Hannah Mary Rothschild
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The Honourable Hannah Mary Rothschild |
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| Born | 22 May 1962 |
| Spouse(s) | William Lord Brookfield (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
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Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild Serena Dunn Rothschild |
Hannah Mary Rothschild (born 22 May 1962) is a British writer, philanthropist and documentary filmmaker. She also serves on the boards of various philanthropic trusts and museums. In August 2015, she became chair of the London National Gallery's Board of Trustees.
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 University.
A documentary filmmaker, Rothschild's films include 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.
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.
Rothchild's first novel The Improbability of Love, set in the art trade, was published in May 2015. 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 and was joint winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.
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