Russell Grant
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Russell Grant (born 5 February1951 in Hillingdon) is a popular English astrologer and media personality. He is the UK's 'astrologer royal', and is frequently quoted in the media, as well as working as a television presenter. He has written several books dealing with matters astrological, among which is his biggest international seller The Illustrated Dream Dictionary. He has had his books translated into languages ranging from Chinese to Afrikaans, over 20 in all.
He is the president of the Association of British Counties and the author of the definitive book on British counties, The Real Counties of Britain, notable in that it commissioned Ordnance Survey to produce maps of all the traditional counties of England, Scotland, and Wales.
In 1996 he became the owner of the manorial title Lord of the Manor of Ashford in Middlesex. He has homes in Middlesex and Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, and a 40 acre Victorian estate near Portmeirion, North Wales. He succeeded Sir John Betjeman as Patron of Roots - County Conservation.
He is the founder of the Middlesex Family Foundation which links all the Middlesex named places around the world together. He has his own officially recognised charity WISE (Wales Ireland Scotland England) Communities and works for research into a cure for Alzheimer's and Dementia and sports and creative expression for old and young alike. To this end he has poured much of his money into youth cricket leagues for young people and many other philanthropical and altruistic causes.
Russell's older brother is "The Great Soprendo" aka Geoffrey Durham.
Russell is openly gay and has been partnered with Doug for 34 years.[1]
