- Born
- Died
- James Goldsmith was born on February 26, 1933 in Paris, France. He was married to Annabel Goldsmith, Ginette Lery and Maria Isabel Patiño. He died on June 18, 1997 in Benahavis, Spain.
- SpousesAnnabel Goldsmith(December 2, 1978 - July 18, 1997) (his death, 3 children)Ginette Lery(1963 - September 1978) (divorced, 2 children)Maria Isabel Patiño(January 7, 1954 - May 15, 1954) (her death, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesClio Goldsmith(Niece or Nephew)
- Fathered Zac Goldsmith and Jemima Khan while their mother (the sister of Jane Rayne) was married to her first husband, and he was married to his second wife; they married in 1978. Goldsmith had fathered a son by his second wife before marrying her, then fathered two children by a mistress while married to his third wife.
- Ex-stepfather of Robin Birley.
- Terence Stamp and Oliver Stone have both claimed that the character Stamp plays in Stone's film Wall Street (1987) was largely based on Goldsmith. It has also been suggested that the Richard De Vere character played by Peter Bowles in the long-running BBC sitcom To the Manor Born (1979) was suggested by Goldsmith.
- Although he was a Member of the European Parliament (for a French constituency), he was strongly opposed to the European Union. To further his anti-EU ideas, he formed the extreme right-wing Referendum Party in Britain and stood for election in the 1997 General Election. He garnered only a little over 1500 votes, and died a few weeks later. The Referendum Party largely collapsed thereafter.
- He has been depicted unflatteringly in two TV movies (both of which listed him as "Jimmy Goldsmith" in the cast-list). In The Lavender List (2006), he was played by Patrick Ryecart, and in Lucan (2013), he was played by Alistair Petrie.
- [on the staff of "Private Eye", during his lawsuit against its editor}: They have attacked my son. I will throw them into prison. I will hound their wives, even in their widows' weeds.
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