Evelyn de Rothschild First Wife: Who was Jeanette Bishop?

Jeanette Bishop was a former model from London and the first wife of Sir Evelyn Robert Rothschild FKC, a member of the Rothschild family and a British financier.

Evelyn de Rothschild married Jeannette Bishop, the niece of jet-engine engineer Sir Stanley Hooker, in 1966. In 1971, the marriage ended in divorce.

Jeanette Bishop, 41, died around the end of 1980, along with former family cook and interpreter Gabriella Guerin.

It is unknown how Bishop and Guerin died, what they were doing between their disappearance and the likely date of their deaths a month later, or why the two ventured up into the mountains in snowy weather.

Initially ruled hypothermia-related deaths, the investigating prosecutor concluded in September 1989 that it was a double murder committed by unknown perpetrators using unknown means.

Sir Evelyn was the chief executive and chairman of NM Rothschild and Sons Ltd from 1976 to 2003, and he was the chairman of The Economist from 1972 to 1989.

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild passed away at the age of 91, on November 8, 2022, according to his family.

In a statement, his family said: ‘It is with great sorrow that Lady de Rothschild announces the death of her beloved husband, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, after a short illness.