Gary Goldsmith

Gary Christopher Goldsmith was born on 29 April 1965 in Perivale, London, the son of Ronald (1931–2003) and Dorothy Goldsmith (née Harrison; 1935–2006); he is the younger brother of Carole Goldsmith and the maternal uncle of Catherine, Princess of Wales, Philippa Matthews, and James Middleton.^[1][2][3] Goldsmith is a descendant of 19th century aristocrat Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Baronet whose great-great-granddaughter Jane Harrison (née Liddle; c.1839–1881) is Gary's great-great-grandmother.^[4][5]

Goldsmith has built a career working in IT recruitment, investing and selling several of his businesses in the sector and is worth an estimated £30 million.^[6][7] In July 2009, Goldsmith was the subject of a "sting" by News of the World in which he was filmed dealing cocaine to an undercover reporter.^[8][9]

In March 2024, Goldsmith entered the Celebrity Big Brother house to compete as a housemate on the twenty-third series.^[10][11] His appearance on the show was described as "controversial" due to his 2017 conviction of assault by beating and received condemnation from Women's Aid among others.^[12][13][14] He became the twenty-third series' first eviction, with this happening on Day 5.^[15] He pulled out of the show's live final following the announcement of the Princess of Wales' cancer diagnosis.^[16]

Goldsmith has been married four times.^[17][18] His first marriage, to Miranda Foote in 1991, ended in divorce. He married Luan Bettaney in 1997 and their daughter, Tallulah, a Stowe School alumna^[19] and Goldsmith's only child, was born in the same year.^[20] In 2007 Goldsmith married Julia Leake in a civil ceremony. However she left him shortly after.^[21][22] Goldsmith married his fourth wife, Julie-Ann Brown, in 2012.^[23][24][8] In October 2017 Goldsmith attacked Brown during a "drunken argument"; he was subsequently charged with assault by beating^{[18][25][26][8]} and in November 2017, after pleading guilty to the charge, he was fined £5,000 and given a twelve-month community order.^[24][27][22]