Education
He was educated at Eton where he excelled at drawing.
He was educated at Eton where he excelled at drawing.
After doing his National Service he went up to University College, Oxford to read Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) but he left after failing his first year examinations In 1963 Mark Birley founded Annabel"s at Berkeley Square in the Mayfair district in central London. In 1972 Birley opened Mark"s Club and continued to expand his portfolio in the restaurant, nightclub and hotel business.
He became the owner of the Annabel"s Group, which includes Mark Birley Holdings Limited.
He launched a men"s fragrance line, Mark Birley for Men, in 1996, in collaboration with the perfumers Frédéric Malle and Pierre Bourdon. Birley also designed the former family offices of Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo in the City of London into a member"s club, The Walbrook, which opened in 2000.
They had three children Rupert, Robin and India Jane. The Birleys divorced in 1975.
In 1986 Birley"s other son, Rupert, disappeared in Togo and was never foundation
He is supposed to have died. In his last years, Birley himself was disabled and needed to use a wheelchair. Foreign a time, he turned over the reins of his businesses to his two surviving children.
He died on 24 August 2007, aged 77, following a stroke.