David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

David Armstrong-Jones, the 2nd Earl of Snowdon, fascinates me precisely because he didn't coast on the title. Born into the British royal family and once styled Viscount Linley, he chose to become a furniture maker known professionally as David Linley. That decision to actually build things with his hands, rather than just hold a peerage, earns my respect. Layer in his honorary chairmanship at Christie's and you get a man fluent in both craftsmanship and the rarefied art world. I'm drawn to aristocrats who work for a living, and he strikes me as one of the more genuinely creative ones.

Name (English)

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

Name (Japanese)

デイヴィッド

Reading

でいゔぃっど

Born

November 3, 1961 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Clarence House, United Kingdom

Occupation

joiner / entrepreneur / writer / furniture designer / aristocrat

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%20(%E7%AC%AC2%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)

Tags

• joiner
• entrepreneur
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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