- #Danny dyer family tree trial#
- #Danny dyer family tree professional#
- #Danny dyer family tree series#
It's an obscure film, but well worth seeking out. Danny is the teenaged sailor/best mate to the Behan character while they both are serving time in a reformatory institution during World War II. I know of Danny from one of his earliest roles, in the 2002 indie film Borstal Boy, an adaptation of the 1958 autobiographical novel by Irish writer/poet Brendan Behan.
#Danny dyer family tree series#
The first episode of the thirteenth season of the genealogy TV series Who Do You Think You Are aired this past November in the UK, and focused on actor Danny Dyer, who is best known for his current role as the landlord of the Old Vic pub on the long-running series EastEnders, which I've never seen. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby View my complete profile "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." I'm a guy who loves England as much for its New Wave music, great nightclubs, and awesome filmmaking, as its castles, abbeys, libraries, and gardens.
#Danny dyer family tree professional#
I'm an individual who has not been schooled formally as an historian, or trained and accredited by any professional genealogy association. I'm an American from a warm, Jewish family, with no descent at all from royalty or peerage, no matter how far back. I hope people will enjoy it for the research itself, but also for my perspective on it. And my blog connected with it chronicles my experiences researching in English history.
My website, Royal Descent, focuses on Edward I and the various families which descend from him. When I merged them with my passion for anything medieval - King Arthur and his Knights, the Wars of the Roses - I found my true calling. Both have been passions of mine since my youth.
#Danny dyer family tree trial#
Seeing Danny’s incredible story reminds us that roots run deep beneath every family tree. What discoveries await you? Find out with a free trial of Ancestry.I love the area where history and genealogy meet. It’s ridiculous to think that somebody of my stature, somebody from absolutely nothing, is actually…my blood is his blood. “A kid from Canning Town, Custom House, and this is my bloodline. Then he joked, “I think I’m going to treat myself to a massive ruff and just bowl about with it,” before becoming more profound: “…A direct descendant from Edward III?…I just need to digest it and get it in me nut.” King Edward III was his 22x great grandfather and William the Conqueror was his 30x great grandfather. Danny also discovered he was a descendant of King Edward III. Tracing the Seymour branch up through Hotspurs and Plantagenets, you get to the great medieval king Edward III. Much to his surprise, Danny found himself to be a direct descendant of both Edward III and William the Conqueror. Danny is descended from Cromwell’s son Henry, who married Elizabeth Seymour, the sister of Jane Seymour, who became the second wife of Henry VIII. Cromwell wrote his last letter to Henry VIII begging for his life on 24 July, which is my birthday.” The Discovery of Royal RootsĪnd it was through the Cromwell line that the genealogists made the royal connection. Cromwell left the country at 14, I started acting at 14. “He came from a slum, I came from a slum. Danny found out he was directly descended from Thomas Cromwellĭanny was a direct descendant of the Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to Henry VIII. Though perhaps it wasn’t the family connection we all would have guessed, to Danny it seemed to make sense: If the gaff and drawbridge impressed him, what Danny learned next was even more incredible. His host (and cousin) Lord Tollemache showed Danny the image of his ancestor Catherine Cromwell – the great great granddaughter of Thomas Cromwell. Meanwhile, things got even more interesting when looking at Danny’s 10 x great grandfather Robert Gosnold, whose coat of arms indicated he had been landed gentry.Īlthough Danny was “hoping he’s cako bako” (“really rich”), his loyalty to the king cost him his lands after the English Civil War.Īll of the family fortunes didn’t end there, however, as Robert’s mother was part of the wealthy Tollemache family, which is still a landowning family to this day.ĭanny’s next adventure took him to the Helmingham Hall, the home of Robert’s mother, his 11 x great grandmother. The records showed the Buittvants were in fact from Whitechapel, but an AncestryDNA test could perhaps reveal Western European roots many generations further back. “Am I French? How French am I? I know I look French and all that.”
The French-sounding surname Buttivant, also had Danny wondering about his ethnic background. Albert and Ann Buttivant were thought to run a workhouse in London’s Mile End, but family legend was disproved when it turned out they were regular residents. The show unfolded with the story of Danny’s 3 x great grandparents, who were far from posh.
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