is openly gay. In 2009, he was ranked number 66 in the annual Pink List of 100 influential gay and lesbian people in Britain, published by The Independent on Sunday. In 2010, this list described him as a "National Treasure". In December 2015, he married Irish artist and performer Oisin Byrne. For a time Conran lived at Flemings Hall in Bedingfield, Suffolk. In 2017 Conran sold New Wardour Castle for more than £4,000,000 and bought Bettiscombe Manor at Bettiscombe in Dorset, an intact early 17th-century brick house in . The house was previously owned by his stepmother, Caroline Conran, a food writer who was married to his father from 1963 until 1996, and purchased the house as a weekend refuge for herself in 1986. Awards 1982: Fil d'Or International Linen Award 1983: Fil d'Or International Linen Award 1986: Designer of the Year by the British Fashion Council 1987: Fashion Group of America Award 1991: The Laurence Olivier Award for 'Costume Designer of the Year' – Jean Anouilh's "The Rehearsal" 1991: The British Fashion Council's British Collections Award 2003: 'The Prince's Medal', Homes and Gardens Classic Design Award 2004: Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University 2005: The Design and Decoration 'Objects of Desire' Award 2006: Honorary Doctor of Civil Law at the University of East Anglia. 2006: Homes and Gardens 'Classic Design' Award 2008: Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to retail industry. 2011: Condé Nast Traveller:Innovation & Design Award for 'Style on the Move' with Tripp Luggage Bibliography Country. Conran Octopus, 2010. References External links 1959 births Living people English fashion designers People educated at Bryanston School Parsons School of Design alumni English LGBT people Officers of the Order of the British Empire Jasper High fashion brands British brands Clothing brands of the United Kingdom People educated at Port Regis School LGBT fashion designers