Birdy
Birdy in 2014, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Van Den Bogaerde
Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 15 May, 1996
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, as well as 1/16th Belgian [Flemish]
Birdy is an British singer, songwriter, and musician.
She is the daughter of the Hon. Sophie Patricia (Roper-Curzon) and Rupert Oliver Benjamin van den Bogaerde. Her great-uncle was actor Sir Dirk Bogarde. Her first middle name Lucilla was the name of her father’s stepmother.
Birdy’s paternal grandfather is Gareth Ulric van den Bogaerde (the son of Ulric van den Bogaerde and Margaret Niven). Ulric’s father, Aimé Emile van den Bogaerde, was Belgian [Flemish]. Margaret was Scottish.
Birdy’s paternal grandmother is named Jennifer Bruges.
Birdy’s maternal grandfather is Captain John Christopher Ingram Roper-Curzon, the 20th Baron Teynham (the son of Captain Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon, 19th Baron Teynham, and of Elspeth Grace Whitaker).
Birdy’s maternal grandmother is Elizabeth Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (the daughter of Lt. Col. David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn and Patricia Katherine Montagu Douglas Scott). Birdy is listed on the Peerage of England, and grew up on the family estate near Lymington.
Sources: Genealogy of Birdy’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Birdy (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.thepeerage.com
Birdy’s paternal grandfather is Gareth Ulric van den Bogaerde (son of Ulric van den Bogaerde and Margaret Niven). Ulric’s father, Aimé Emile van den Bogaerde, was Belgian (Flemish). Margaret was Scottish.
Birdy’s paternal grandmother is Jennifer Bruges.