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Feb 9, 2021 · Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy, MBE, who died 4 February, 2021, aged 90, was a scion of the landed gentry family of that name, of Shalstone Manor, Buckingham. Mr Purefoy descended from the Chester family, scions of the Barons Bagot, &c. He was born in 1930, son of the Rev Brian Mews [1898-1963], and his wife Mary Lillias Geraldine Purefoy [1898-1989 ...
The Veil (2024) 46 Videos. 99+ Photos. James Brian Mark Purefoy was born and brought up in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of Shirley (Taylor), who ran an employment agency, and Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy. After leaving school at the age of sixteen, he took a succession of different jobs, including working on a pig farm and as a porter at ...
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Feb 9, 2021 · He was yr s of Mary Lillias Geraldine PUREFOY (1898-1989) sometime head of that gentry family of Shalstone and Rev Brian MEWS (1898-1963, later by deed poll PUREFOY). He m 1st (1955) Shirley Clare d of Geoffrey E TAYLOR of Holbrook, Wincanton, Somerset and had issue including a son, the actor James Brian Mark PUREFOY (b 1964, m twice with 4 ...
May 23, 2023 · James Purefoy was born to his parents, Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy and Shirley Taylor. Advertisement Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy Purefoy’s father, Anthony, died on 4th February, at the age of 90. He had four children and thirteen grandchildren. Anthony’s mother used to be the heir and niece of the politician George Purefoy-Jervoise. Shirley Taylor Shirley is the […]
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Purefoy was born in Taunton, Somerset, the eldest son of Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy and Shirley, née Taylor. The Purefoy family were landed gentry, of Shalstone, Buckinghamshire; the family name passed in the female line through Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy's mother, Mary Lilias Geraldine, daughter of Admiral Richard Purefoy (who had changed his surname ...
Stage work
Purefoy's early professional roles included Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in Leatherhead, Walter in Mary Morgan at the Riverside Studios and Alan Strang in Equus on tour. He subsequently joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1988 and appeared in The Constant Couple, Macbeth, The Tempest, The Man Who Came to Dinner (Gene Saks, Barbican) and King Learas Edgar. Elsewhere, he has also appeared as Laertes in Hamlet at the Bristol Old Vic (1991), Brian in William Gaminara's Back Up the Hearse a...
Film and television
In 1991, Purefoy played James McCarthy, a young man accused of murdering his father, in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," in Granada's The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. One of his notable roles was Nicholas Jenkins in the four-part miniseries A Dance to the Music of Time for Channel 4 in 1997. He played Edward, the Black Prince in the film A Knight's Tale, Rawdon Crawley in Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon and Tom Bertram in the 1999 production of Mansfield Park. He has played major roles in s...
Purefoy married actress Holly Aird in 1996, with whom he has a son, Joseph (born 1997).They divorced in 2002. In 2014 he married art historian Jessica Adams with whom he has a daughter, Rose (born 2012), and two sons, Ned and Kit (born 2017). Purefoy is a supporter of both Yeovil Town and Manchester United.
Feb 6, 2023 · The Hap and Leonard star was born in Taunton, Somerset, England, on June 3, 1964, as James Brian Mark Purefoy. He is reportedly the eldest son of Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy and Shirley Purefoy, but how many siblings he has is a mystery. Nonetheless, it is evident that James grew up in Taunton along with his siblings.
Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy formerly Mews. Born 1930 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Ancestors. Son of Brian (Mews) Purefoy and Mary Lilias Geraldine Purefoy. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of [private wife (1930s - unknown) ] Father of [private son (1960s - unknown)] Died 2 May 2021 at about age 91 in Byfleet, Surrey, England ...
