Gail Ronson
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Dame Gail Ronson, Lady Ronson, DBE (born 3 July 1946) is a British charity fundraiser, and the wife of businessman Sir Gerald Ronson whom she married when she was 21 years old.[1] She has four children – Lisa, Amanda, Nicole, and Hayley [2] – and nine grandchildren.[1][3] She is also an aunt by marriage to Mark, Samantha and Charlotte Ronson.
A former model, Gail Ronson has contributed and supported a number of charitable organisations, including:
- Roundhouse Trust, fundraiser[4]
- Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), President 2012
- Jewish Care (formerly the Jewish Welfare Board), former board member[1]
Damehood and charitable activity
In the early years of her marriage, she became involved in charity work, handing out meals on wheels to elderly Jewish people.[1] She later took part in charitable fund-raising initiatives: her first big project was the 125th anniversary of Jewish Care, in 1983, which was attended by Prince Charles and Princess Diana.[1]
Gail Ronson was honoured for philanthropy and as a donor, especially to Jewish Care and the Royal Opera House.[5] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), in the 2004 New Year's Honours List.[6]
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External links
- B'nai B'rith Europe website
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- Models from London
- British Ashkenazi Jews
- English Jews
- Philanthropists from London
- British women philanthropists
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Charity fundraisers (people)
- Ronson family
- Wives of knights