1. Damian Aspinall is the chairman of The Aspinall Foundation, founded by his father, which has raised and released several zoo-bred lowland gorillas in Gabon.
14 Facts About Damian Aspinall
1. 2.
Damian Aspinall manages Howletts Wild Animal Park and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park.
3.
When he was six years old, in 1966, Damian Aspinall's parents went through a bitter divorce as a result of adultery by his mother.
4.
Damian Aspinall's father won custody and immediately sent him to Millfield, a boarding school in Street, Somerset.
5.
Partially as a result of the direction of his father, Damian Aspinall never saw his mother again.
6.
In 1972, Damian Aspinall's father married Lady Sarah Maguerite Damian Aspinall.
7.
Damian Aspinall was the widow of the racing driver Piers Courage and daughter of Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe.
8.
At age 16, Damian Aspinall left school to travel the world and taught himself to play the guitar.
9.
At age 20, Damian Aspinall traveled to Australia, where he became the country's best-selling encyclopaedia salesman.
10.
Damian Aspinall sold his investment properties in the late 1980s, before the early 1990s recession.
11.
Damian Aspinall resigned from the board of directors of the casino group and gave up his interest in 2023.
12.
Damian Aspinall has said he has been adverse to marriage since in his opinion, divorce laws favor women such that rich men should not marry.
13.
Damian Aspinall was married to Louise Elizabeth Julia Sebag-Montefiore for 15 years, from July 1987 to 2002.
14.
Damian Aspinall continued to support his ex-wife after their divorce.