Serena Mary Rothschild, Baroness Rothschild (née Serena Mary Dunn; 28 April 1935 – 13 January 2019) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse owner and the wife of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild.
Rothschild was the daughter of Sir Philip Gordon Dunn, Bt., and Lady Mary Sybil St. Clair-Erskine (daughter of James St. Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn).
Her sister is the writer Nell Dunn.
Her paternal grandfather was Sir James Dunn, Bt., a prominent Canadian financier.
Rothschild oversaw the management of Waddesdon Stud at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire.
1961
On 20 October 1961, she married financier Jacob Rothschild, with whom she had four children, Hannah (b. 1962), Beth (b. 1964), Emily (b. 1967), and Nathaniel (b. 1971).
The couple made their home at Pewsey, Wiltshire, and maintained a villa on the Greek island of Corfu.
She and her husband were involved in a number of charitable and humanitarian organisations, and she was a Vice President of the Wiltshire Blind Association.
2006
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.
2009
In 2009, her colt Pounced, trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
2011
In 2011, her colt Nathaniel won the King Edward VII Stakes (G2) at Ascot and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1), also at Ascot.
2012
In 2012, she won the Eclipse Stakes (G1) with Nathaniel, The Lancashire Oaks (G2), and then the Irish Oaks (Classic G1) with Great Heavens.
2019
Lady Rothschild died in a London hospital on 13 January 2019 following a short illness.
