Charles Anthony van Straubenzee (born 1988) is an English businessman and investment executive.

Ancestry, early life and education

Charlie van Straubenzee is the youngest son of Captain Alexander van Straubenzee, formerly of the

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, and Claire van Straubenzee MBE, née Fenwick. Claire is the eldest daughter of Anthony and Caroline Fenwick DL of

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. Charlie is the grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry van Straubenzee DSO OBE. The van Straubenzee family are landed gentry, of

Spennithorne Spennithorne is a village and civil parish in lower Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of the market town Leyburn, on a slight elevation above the River Ure, which forms the so ...

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. Their ancestor Colonel Turner van Straubenzee JP DL bought the estate in 1788. Charlie’s eldest brother is Thomas van Straubenzee. In 2002 his elder brother, Henry, was killed in a car accident. The funeral was attended by members of the British royal family. Van Straubenzee attended

Ludgrove School Ludgrove School is an English independent school, independent boys' Preparatory school (UK), preparatory boarding school. Ludgrove was founded in 1892 at Ludgrove Hall in Middlesex by the Old Etonian sportsman Arthur Dunn. Dunn had been employed ...

, where he became a close friend of

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, and

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. He graduated from the

University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick un ...

in 2010.

Career

Van Straubenzee worked for Jupiter Asset Management in sales team servicing for stockbrokers, family offices, and multi-managers. He joined the investment company Brown Advisory in August 2011. He currently serves as the head of the United Kingdom financial intermediaries and is part of the institutional sales and business development team at Brown Advisory for international business.

Personal life

Van Straubenzee served as best man at the

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. Van Straubenzee married Daisy Jenks on 4 August 2018 at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Frensham. Prince Harry reportedly served as best man at Van Straubenzee's wedding. The ceremony was also attended by

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, and

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. He is a godfather to

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. The couple has three children, Clover Kitty van Straubenzee (born 26 February 2020), Henry Alexander van Straubenzee (born 10 October 2021), and Elfreda Violet van Straubenzee (born 30 January 2024).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Straubenzee, Charlie van Living people English people of Belgian descent English people of Dutch descent English investors Alumni of Newcastle University People educated at Ludgrove School Charlie 1988 births