Lady Natasha Rose Eleanor Finch, known by her maiden name as Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs (born 24 April 1983 in Swindon, Wiltshire), is an English aristocrat, socialite, and founder of

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Early life

Rufus Isaacs is the second child of

Simon Rufus Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading Simon Rufus Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading (born 18 May 1942), is a British peer, banker and philanthropist. Biography Early life Simon Rufus Isaacs was born on 18 May 1942. His father was Michael Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading (1916� ...

, and Melinda Victoria Rufus Isaacs née Dewar. She has an elder sister, Sybilla Alice Hart née Rufus Isaacs (born 1980), and a younger brother, Julian Michael Rufus Isaacs, Viscount Erleigh (born 1986), the

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of the title of Marquess of Reading. She attended

Westonbirt School Westonbirt School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 located near Tetbury in Gloucestershire in South West England. Founded in 1928. The historical Westonbirt House is part of the school. We ...

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in South West England.

Ancestors

Her great-great grandfather, Rufus Isaacs, was the 1st Marquess of Reading and

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in 1921. Her great-great grandparents are

Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, PC, FRS, DL (23 October 1868 – 27 December 1930), known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician. In his later life he became an active Zio ...

, and Violet Mond, Baroness Melchett. Her great-great-great grandfather chemist and industrialist

Ludwig Mond Ludwig Mond FRS (7 March 1839 – 11 December 1909) was a German-born, British chemist and industrialist. He discovered an important, previously unknown, class of compounds called metal carbonyls. Education and career Ludwig Mond was born ...

created the Mond process to extract and purify nickel. Her great-great uncle Sir Robert Mond was a British chemist and archaeologist. Her great-great grandmother Violet Mond's brother was the painter and sculptor Sigismund Goetze. Her great-great aunt Lady Joan Rufus Isaacs married

Solly Zuckerman Solomon "Solly" Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman (30 May 1904 – 1 April 1993) was a British public servant, zoologist and operational research pioneer. He is best remembered as a scientific advisor to the Allies on bombing strategy in the Second Wo ...

, a British public servant, zoologist and operational research pioneer.

Personal life

On 8 June 2013, Rufus Isaacs married lawyer Rupert Finch in

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. They have three children.

Forms of address

*Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs (24 April 1983 – 8 June 2013) *Lady Natasha Finch (8 June 2013–present), ''known as'' Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rufus Isaacs, Natasha 1983 births Living people People from Swindon English people of Portuguese-Jewish descent English people of German-Jewish descent English humanitarians People educated at Westonbirt School Daughters of British marquesses