Background
Lady Rothschild was born as Serena Mary Dunn, the daughter of Sir Philip Gordon Dunn, Baronet, and Lady Mary Sybil Saint Clair-Erskine (daughter of James Street Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn).
Lady Rothschild was born as Serena Mary Dunn, the daughter of Sir Philip Gordon Dunn, Baronet, and Lady Mary Sybil Saint Clair-Erskine (daughter of James Street Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn).
Her sister is the writer Nell Dunn. Her paternal grandfather was Sir James Dunn, Baronet, a prominent Canadian financier. Rothschild oversees the management of Waddesdon Study at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire.
In November 2006, she paid 3 million guineas for the mare Spinning Queen, then a world record price (for a filly or broodmare) of 4.6 million guineas when she purchased Magical Romance at the Tattersalls sale.
Beth Matilda Rothschild (b 1964) - Beth married Antonio Tomassini (b 1959). Jacob Ferdinando Fulvio (b 1992), Edoardo Philip James (b 1994), and Tess (b 1996).
Emily "Emmy" Magda Rothschild (b 1967) - Emily married Julian David Warren Freeman-Attwood (b 1953). They have two children: Ivy Antarctica (b 1999) and Lily Tibet (b 2002).
Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild (b 1971).
The couple make their home at Pewsey, Wiltshire, and maintain a villa on the Greek island of Corfu.