#DANNY DYER FAMILY TREE FULL#

King Edward III married Phillipa of Hainault.Mary Ann Buttivant married John Wallace.Robert Gosnold IV married Dorothy Jegon.Anne Tollemache married Robert Gosnold V.Catherine Cromwell married Lionel Tollemache.Lord Henry Cromwell married Mary Paulet.Elizabeth Seymour married Gregory Cromwell (Son of Thomas Cromwell Chief Minister of Henry VIII).Margery Wentworth married Sir John Seymour (Father of Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII).Mary Clifford married Sir Philip Wentworth.Elizabeth Percy married Lord John Clifford.Elizabeth Mortimer married Sir Henry (Hotspur) Percy.Phillippa Plantagenet married Edmund Mortimer.Lionel Plantagenet married Elizabeth de Burgh.King Edward III married Philippa of Hainault.Moses Hart (1675-1756) London Businessmanīoth mine and Danny’s ancestors ended up living in East London, probably crossed paths at some point in their lives, however one is a story of tragedy and poverty while the other is a tale of success. Their daughter Sylvia Simons married my grandfather, Francis J. Jacob’s son David Simons was the ancestor of Ann Simons who married Baron Sugar of Clapton (Alan Sugar of Apprentice fame), his other son Hyman Simons continued the family’s butcher business and married Rachael Shuter, daughter of Henry Elkin Shuter a London Jewel merchant. Lazarus Alexander son of Alexander and Frances continued his father’s business and married Dinah Martin, daughter of Benjamin Martin a London shopkeeper, their daughter Sarah married Jacob Simons, a wealthy Jewish businessman descendant of the 17th Century medalist Abraham Shimoni. His granddaughter Frances Lazarus married Alexander Alexander, a London fruiterer and descendent of King Alexander III of Scotland. Samuel Simon Lazarus was the first to land on English soil, he married Margoles Hart, sister of Moses Hart a wealthy Jewish business man and Aaron Hart, Chief Rabbi of England. The family remained on the continent and were very prominent in the Jewish community, until eventually they found themselves back in England where they continued to be very prominent in the Jewish community. Their daughter Mala Lifshitz married Yechiel II Luria the Chief Rabbi of Brest. His illegitimate daughter travelled to England with her father and eventually married Thomas Sybil, their daughter Rose Sybil moved to France and married Eleizer Lifshitz and was known as Dreizel Zeibel. Her parents were Alonso Fradrique of Castille and his Jewish mistress Palomi. My ancestors were the product of John of Gaunt and his Jewish mistress Beatriz Enriquez, she was the granddaughter of King Alfonso XI. Prince John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and Earl of Richmond He and his wife Ann Howcutt had a daughter called Mary Ann Buttivant and she was Danny Dyer’s ancestor, she married John Wallace and their granddaughter Joyce M L Rudd born 1931 in Poplar, East London married Danny’s grandfather John Dyer, youngest son of dock worker George Dyer and his wife Ethel neé Aldridge. Ann and Albert ButtivantĬharles married Hannah Wing and their son Albert worked as a Cigar Maker in Mile End, he fell in hard times and at age 31 he was forced to go into the Old Town Workhouse in Bancroft Road. There son Charles worked as a Cargo Clerk, he was employed in the Victualling Office that provided food to keep the Royal Navy fed. It was this moment that his ancestors fell into poverty. Robert Gosnold’s descendant Charles Gosnold (1727-1788) married Sarah French and their daughter Ann married James Buttivant a successful manufacturer in Norwhich who fell into difficult times and was declared bankrupt in 1799. He fought a losing battle for King Charles I all the way up to the siege of Oxford.

Helmingham Hall Ancestral residence of the Tollmache Family.Īnn married Robert Gosnold (1587-1633) a member of the Landed Gentry, Gosnold fought in the English Civil War and was a fervent supporter of the Royalist cause. Lord Tollemache lived at Helmingham Hall in Suffolk.

Ann Tollemache, daughter of Lord Lionel Tollemache was married to Katherine Cromwell, great granddaughter of Thomas Cromwell. The family were very prosperous and were heavily involved with the Tudor Royal court, he is in fact a direct descendent of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s chief minister via his son Gregory Cromwell. His ancestor Lionel Plantagenet, son of King Edward III married Elizabeth de Burgh, daughter of an Irish peer. He is descended from his son Lionel 1st Duke of Clarence and I am descended from his son Prince John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster.ĭanny’s ancestors made their way through history from Royal stock, through the landed gentry, right the way down to the back streets of East London.

#DANNY DYER FAMILY TREE FULL#

Both myself and Danny Dyer are distant cousins, we both have a long and complicated ancestry full of weird and wonderful characters and we both share descent from King Edward III, King of England.

Danny dyer family tree