Sabrina Guinness

Sabrina Guinness, Lady Stoppard (born 9 January 1955) is an Irish television producer.

Background

Sabrina Guinness is one of four daughters of Pauline Vivien (née Mander) and James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness CBE (1924–2006), a Second World War veteran of the Royal Navy, who was a banker with Guinness Mahon, the Guinness Peat Group and the Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association (now Aviva), and Chairman of the Public Works Loan Board 1970–90.[1] She is a member of the "banking line" of the Guinness family, descended from Samuel Guinness (1727–1795), the brother of Arthur Guinness. This line of the Guinness family founded Guinness Mahon in 1836.

Among Guinness's 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,[2][3][4] who married the Honourable Michael Samuel, of the Hill Samuel banking family.

Career

Sabrina 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.[5] She previously worked as PA for David Stirling, the founder of the Special Air Service (SAS).

Personal life

Guinness was once dubbed "the It Girl of her generation" for her high-profile romantic liaisons.[5] In 1979, she had a relationship with Prince Charles.[6]

In 2014 she married playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.[7] They live in Blandford, Dorset;[8][9] she also has a pied-à-terre in Notting Hill, west London.[9]

References
  1. "Person Page – 11833". The Peerage. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. Patrons – Child Bereavement UK : Child Bereavement UK
  3. "Person Page – 30169". The Peerage. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. Heyman, Marshall (1 February 2012). "The Fashionable Collaborations of Coach". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  5. Davies, Hugh (12 June 2000). ""Guinness 'It Girl' on arts prize shortlist"". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. Wilson, Christopher (10 November 2013). "Prince Charles and his relationships". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. "Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard marries brewery heiress Sabrina Guinness in Wimborne". Bournemouth Echo. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  8. Murray, Douglas (21 December 2019). "'I aspire to write for posterity': An interview with Tom Stoppard". The Spectator. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. Law, Katie (4 May 2016). "Tom Stoppard: I must say, marriage has made me nicer". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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