Lucy Boynton
Lucy Boynton – “Murder on the Orient Express” World Premiere – Arrivals – Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore – London, UK, 2017 – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 17, 1994
Ethnicity: English, small amount of Irish
Lucy Boynton is a British actress. Her roles include the films Miss Potter, Copperhead, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Sing Street, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Rebel in the Rye, Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Apostle (2018), Bohemian Rhapsody, Locked Down, Chevalier, The Pale Blue Eye, Barbie (2023), and The Greatest Hits, the series Sense and Sensibility (2008), Life in Squares, Gypsy (2017), Modern Love, The Ipcress File (2022), and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, and the made-for-tv movie Ballet Shoes (2007).
She was born in New York City, to English parents, and raised in southeast London, England. Her father, Graham Boynton (Graham John Boynton), is a journalist, consultant, travel writer, and editor. He was raised in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Her mother, Adriaane Pielou, is a travel writer; she was raised in Surrey, England; Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Lucy is a citizen of the U.K. and the U.S.
Lucy’s paternal grandfather was Herbert J. D. Boynton (the son of Herbert Boynton and Evelyne Baker). Lucy’s grandfather Herbert was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Lucy’s great-grandfather Herbert was the son of Thomas Boynton. Evelyne was the daughter of John Baker.
Lucy’s paternal grandmother was Doris Gwendolyn Hampson (the daughter of Sydney Horace Hampson and Emily Gwendolyn Francis). Doris was born in Aston, Warwickshire, England. Sydney was the son of David Hampson. Emily was the daughter of William Hampson and Annie Coughlan, who was Irish.
Lucy’s maternal grandfather was Patrick John Alan Pielow/Pielou (the son of Benjamin Jacob Pielow and Edith Gertrude Thomas). Patrick was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Benjamin was born in Drumcondra, Ireland, the son of William Francis Pielow and Rachel Mary Breadon. Edith was the daughter of Geoffery Edward Thomas and Edith Jessie Moon.
Lucy’s maternal grandmother was Patricia Mary Gudgeon (the daughter of Richard John Gudgeon and Alice Lillian Snelling). Patricia was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Alice was the daughter of Thomas Snelling and Lavinia Harriet Wright.
Source: Genealogy of Lucy’s maternal great-grandmother, Alice Lillian (Snelling) Gudgeon (focusing on her own father’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com
https://www.adriaanepielou.com/about/
“I grew up in Surrey, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong”
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/YDE3vWXlbROqJwt-XNWj3Oq42MU/appointments
It says her mother was born in January 1953, meaning this is almost certainly her birth record in Surrey:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7Z-GTLN
This is likely the same woman, and she was baptized Patricia Mary Briony Pielow, which in my mind pretty much confirms it:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGZR-8R6Q
Lucy’s maternal grandfather was Patrick John Alan Pielow/Pielou (the son of Benjamin Jacob Pielow and Edith Gertrude Thomas). Patrick was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Benjamin was born in Drumcondra, Ireland, the son of William Francis Pielow and Rachel Mary Breadon. Edith was the daughter of Geoffery Edward Thomas and Edith Jessie Moon.
Lucy’s maternal grandmother was Patricia Mary Gudgeon (the daughter of Richard John Gudgeon and Alice Lillian Snelling). Patricia was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Alice was the daughter of Thomas Snelling and Lavinia Harriet Wright.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Snelling-775
Lucy’s paternal grandfather was Herbert J. D. Boynton (the son of Herbert Boynton and Evelyne Baker). Lucy’s grandfather Herbert was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Lucy’s great-grandfather Herbert was the son of Thomas Boynton. Evelyne was the daughter of John Baker.
Lucy’s paternal grandmother was Doris Gwendolyn Hampson (the daughter of Sydney Horace Hampson and Emily Gwendolyn Francis). Doris was born in Aston, Warwickshire, England. Sydney was the son of David Hampson. Emily was the daughter of William Hampson and Annie Coughlan. Annie was Irish.
Are you sure “Pielou” is a Dutch surname?
*English, likely other
I thought it was French. There are Canadians with that surname.
At least her mother was likely not English with a first name like Adrianne, regardless of her surname. But who knows.
I tried to find an interview with her mother to hear if she has an accent, but without result.
It looks French but it could be a different spelling of another surname.
“Adriaane” is a Dutch name, so her mother might have Afrikaner ancestry or something
Seems reasonable given that her father grew up in Africa.