Philippe Lambert

Baron Philippe Lambert (March 1930 – September 2011) was a Belgian banker and art collector, of the Bank Brussels Lambert banking dynasty, and the husband of fellow art collector Baroness Marion Lambert.

He was born in March 1930,[1] the son of Baron Henri Lambert (1887–1933) and Johanna von Reininghaus (1899–1960). [2] He was the great-grandson of Baron James Mayer de Rothschild and the great-great-grandson of Samuel Lambert, who in 1840 established the family-owned Banque Lambert. Banque de Bruxelles and Banque Lambert merged in 1974, to form Banque Bruxelles Lambert, which was one of the largest banks in Belgium.[3]

He had a brother Leon Lambert, also a banker and art collector (1928/29–1987), and a sister Lucy, based in Brussels.[3]

Personal life

He married his first wife, Patricia Harris (born 1932), they divorced in 1973. in 1962, and they had one child, Johanna Lambert.[2]

He was married his second wife, Baroness Marion Lambert in 1975, and they had two children together, a son, Henri Lambert, and Philippine Lambert, who killed herself aged 20.[4]

They lived in Geneva, Switzerland,[5] and owned an 18th-century Florentine-style villa, the Palazzo Terranova, in Umbria.[6]

Philipe Lambert died in September 2011.[7]

References
  1. "Philippe LAMBERT - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  2. "Philippe Lambert, baron Lambert, * 1930". Geneall.net. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  3. "Baron Leon Lambert - Banker Collected Art". NYTimes.com. 1987-06-01. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  4. Pook, Sally (2001-01-05). "Philanthropist will not face trial over suicide girl's claims". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  5. Baroness Marion and Baron Philippe Lambert. "Baroness Marion and Baron Philippe Lambert". ARTnews. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  6. Read. "Umbrian idyll". The Spectator. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  7. "Philippe Baron LAMBERT Obituary: View Philippe LAMBERT's Obituary by The Times". Legacy.com. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
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