Actor with aristocratic connections

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Yesterday, the hit TV show "Industry" premiered its season four opening episode.  One of the actors in the cast is Kit Harington, who, as we know, has many aristocratic connections.

In going through the cast list, I noticed that the character of James  Ashford was being played by actor Tom Stourton. certainly a possible connection to an aristocratic family. My curiosity kicked in, and I had to do some research.

Thomas Edward Alexander STOURTON (b. Sep. 28, 1987) is the son of Edward and Margaret (nee McEWEN) STOURTON.  Turns out, his aristocratic connections are numerous.

On his mother's side, he is the grandson of Sir James McEWEN , 2nd Bt.

On his father's side, the connection are rather lengthy.  Here are just a few:

3x gt gs of the 4th Viscount Southwell

4x gt gs of the 19th Lord Stourton,  Sir Robert THROCKMORTON , 8th Bt, and  Sir Pyers Mostyn, 8th Bt

5x gt. gs of the 6th Lord Clifford of Chudleigh

6x gt gs of the 8th Lord Arundell of Wardour

7x gt gs of the 5th Lord Langdale, Sir John MASSEY-STANLEY, 6th Bt. and the 2nd Earl of Lichfield

His 8x gt grandmother, Lady Charlotte FITZROY, was the daughter of King Charles II and the Duchess of Cleveland.

And these are only some of the connections.

Quite a lineage for this thespian!

Brooke

Brooke

[marquess]

The Earl of Rosslyn was a theatre actor during the 1900s, see 'Earls and Girls' for details. 

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Two who are still acting, here in the US, are Lords Shaughnessy and Haden-Guest.

Brooke

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Gabriella Wilde, (d Lady Mary Gaye Curzon)

Jack Huston (s Lady Rose Cholmondeley)

Lady Marsha Fitzalan Howard
Told a Swnton (d Sir John Swindon)

Helena Bonham Carter (gt gd 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith)

Lady Clara Paget

Al Murray (dukes of Atholl)

Baron Fellowes of West Stafford

Baron  Rix

Susan Nichols (d baron Harmar-Nicholls)

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Geraldine Somerville (d Sir Quentin Agnew Somerville and Hon April Drummond d Lord Strange)

[JL]

The actor John Standing (born 1934) is of course Sir John Leon, 4th Bart., and actor Jeremy Childs (1944-2022) was Sir Coles John Jeremy Childs, 3rd Bart.

Then we have the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, born 1948, an actor and writer.

On Monday, January 12, 2026 at 4:55:14 PM UTC bx...@yahoo.com wrote:

[Chris Pitt Lewis]

And of course the actor Timothy Bentinck, the 12th Earl of Portland (also a Count of the Holy Roman Empire).

Chris Pitt Lewis

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Sir Timothy Ackroyd, 3rd Bt, stage actor

Rory Campbell, brother of Sir Lachlan Campbell, 6th Bt – film actor (Batman Begins etc and Cats)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, niece of Sir Francis Clerke, 13th Bt – star and writer of Fleabag

Sir Julius Cotter, 8th Bt – TV actor

Percy Copley, brother of 7th Baron Cromwell – Sir Topham Hatt Thomas the Tank Engine

Jenny Nichols, niece of Sir Robert Davis-Goff, 6th Bt (Crimes and Misdemeanors [sic])

Toby Maka, nephew of 7th Earl of Gosford – Miami Medical

Nicholas Haden-Guest, brother of 5th Baron Haden-Guest – USA High and also voice actor

Pandora Colin, daughter of 5th Baron Harlech (Mrs Rory Kinnear) – Lady in the Van

Oliver Haworth, son and ha of Sir Christopher Haworth, 4th Bt – Sherlock Bungalow and the Diabolical Treasure, stage play

Annie Haworth, his sister – Anatomy of a Scandal

Samuel Honywood, son and ha of Sir Rupert Honywood, 12th Bt - child actor in film Nanny McFee (2004) and as cabin boy in Glyndebourne production of Billy Budd (2010).

Lucia O’Brien, dau of 18th Baron Inchiquin – Wrong Train and New York

10th Earl of Jersey – actor and producer

Sir John McEwen, 5th Bt

Lady Serena Brabazon/Legge, dau of 15th Earl of Meath – the Tudors, Albert Nobbs

Tamsin Pike, niece of 15th Earl of Meath – Hilary and Jackie

Maritoni Fernandez, dau of 3rd Baron Moynihan – Filipino actress and model

Nicola St John, dau of 9th Earl of Orkney – Canadian actress (Luba)

Sarah Edmondson, dau of 3rd Baron Sandford – Canadian actor and podcaster

[marquess]

The current Earl of Portland - David Archer in the Archers.

[Nick MacGregor-Sadolin]

Hi,

Rachel Claire Ward

From Wikipedia:

"Ward was born in Oxfordshire near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, the daughter of Claire Leonora (née Baring) and the Hon. Peter Alistair Ward. Her grandfathers were William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley and the cricketer Giles Baring.[citation needed] Ward is also the great-granddaughter of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, Governor-General of Australia 1908–11, and sister of environmental campaigner and former actress Tracy Louise Ward, Duchess of Beaufort." 

Rachel Ward is, I think, much famous for playing the adult Meggie Cleary in The Third Birds tv miniseries and playing Jess in cinema move "Against All Odds", but she has done a lot of work in the USA, the UK and Australia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Ward

In my database:

https://gw.geneanet.org/sadolinsnet_w?iz=521167&lang=en&n=ward&oc=0&p=rachel+claire&type=tree

Best regards,

Nick

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[marquess]

The Hon Lalla Ward dau of Viscount Bangor. Romana in Doctor Who, Lotty in the Duchess of Duke Street.

[colinp]

Tania Coleridge, dau of the 5th Baron Coleridge - former actress and model (according to her father's Times obituary)

Anne Lambton, sister of the 7th Earl of Durham (Lady Mary) - Sid and Nancy, The Crown 

Patricia Pelham, dau the 9th Duke of Newcastle - Mask, Tales from the Darkside

Nimmy (Naomi) March, adoptive sister of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon - TV actress, Coronation Street etc

[RichardMH]

Lady Caroline (Garnell) Bridgeman, youngerst sister of the present Earl of Bradford - many, many roles as an "extra" in numerous film and tv productions.