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.

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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 James Steerforth in David Copperfield (1986), Charles Warden in Fortunes of War (1987), Louis Bonaparte in Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987), Jean-Louis in Wish Me Luck (1990), Sebastian Pearce in The House of Eliott (1991), Ken Bernhard in The Bill (1993), Robert de Valicourt/Nicholas Ward in Highlander: The Series (1994–96), Bill Truscott in A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Thaddeus Arnold in The Enid Blyton Secret Series (1997–98), and Father in Alice in Wonderland (1999). [3] He also appeared in Massacre Play , a 1989 Italian thriller-drama film.

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 Edwina Hicks, the granddaughter of Lord Mountbatten of Burma, on 24 March 1984 at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. [2] [7] The couple had a son and two daughters before their divorce in 2004:

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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. 1 2 Queen Victoria's Descendants, Marlene A. Eilers, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987, page 185
  3. Brudenell on the 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. 1 2 3 Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2806
  8. Schaverien, Tracy (29 September 2024). "Maddison May Brudenell introduces adorable baby son and reveals his very royal name". Hello! Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  9. "Jordan Brudenell - Alumna 2013". Queen Anne's School. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2024.