Wikipedia:Randal McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim

Randal Alexander St John McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim (born 2 July 1967), known until 2021 as Viscount Dunluce, is Chief of Clan McDonnell of the Glens. A Northern Irish landowner, with an estate based at Glenarm Castle, he is also a City of London business man, chairman of Sarasin & Partners LLP and a Director of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC.

Life
The son of Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim, and a grandson of the sculptor Angela Sykes, the present Lord Antrim was educated at Gresham's School and Worcester College, Oxford, where he graduated in Modern History. He is the brother of Lady Flora McDonnell.

After Oxford, Viscount Dunluce, as he then was, embarked on a career in asset management in the City of London. In 1992, when he was twenty-five, his father put him in charge of the Glenarm Castle estate, and in that role he diversified to achieve sustainability, investing in Glenarm Shorthorn Beef, Glenarm Organic Salmon, and hydro-electric power. Glenarm Castle was first built in 1603 by Antrim’s ancestor Randal MacSorley MacDonnell.

In 1998 he began to work at Sarasin & Partners LLP, where he has been chairman since 2008, taking responsibility for the investment mandates of the firm’s largest customers and its charitable endowments. He is a non-executive director of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC. In 2002, he was a member of three London clubs, the Savile, the Turf, and the Beefsteak.

As Lord Dunluce, Antrim married Aurora Gunn in 2004. They have a son, Alexander, Viscount Dunluce (born 2006) and a daughter, Lady Helena McDonnell (born 2008), both at school in England. Lady Antrim is a documentary filmmaker and member of the Board of the Royal Parks.

When his father died on 21 July 2021, Antrim inherited his peerages and estates.

In November 2021, Antrim, Edwin Poots, and local children planted the first trees of 350 hectares of new native woodland on Antrim’s estate at Glenarm Forest. Poots, Minister Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, announced this as Northern Ireland’s first Queen's Commonwealth Canopy forest conservation project.