Charles Palmer-Tomkinson

Charles Anthony Palmer-Tomkinson (born 4 January 1940) is an English landowner and philanthropist, a former Olympic skier, and a close friend of King Charles III. Landowner The Palmer-Tomkinson family owns substantial lands in Leicestershire, in and around Birstall and Wanlip, having inherited Wanlip Hall. Circa 2001, Palmer-Tomkinson sold some land at Hallam Fields, Birstall, to Jelson Builders for development as homes, schools, and community buildings over the following ten years. In 2010, he donated £1 million to Longslade Community College (as of 2015 The Cedars Academy) to build The Palmer-Tomkinson Centre for post-16-year-old students. Charles Palmer-Tomkinson owns the Dummer Grange estate near Basingstoke, Hampshire. The late Major Ronald Ferguson and his younger daughter Sarah, Duchess of York were close neighbours at the estate Dummer Down Farm. As of 2006, Palmer-Tomkinson and his wife were living on their Dummer estate. He was appointed High Sheriff for Hampshire for 1994.