inherited Wanlip Hall in that county . Some of the lands were recently (circa 2001) sold with restrictions and covenants. (see Trivia below)
Charles Palmer-Tomkinson owns the 1,200-acre Dummer Grange estate near Basingstoke, Hampshire The late Major Ronald Ferguson and his younger daughter Sarah, Duchess of York were very close neighbors at the 220-acre estate Dummer Down...
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