Lady Annabel Goldsmith dies aged 91

"Her youngest child Ben said she was "quite simply irreplaceable". He added: "We are bereft, not for her because her life has been extraordinary and complete - but for us, because of the immense hole in our lives she leaves behind.""

"Mr Goldsmith said: "I spoke to her every day for 45 years, she truly had my back and we loved each other very much. I will miss her terribly." Annabel's, which was opened by her first husband in 1963 and was one of London's first modern nightclubs, was named in her honour. It was popular with the British aristocracy and celebrities in the 1960s and 1970s."

"Born in London in 1934 into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart was the daughter of Viscount Castlereagh, who later became The 8th Marquess of Londonderry. She became Lady Annabel in February 1949, when her father became marquess. Getty Images Lady Annabel was the mother of Rupert, Robin and India Jane with her first husband, hospitality industry entrepreneur Mark Birley: they were married from 1954 to 1979. She then married financier Sir James Goldsmith and they had three children: Jemima, Zac and Ben Goldsmith."

Lady Annabel Goldsmith died aged 91. She was mother to six children from two marriages and the namesake of the 1960s London nightclub Annabel's. Her children include Rupert, Robin, India Jane, Jemima, Zac and Ben, with Zac having served as Conservative MP for Richmond Park and Jemima formerly married to Imran Khan. Family members described her as irreplaceable and recalled close, long-standing personal bonds. She was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family in 1934 and became Lady Annabel in 1949. She campaigned for countryside and animal causes and worked to lessen HIV/AIDS impacts on children in South Africa. She published memoirs in 2004.

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