Anthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad (born 1942), of Pynkney Hall, in Tattersett near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, is a landowner, City of London business man, and a senior county officer for Norfolk.
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Early life and education
Duckworth-Chad is son of Anthony John Stanhope Duckworth, of Dodges House, Sharpthorne, near East Grinstead, Sussex, and Audrey Diana, daughter of J. N. Tollenaar, of Sloane Street. He was educated at Eton College and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. His paternal grandfather was Sir George Herbert Duckworth, half-brother of the painter Vanessa Bell and writer Virginia Woolf. Duckworth-Chad's great-uncle, Gerald Duckworth founded the London publishing firm of Duckworth & Co; Duckworth-Chad agreed to become the heir of his great-uncle's widow with the stipulation that he would add her maiden name, Chad, to his own.
Career
He is a liveryman and past Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London, Chairman of the Governing Body of Gresham's School, Holt, vice-president of the Anglers’ Conservation Association, Trustee of the Country Land and Business Association Charitable Trust, and Trustee of the Rudhams Playing Fields Trust.
In 1992, Duckworth-Chad was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk. He now serves as a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.