Jeremy Brudenell

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Jeremy Brudenell
Born
Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell

(1960-04-02) 2 April 1960 (age 64)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1984–1999
Spouse
Edwina Hicks
(m. 1984; div. 2004)
Children3

Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell (born 2 April 1960) is a retired British actor of the 1980s and 1990s.

Early life

Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell was born in Hammersmith, London on 2 April 1960, the second son of physician John Michael Brudenell (1925-2015) and Mollie, née Rothwell.[1][2]

Acting career

He appeared as

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Brudenell's stage roles include Time and the Conways at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley (1988–89), The Circle at the Theatre Royal, Bath (1989–90), Venus Observed at the Chichester Festival Theatre (1991–92), Paul in Double Take at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the Minerva Theatre, Chichester (1992),[4] and Edmund in King Lear at the Young Vic (1997).

Later life

After professionally retiring from acting in 1999 Brudenell began a business career, and opened the 'Root One Garden Centre' in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.[5][6]

Personal life

Brudenell married the model Edwina Hicks, the granddaughter of Lord Mountbatten of Burma, on 24 March 1984 at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.[7] The couple had a son and two daughters before their divorce in 2004. The family were guests at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022.

References

  1. ^ Obituary for John Brudenell, 'Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists' website. March 2015.https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/news/membership-news/obituaries/obituary-john-michael-brudenell/ &
  2. ^ Queen Victoria's Descendants, Marlene A. Eilers, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987, page 185
  3. Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Brudenell on the Theatricalia website
  5. ^ 'Actor finds his roots', 'Oxford Mail', 17 January 2002. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6601697.actor-finds-his-roots/
  6. ^ Brudenell on the Companies in the UK website
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2806

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