Sabrina Jane Guinness, Lady Stoppard (born 9 January 1955) is a British-Irish television producer.
Sabrina Guinness | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 January 1955 (age 69) |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Title | Lady Stoppard |
| Spouse | |
| Relatives | Julia Samuel (sister) Hugo Guinness (brother) |
| Family | Guinness |
Background
editSabrina Guinness is the eldest child (of four daughters and a son) of James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness CBE (1924–2006), of Coldpiece Farm, Hound Green, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, a Second World War veteran of the Royal Navy, and a banker with Guinness Mahon, the Guinness Peat Group, and the Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association (now Aviva), also Chairman of the Public Works Loan Board 1970–90, and Pauline Vivien (1926–2017),[1] daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Vivien Mander, MC, of Congreve Manor, Penkridge, Staffordshire, a director of his family's business, Mander Brothers. Guinness is a member of the "banking line" of the Guinness family, founders of Guinness Mahon in 1836, which descends from Samuel Guinness (1727–1795), the brother of Arthur Guinness.[2]
Guinness has a twin sister, journalist Miranda; her other siblings are the artist and writer Hugo Guinness; Anita Guinness, wife of the late Hon. Amschel Rothschild; and philanthropist Julia Samuel, a psychotherapist and paediatric counsellor and co-founder of Child Bereavement UK,[3][4] who married the Hon. Michael Samuel, of the Hill Samuel banking family, and son of Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted, Deputy Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading.[2][5]
Career
editSabrina Guinness founded the London-based charity Youth Cable Television (YCTV), which she established in 1995 with the help of Greg Dyke. The charity trains disadvantaged youth to work in television production.[6] She previously worked as PA for David Stirling, the founder of the Special Air Service (SAS).
Personal life
editGuinness was once dubbed "the It Girl of her generation" for her high-profile romantic liaisons.[6] In 1979, she had a relationship with the then Prince Charles.[7]
In 2014 she married playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.[8] They live in Blandford, Dorset;[9][10] she also has a home in Notting Hill, west London.[10]
References
edit- ^ "GUINNESS – Deaths Announcements – Telegraph Announcements".
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1697
- ^ Patrons – Child Bereavement UK : Child Bereavement UK
- ^ Heyman, Marshall (1 February 2012). "The Fashionable Collaborations of Coach". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 106th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 219
- ^ a b Davies, Hugh (12 June 2000). ""Guinness 'It Girl' on arts prize shortlist"". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Christopher (10 November 2013). "Prince Charles and his relationships". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard marries brewery heiress Sabrina Guinness in Wimborne". Bournemouth Echo. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Murray, Douglas (21 December 2019). "'I aspire to write for posterity': An interview with Tom Stoppard". The Spectator. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ a b Law, Katie (4 May 2016). "Tom Stoppard: I must say, marriage has made me nicer". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 May 2020.