
James Goldsmith
Politician
1933 – 1997
Who was James Goldsmith?
Sir James Michael "Jimmy" Goldsmith was an Anglo-French billionaire financier and tycoon. Towards the end of his life, he became a magazine publisher and a politician. In 1994, he was elected to represent France as a Member of the European Parliament and he subsequently founded the short-lived eurosceptic Referendum Party in the United Kingdom. He was known for his many romantic relationships and for the various children he fathered with his wives and many girlfriends. Goldsmith was the inspiration for the character of the corporate raider Sir Larry Wildman in Oliver Stone's Wall Street. On his death, Tony Blair stated: "He was an extraordinary character and though I didn't always agree with his political views, obviously, he was an amazing and interesting, fascinating man." Margaret Thatcher stated: "Jimmy Goldsmith was one of the most powerful and dynamic personalities that this generation has seen. He was enormously generous, and fiercely loyal to the causes he espoused."
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- Born
- Feb 26, 1933
French Third Republic - Also known as
- Sir James Goldsmith
- Sir Jimmy Goldsmith
- Sir James Goldsmith MEP
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Maria Isabel Patiño
(1954/01 - 1954/05) - Ginette Lery
- Lady Annabel Goldsmith
(1978 - ) - Laure Boulay de la Meurthe
- Maria Isabel Patiño
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Eton College
- Millfield
- Employment
- NOW!
(1979 - )
- NOW!
- Lived in
- Paris
- London
- Died
- Jul 18, 1997
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on July 23, 2013
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