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Alexandra Uttrang Khalsa | |
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Born | Alexandra Penelope Aitken 14 March 1980 Lausanne, Switzerland |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | City and Guilds of London Art School (BFA) |
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Uttrang Kaur Khalsa (born Alexandra Penelope Aitken; 14 March 1980), also known earlier as Ally or Ale Aitken and still known as Alexandra Aitken, is a British model, actress and socialite. She has worked with some of Europe's leading fashion and art photographers such as Bob Carlos Clarke and Terry O'Neill. Aitken is a yoga teacher, and translates Sikh and Hindu scriptures.
Alexandra Aitken was born on 14 March 1980. [1] Upon Aitken's birth in Lausanne, Switzerland, US President Richard Nixon sent flowers to her mother Lolitza. His security team and the Swiss police used the delivery to practice the emergency protocol for escorting an injured Head of State to the hospital, closing roads for the delivery. [2]
She is the daughter of former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and former British government Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken and his first wife Lolicia Aitken.[ citation needed ] She has a twin sister Victoria, a brother William, and a half-sister Petrina Khashoggi. Alexandra attended The King's School, Canterbury, where she acted as a server and school sacristan in Canterbury Cathedral, carrying altar candles. At school she was captain of the netball and hockey teams. Alexandra was on the school athletics team and won medals for sprinting and set Kent records for hurdles. Aitken graduated in fine arts [1] and won the school art prize. She attended The Hampshire School in England and also a school in France which is (at its foundation) a ballet school. The Aitken family were political hosts, frequently hosting prayer breakfasts and political think-tank parties at their home in London.[ citation needed ]
After Aitken's father was sent to prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice, he was declared bankrupt and her mother and sister left the country. [3]
She is the daughter of former British government Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken, who became The Reverend Jonathan Aitken and Prison Chaplain. Alexandra is the granddaughter of Penelope, Lady Aitken and Sir William Aitken. Alexandra is the great-granddaughter of John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby, and the great-great niece of newspaper magnate and war-time minister Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Alexandra is the cousin of super model Jodie Kidd And Jemma Kidd, The Countess of Mornington, The 1st wife of The Earl of Mornington.Alexandra Aitken is a descendent of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Her father Jonathan Aitken is a great-nephew of the newspaper magnate and war-time minister, The 1st Baron Beaverbrook whose daughter is the first wife of the 11th Duke of Argyle, The Hon. Janet Gladys Aitken . Alexandra Aitken is the niece of the actress and director Maria Aitken. Nigel Davenport best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films A Man for All Seasons and Chariots of Fire is her uncle.
In 2011, she 'married' [note 1] Inderjot Singh, a Sikh warrior she met while travelling in India. [3] [4]
Aitken started her modelling career at IMG models who she joined during her first year at art college in London. She worked with fashion and art photographers Bob Carlos Clarke and Terry O'Neill (photographer). She later moved to Storm Management, where she appeared on covers. Alexandra Aitken posed in a white T-shirt and white pants for GQ magazine photographed by Willy Camden. GQ called her 'A Rock and Roll Giraffe.'
In 2004, she appeared in the movie Enduring Love . [3] [5] and she had two lines in the 2007 film Atonement . [3]
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper in the world, the Daily Express, which appealed to the conservative working class with intensely patriotic news and editorials. During the Second World War, he played a major role in mobilising industrial resources as Winston Churchill's Minister of Aircraft Production.
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken is a British author, Church of England priest, convicted criminal and former Conservative Party politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parliament in 1974, and was a member of the cabinet during John Major's premiership from 1994 to 1995. That same year, he was accused by The Guardian of misdeeds conducted under his official government capacity. He sued the newspaper for libel in response, but the case collapsed, and he was subsequently found to have committed perjury during his trial. In 1999, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, of which he served seven months.
Baron Beaverbrook, of Beaverbrook in the Province of New Brunswick in the Dominion of Canada and of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the prominent media owner and politician Sir Max Aitken, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, on 3 July 1916. When Aitken died, his son disclaimed the barony three days later, stating that "there shall only be one Lord Beaverbrook in my lifetime". Since 1985, the title has been held by the latter's son, the third Baron.
The surname Aitken is derived from the Lowland Scots personal name Aitken, which is in turn a form of the name Adam. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Peeblesshire, followed by Linlithgowshire, Haddingtonshire, Stirlingshire, Fife, Dunbartonshire, Clackmannanshire, Shetland, Edinburghshire and Ayrshire.
Beaverbrook may refer to:
Sir James Hamet Dunn, 1st Baronet was a Canadian financier and industrialist during the first half of the 20th century. He is recognized chiefly for his 1935 rescue and subsequent 20-year presidency and proprietorship of Algoma Steel.
Marcia Anastasia Aitken, Baroness Beaverbrook was a British philanthropist, an art collector, and racehorse owner.
Penelope Loader, Lady Aitken, MBE, styled The Honourable Lady Aitken and nicknamed 'Pempe', was an English socialite.
Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, 9th Prince of Waterloo, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th Duke of Victoria, GE, OBE, DL, styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro between 1972 and 2014, is a British peer and politician. He served as Conservative Member of the European Parliament for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989) and sits as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby,, was a British civil servant and diplomat who was a key figure in Anglo-Irish relations during the Second World War.
Jodie Elizabeth Kidd is an English fashion model, racing driver, and television personality.
Maria Penelope Katharine Aitken is an English theatre director, teacher, actress, and writer.
Princess Antonia of Prussia, Duchess of Wellington is a British aristocrat and philanthropist. She serves as the president of The Guinness Partnership, an affordable housing community benefit society in the United Kingdom. A member of the House of Hohenzollern by birth, she is a great-granddaughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and a great-great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Through her marriage, she is also the Princess of Waterloo, Duchess of Victoria, and Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo.
Jemma Madeleine Wellesley, Countess of Mornington, is a British make up artist, fashion model, and aristocrat.
Margaret Aitken was a Canadian author, columnist, journalist, and politician.
Lady Jeanne Louise Campbell was a British socialite and foreign correspondent who wrote for the Evening Standard in the 1950s and 1960s.
Valentine Edward Charles Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare, styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1905 to 1941, was the Earl of Kenmare and the son of Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare.
Janet Gladys Aitken was a Canadian-British aristocrat and socialite. The daughter of Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, she grew up at Cherkley Court in Surrey. She was the first wife of Ian Campbell, later the Duke of Argyll, and the mother of Lady Jeanne Campbell. Her second husband, who was a son of the 9th Earl of Sandwich, died in World War II. She married a third time to the Canadian army officer Major Thomas Edward Dealtry Kidd.