Șerban[1] Cantacuzino, CBE (6 September 1928,[2][3] in Paris – 22 February 2018 in London[4]) was a Romanian architect and the founder and president of Pro Patrimonio foundation.
His grandmother descended from the Wallachian ruler Gheorghe Bibescu and his mother Sanda was the daughter of Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei, also of a family of Romanian aristocrats.
[8] Following his parents' separation and his mother settling in England with her children in 1939,[4][9] Cantacuzino was educated at Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
[4][7] He was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1988 New Year Honours.
[4][7] Cantacuzino was survived by his widow, Anne, and their daughters Ilinca and Marina.