Lady Annabel Goldsmith | |
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| Born | Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart 11 June 1934 Westminster, London, England |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Rupert Birley Robin Birley India Jane Birley Jemima Goldsmith Zac Goldsmith Ben Goldsmith |
| Parent(s) | Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry Romaine Combe |
Lady Annabel Goldsmith (née Vane-Tempest-Stewart, formerly Birley; born 11 June 1934) is an English socialite and the eponym for a London nightclub of the late 20th century, Annabel's.[1] She was first married for two decades to entrepreneur Mark Birley, the creator of Annabel's. Annabel's was her husband's inaugural members-only Mayfair club.
A London society hostess, during the 1960s and the 1970s, she gained notoriety in gossip columns for her extramarital affair with Anglo-French financier James Goldsmith, member of the wealthy banking Goldschmidt family, who later became her second husband. A descendant and heiress of the Marquess of Londonderry, her primary occupation has been as a mother of six children whose births span 25 years. She is also an author, and the founder of the Democracy Movement, a Eurosceptic political advocacy group. Among her children are the journalist and film producer Jemima Goldsmith and Zac Goldsmith, the former Conservative MP for Richmond Park.