Piers von Westenholz
Baron Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz is an interior designer and former English alpine skier. He competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Early life
Piers was born on 10 December 1943 in Beaconsfield, England. He is the son and heir of Henry Frederick Everhard, Baron von Westenholz and Marguerite Gordon Ness. His parents divorced in 1968 and his father married Flora Evelyn Innes Langford-Holt in 1969. His brother was the late banker and fellow skier, Charles, Freiherr von Westenholz.His paternal grandfather was Paul Eberhard, Baron von Westenholz.
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."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."
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. They divorced, without having issue, in 1969.Second marriage
He married his second wife, Jane Leveson, a daughter of Arthur Edmund Leveson and Margaret Ruth Maude, in 1979. Jane is one of the official Queen's companions to Queen Camilla. Together, they are the parents of three children:- Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz
- Violet Marguerite von Westenholz
- Victoria Lilly von Westenholz, who works at Westenholz with her father.