Who do you think I am?

For those fans who watch 'Who do you think you are, might be interested in my family connections. First of all, who eats the odd Hovis loaf from time to time, the creation of Richard Stoney Smith who set up the process in Macclesfield in the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This is largely through my paternal grandparents, at least my grandmother's cousin who was my godmother's mother for when the baker arrived on one occasion, the mother called out to the daughter, mind you keep it in the family. Oh incidentally, I learned also that Robert Lindsay, the actor was alsol distantly related when in the mid eighties I was watching the Terry Wogan show. Terry happened to mention the matter to Robert Lindsay when speaking to him while the latter was in Broadway, taking part in Me and My Gal.

Anyone been to Belvoir castle in Northamptonshire? Well near the top of the stairs, I believe there is a bust of my great aunt, my maternal great grandmother's sister who was the housekeeper to the Duke of Rutland and I believe,had a child through him, to use the unfortunatel colloquial expression, born on the wrong side of the blanket

On my father's side of the family, of which I only have a vague sketchy knowledge of my antecedents is that an uncle of my father's served quite high up in Scotland Yard and I think his son, Ian also served in the Met at New Scotland Yard. A cousin of his, was Dudley Nourse or Nurse, was a famous cricketer who played for South Africa.