James Michael Goldschmidt

1933 - 1997  (64 years)    Has 26 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	James Michael Goldschmidt
  Birth	26 Feb 1933	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jul 1997	España
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Living ▻ Jillian Mary Gill Petty + 2. James Michael Goldschmidt,   b. 26 Feb 1933, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 19 Jul 1997, España  (Age 64 years) ▻ Isabel Patiño y de Borbón,  m. 7 Jan 1954 ;   Ginette Lery,  m. 1963 ;   Living,  m. 1978 ;   Living;   Laure Boulay de la Meurthe
  Person ID	I278737	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2006

  
  

  Father	Frank Goldschmidt,   b. 22 Nov 1878   d. 14 Feb 1967, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Marcelle Mouiller   d. 1985, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Marriage	29 Jun 1929	London, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F130497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel Patiño y de Borbón,   b. 3 Jun 1935, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 15 May 1954, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France (Age 18 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1954	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Isabel Marcelle Christine Goldsmith,   b. 14 May 1954, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F101939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Ginette Lery   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1963	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Manes Goldsmith,   b. May 1959   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alix Goldsmith,   b. 3 Jan 1964   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F101942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2006

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Children	1. Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith,   b. 30 Jan 1974, London, Middlesex, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Zacharias Frank Goldsmith,   b. 30 Jan 1975, London, Middlesex, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. Benjamin James Goldsmith,   b. 28 Oct 1980   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F101941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2006

  
  

  Family 4	Living
  Family ID	F101945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2006

  
  

  Family 5	Laure Boulay de la Meurthe,   b. 27 Apr 1951, Rabat, Morocco d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Charlotte Goldsmith,   b. 3 May 1983, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jethro Goldsmith,   b. 24 Jun 1987   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F101940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2006

  
  

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  		Birth - 26 Feb 1933 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Marriage - 1963 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Death - 19 Jul 1997 - España  = Link to Google Earth
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  Born in France and educated in England, he remained a gambler all his life. In 1954 he eloped with Isabel Patino, after her father is supposed to have refused him by saying that in his family they did not marry Jews. To this he is supposed to have replied that in his family they did not marry Indians, referring to Don Antenor's origins. However, after Isabel died in childbirth, he embarked on his financial career, supported by Ginette Lery. Unconventional, he is quoted as saying: 'When you marry your mistress you automatically create a vacancy.' Already involved with his future third wife, he married Ginette Lery by whom he fathered two children. Once married to his third wife, he moved between Paris, where Ginette lives, and London, where his third wife, Lady Annabel, and their three children live. Later on he also become involved with Laure Boulay de La Meurthe and fathered two more children. An Anglo-French citizen and member of the European Parliament for a French right-wing party, he also championed British nationalism and was an arch-Eurosceptic. He was a global capitalist and regarded as an asset stripper, but supported environmentalism. In 1976, by being on Harold Wilson's resignation honours list, he was knighted and became Sir James Goldsmith. In 1987, prior to the stock-market crash, he proclaimed 'Cash is king' and sold his stocks and shares. With the knowledge that he was suffering from cancer of the pancreas, in 1996 and 1997 he spent $40 million on the British Referendum Party. He chose to die in his Spanish villa in the bed in which he was born in France. Both Lady Annabel and Laure Boulay de La Meurthe were present and, after he died of a heart attack, Lady Annabel said that his three families were united in their grief.