Name India Birley Role Artist | Children Eben Macdonald | |
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Siblings Robin Birley, Jemima Goldsmith, Zac Goldsmith, Ben Goldsmith, Rupert Birley Parents Lady Annabel Goldsmith, Mark Birley Spouse Francis Pike (m. 1993), Jonty Colchester (m. 1980–1985) Grandparents Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, Romaine Combe Similar People Zodiac Sign Capricorn Born 14 January 1961 (age 62 years), London, United Kingdom Aunt Jane Rayne | ||
India Jane Birley (born 14 January 1961) is a British artist, heiress and businesswoman. She was a co-owner/manager of her father's London nightclub, Annabel's, in its later years, as well as some of her father's other establishments.
Biography
Born in London, India Jane Birley is the daughter of Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart from her marriage to nightclub mogul Mark Birley. She has two brothers, Rupert (presumed deceased) and Robin; and three half-siblings, Zac, Jemima, and Ben Goldsmith from her mother's affair with James Goldsmith, the man who would become her second husband.
In 1980 while training at an art school in Madrid, she met and married Jonty Colchester, an interior designer. In 1985 they were divorced. She was subsequently engaged to Amir Farman-Farma, a wealthy Iranian aristocrat, but the marriage was called off. In 1993 she met Francis Pike, a historian, and they were married.
Birley, the granddaughter of society and royal portrait painter Sir Oswald Birley, is a painter whose 1999 portrait, "Conrad Moffat Black (Baron Black of Crossharbour) and Barbara Amiel", appears at the National Portrait Gallery (London). She illustrated her mother's book, Copper: A Dog's Life.
Beginning in 2003 she was co-director of her father's nightclub, Annabel's, with her brother Robin Birley. Her father left her the club and the bulk of his estates; her brother Robin sued to overturn the will and a settlement was eventually reached between the siblings. She has since sold Annabel's for over $100 million and is no longer involved with the enterprise.