Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey

Who is Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey?

Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey, KCVO, GCStJ, DL is a British businessman who has been Chairman of the Vestey Group Ltd. since 1995. He was Chairman of the Meat Training Council from 1991 to 1995.

Vestey succeeded to the peerage in 1954. He was educated at Eton College, and served as a Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.

He was Chancellor and Lord Prior of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem and was made Bailiff Grand Cross of this order in 1987. He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1982.

He has been Master of the Horse, of the Royal Household, of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom since 1999. His family seat is Stowell Park Estate in Gloucestershire, which was purchased in 1954 by the third generation Ronald Vestey and his brother Mark.

Vestey was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2009 Birthday Honours. He is a great-grandson of the famous opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.

His grandson, the Hon. William Guy Vestey, served as a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1995 to 1998.

Lord Vestey, along with his brother Edmund Vestey, are worth £1.2 billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013.