 He had succeeded his father in the earldom at the age of 9, and, following his education, he returned home to the family seat at Castle Coole to help manage the house and estate, which had been transferred to the care of the National Trust in 1951.Lord Belmore developed a good relationship with the trust and has spent the past two decades adding to the collection of art at Castle Coole.He commissioned Enniskillen-born artist T.P.