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The surprise star of
ITV1's "I'm a Celebrity...Get me out of here!".
Lord Brocket
first hit the headlines when he was sent to prison after being found guilty of
conspiracy to defraud an insurance company. He served two and a half years in
seven prisons. The former army lieutenant says his time in prison was something
which, whilst he wouldn’t wish to repeat it, made him a much better person, with
a much greater tolerance of others.
His
experiences form part of his fascinating life story. His father died when he was
just 9 years old. The title of Lord Brocket passed to him at the age of 21 when
his grandfather died and he inherited the crumbling ruin, Brocket Hall. But his
grandfather left him in poverty. Brocket borrowed some money from an American
bank (no British bank would touch him) and he set about converting his home into
one of the world’s foremost hotel and conference venues. Friends were invited to
weekend demolition parties to smash down walls, rewire the electrics and rebuild
the antiquated plumbing. Today, Lord Brocket still owns the Hall, in
Hertfordshire, which is worth an estimated £42 million. It is rented out on a
long-term lease to a German consortium.
He now lives
in London, works as an architect and is very much in demand on the corporate
circuit as an hilarious after dinner speaker and raconteur.
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