Piers von Westenholz
Personal information | |
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Full name | Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz |
Nationality | English |
Born | Beaconsfield, England | 10 December 1943
Sport | |
Sport | Alpine skiing |
Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz (born 10 December 1943) is an interior designer, former English alpine skier. He competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics.[1]
Early life
Piers was born on 10 December 1943 in
His paternal grandfather was Paul Eberhard, Baron von Westenholz.[3]
Career
Westenholz "started his career working with the interior decorator David Mlinaric and went on to collaborate with other dealers, including both Christopher Gibbs and Robert Kime." He works from Hertfordshire "specialising in 18th- and 19th-century furniture and lighting, much of it on a grand scale."[4]
Westenholz is one of House & Garden's Top 100 Interior Designers and a dealer in "18th- and 19th-century English and Anglo-Indian furniture and lighting."[5]
Personal life
He has been married twice. His first marriage was to Sarah Arabella Marjorie von Hofmannsthal, on 17 June 1964. Arabella is a daughter of Raimund von Hofmannsthal and Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (the second daughter of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey and Marjorie Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey, herself the eldest daughter of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland). They divorced, without having issue, in 1969.[2]
Second marriage
He married his second wife, Jane Leveson, a daughter of Arthur Edmund Leveson (son of Admiral Sir
- Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz (b. 1980)[2]
- Violet Marguerite von Westenholz (b. 1983)[2]
- Victoria Lilly von Westenholz (b. 1986),[2] who works at Westenholz with her father.[5]
With his second wife, he has led the restoration of
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Patrick Piers de Westenholz Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 78.
- ^ Payne, Lyall; Tillotson, Steve (June 2017). "Afghan Hound Times - CLOSMIDI AFGHAN HOUNDS - BARONESS WESTENHOLZ". afghanhoundtimes.com. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Youens, Arabella (10 April 2016). "Parisian apartment design ideas and tips". Country Life. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b Johnston, Fiona McKenzie (8 July 2021). "A strikingly pretty London cottage that balances vivid colour with chintz". House & Garden. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Coughlan, Sean. "Camilla scraps ladies-in-waiting in modernising move". BBC News. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Among friends: Inside the new King and Queen Consort's inner circle". Tatler. Retrieved 15 October 2022.