Personal Life
He enjoys angling, growing trees and astronomy. He married Linda Adams on 4 February 1978 in north Hampshire. They have a son and a daughter (born September 1988). His younger son, Matthew, committed suicide at their second home in Perthshire in 2001.
His brother Edward Heathcoat-Amory writes for the Daily Mail and has written for The Spectator.
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