Personal Life
In 1966 Evelyn de Rothschild married Jeannette Bishop (1940–1981), a niece of Sir Stanley Hooker, the jet-engine engineer. The marriage ended in divorce in 1971.
He married a second time in 1973 to Victoria Lou Schott (b. 1949), the daughter of Florida property developer Lewis Schott and his wife Marcia W. Schott (nee Whitney). They were divorced in 2000 and had three children:
- Jessica de Rothschild (b. 1974) - married British journalist, screenwriter, and film director Sacha Gervasi in 2010.
- Anthony James de Rothschild (b. 1977) - married Danish model and UK TV presenter Tania Strecker in 2006.
- David Mayer de Rothschild (b. 1978)
On 30 November 2000, Sir Evelyn married the American lawyer and entrepreneur Lynn Forester, who was the head of the Luxembourg-based wireless broadband venture FirstMark Communications Europe and the former wife of Andrew Stein, a New York City political figure who served as the last president of the New York City Council. By this marriage, he has two stepchildren, Benjamin Forester Stein (b. 1985) and John Forester Stein (b. 1988). On the announcement of the marriage, the de Rothschild couple were invited to spend their honeymoon at the White House, where they agreed to stay one night. Sir Evelyn's family homes include Ascott House, a country estate owned by the National Trust in Buckinghamshire about 46 miles north of London.
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