Nabil Chartouni

Formerly Vice-President of Holiday Inn Hotels in the Middle East, Mr Chartouni took over Hockwold Hall in poor condition and made many improvements during his ownership 1987-2002. A Lebanese businessman and major donor to the American University in Beirut, he visited the Hall in 2016. He made the present entrance and tree-lined driveway, and planted the cedars on the front lawn included the Cedar of Lebanon