Victoria Holdsworth | |
Honorific Suffix: | Lady Getty |
Birth Name: | Victoria Jane Holdsworth |
Birth Place: | Suffolk, England |
Occupation: | Philanthropist, model |
Spouse: | James Bertram Lionel Brooke (1964–1969; divorced) Sir Paul Getty (1994–2003; his death) |
Father: | Gerald Holdsworth |
Victoria Jane Getty, Lady Getty (née Holdsworth, formerly Brooke; born 1944) is an English philanthropist and former model. Since 2003 she has been a trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Victoria Holdsworth is the daughter of Gerald Holdsworth, a Suffolk landowner.[1] [2] She worked as a model.[3] She appeared in a campaign for Nivea and in advertisements for Gibbs toothpaste.[1] [4]
She married James Bertram Lionel Brooke, the son of Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, in 1964.[5] [6] She and Brooke were divorced in 1969. She married John Paul Getty Jr. as her second husband in 1994.[7] [8] Her husband had been awarded an honorary knighthood in 1987, but was not able to use the title substantively until he became a British subject in 1997. After her husband was granted British citizenship, Holdsworth was styled as Lady Getty. She played a major role in reintroducing her husband to public life and helping him overcome his drug addiction.[9] [10] [11] After her husband's death in 2003, Holdsworth took over as trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust.[4]
Holdsworth lives at Wormsley Park, a country house in Buckinghamshire that was owned by her husband. In 2015 she purchased Lavenham Brook Farm in Suffolk.[4]
Holdsworth is portrayed by the English actress Hannah New in the 2018 television series Trust on FX.