[1] Christie attended Eton, and later Trinity College, Cambridge, although he left without taking a degree.
During his tenure at Glyndebourne, Christie broadened the company's finances through increased corporate sponsorship.
In 1995 the Hamburg-based Alfred Toepfer Foundation awarded Christie its annual Shakespeare Prize in recognition of his life's work.
Louise Flind joined the Glyndebourne board and Ptolemy Christie is a stage director.
[7] Sir George and Lady Christie's second eldest son, Gus, is currently chairman of Glyndebourne Festival Opera.