Philippe Lambert Explained

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 Patricia Harris (born 1932), and they divorced in 1973. In 1962, and they had one child, Johanna Lambert.[2]

He married 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]

Philipe Lambert died in September 2011.[6]

Notes and References

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