Irving family explained
The Irving family are the descendants of Samuel Brodribb, (born c. 1800 at Clutton – died in Bristol 20 June 1876), a salesman who collected orders for the tailoring department of a local store, and his wife Mary, née Behenna, (christened 31 January 1808 at Lelant, Cornwall – died 1869), the daughter of a Cornish farming family.[1]
Their son was:
Sir Henry Irving (1838–1905), born John Brodribb,[1] a notable English stage actor in the Victorian era. He married Florence O'Callaghan on 15 July 1869 at St.Marylebone, London.
Henry Irving was the father of:
- Laurence Irving Brodribb (1903–1988)
- Dorothy Elizabeth Irving Brodribb (1906–2003).
- Pamela Mary Irving (born 22 March 1921).
- John H. B. Irving (born 1924)
- John H. B. Irving's grand-daughter Imogen Irving (b. 15 January 1994) Actor, currently in training.
- Sir John Henry Kilian Brunner, 4th Bt. (b. 1 June 1927)
- Nicholas Laurence Brodribb Brunner1 (1 January 1929 – 3 March 1931)
- Timothy Barnabas Hans Brunner (b. 28 February 1932)
- Daniel Felix Brodribb Brunner (30 July 1933 – 28 November 1976)
See also
- List of show business families
Notes and References
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/294873/Sir-Henry-Irving Henry Irving Biography
- http://www.geni.com/people/Laurence-Irving/6000000014818681820 Genealogy of Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving on Geni.com
- http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_197538-00256/3082334?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dHarry%2bBrodribb%2b%26gsln%3dIrving%26msbdy%3d1870%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3drc8%26cp%3d11%26mssng0%3dDorothea%26mssns0%3dBaird%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d3082334%26recoff%3d10%2b11%2b31%2b42%2b44%26db%3dLMAmarriages%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d2&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Henry Brodribb Irving (1896)
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1420228/Elizabeth-Lady-Brunner.html Obituary for Elizabeth Irving