Hannah Mary Rothschild

The Honourable
Hannah Mary Rothschild
CBE
Born (1962-05-22) 22 May 1962
Spouse(s) William Lord Brookfield (divorced)
Children 3
Parent(s) Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
Serena Dunn Rothschild

Hannah Mary Rothschild CBE (born 22 May 1962) is a British writer, philanthropist and documentary filmmaker. She also serves on the boards of various organizations. In August 2015, she became Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery in London.[1]

Early life

Hannah Mary Rothschild was born on 22 May 1962. She is the eldest child of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, and his wife, Serena Dunn Rothschild. Through her father, she is a member of the Rothschild banking family. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, Marlborough College and St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Career

A documentary filmmaker, Rothschild has made films including profiles of Frank Auerbach, Walter Sickert, R. B. Kitaj and the BBC series Relative Values and The Great Picture Chase. For BBC's Storyville series and HBO she has produced The Jazz Baroness (2008), about her great-aunt Pannonica de Koenigswarter and Hi Society (2009). A fly-on-the-wall documentary followed. Mandelson: The Real PM? (2010) concerns the UK's former Business Secretary Peter Mandelson in the run-up to the 2010 general election.[2]

In addition to her Storyville documentary about her great-aunt, jazz patron Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Rothchild's biography of her, The Baroness: The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild, was published by Virago in 2012. A few years earlier, a radio documentary profile of Nica, The Jazz Baroness, was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 12 February 2008.[3][4]

Rothchild's first novel The Improbability of Love, set in the art trade, was published in May 2015.[5] The story follows a female protagonist who comes across a lost Watteau and becomes embroiled in the dealings of the art world's elite. The Guardian said "her depiction of the rarefied art world is gripping". The book was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize[6] and was joint winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.

Rothschild has lectured on art and literature at the Getty Institute, Courtauld, the Royal Academy, the Hay Festival and written for many publications, including The Times, Telegraph, Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Spectator and Bazaar.

She is a Non-Executive Director of RIT Capital Partners and Windmill Hill Asset Management.

Philanthropy

In 2009, she became a trustee of the National Gallery in London[7] and became the liaison trustee for the Tate Gallery in 2013.[8] In August 2015, she became the first woman to chair the National Gallery's board. In 2017, her term was extended by four years.

She is also a trustee of The Rothschild Foundation, a registered charity,[9] whose activities include preserving Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire on behalf of its owner, the National Trust.

Rothschild was formerly a trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery and the ICA. She was the co-founder of the charity Artists on Film.

Personal life

In 1994, she married William Lord Brookfield[10] and had three daughters, but they have since divorced.

Title, styles and honours

  • 22 May 1962 – 20 March 1990: Miss Hannah Mary Rothschild
  • 20 March 1990 – 9 June 2018: The Honourable Hannah Mary Rothschild
  • 9 June 2018 – present: The Honourable Hannah Mary Rothschild CBE

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the arts and to charity.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Mark (8 December 2014). "Hannah Rothschild to become first woman to chair National Gallery". The Guiardian. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Storyville, 2010-2011, Mandelson: The Real PM?". BBC Four. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Jazz Baroness website".
  4. ↑ BBC Radio 4. "The Jazz Baroness".
  5. ↑ London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781408862445
  6. ↑ Feay, Suzi (20 April 2016). "The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild review – Baileys-shortlisted art world caper". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ National Gallery: Board of Trustees
  8. ↑ Tate Gallery: Current Trustees
  9. ↑ Charity Commission. THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, registered charity no. 1138145.
  10. ↑ Biography at Rothschild Archive
  11. ↑ "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B9.
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