World: Life of a Lord

To most Americans, the fifth Lord Harlech is the sometime walking, traveling and concertgoing companion of Jacqueline Kennedy and the man widely rumored to be her transatlantic suitor. Many also remember him as Britain's highly successful Ambassador to Washington under John Kennedy. In Britain, however, Harlech is increasingly drawing attention as a man of versatile talents who is making his mark on British life and business. Harlech is already Britain's national film censor and rates as a potentially influential Tory politician. Recently, he took on a multimillion-dollar private venture as the chief executive of a new commercial-television consortium, which begins programming...