Robert Pattinson
Pattinson in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson
Place of Birth: Merton, Surrey, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 13 May, 1986
Ethnicity: English
Robert Pattinson is an English actor, musician, producer, and model. He is known for playing Edward Cullen in the Twilight films, from 2008 to 2012, and for his roles in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Little Ashes, Remember Me, Love & Distrust, Water for Elephants, Bel Ami, Cosmopolis, The Rover, Map to the Stars, Life (2015), The Lost City of Z, Good Time, Damsel, High Life, The Lighthouse, The King (2019), Waiting for the Barbarians, Tenet, The Devil All the Time, and The Batman (2022).
Robert is the son of Clare, a modeling scout, and Richard Pattinson, who dealt in vintage cars. He is the brother of singer Elizabeth “Lizzy” Pattinson. His family tree is English going back generations, with many of his ancestors having lived in the north of England. Robert has a daughter with his finacée, model and actress Suki Waterhouse.
Robert’s paternal grandfather was Tom Pattinson (the son of Frederick William Pattinson and Elizabeth Bolton). Tom was born in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England. Frederick was the son of William Pattinson and Mary Wright. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Gatenby Bolton and Annie Elizabeth Andrew.
Robert’s paternal grandmother was named Constance Mary Cockcroft (the daughter of George M. Cockcroft). Constance was born in Hartlepool, Durham, England.
Robert’s maternal grandfather was John Douglas Charlton (the son of John Edward Charlton and Edith Ada/Adah Forster/Foster). Robert’s grandfather John was born in Chelsea, London, England. Robert’s great-grandfather John was the son of John Charlton and Margaret Jackson.
Robert’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Elizabeth Maxfield (the daughter of William Maxfield and Elizabeth Mary Chorley Laver). Margaret was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England. William was the son of Frederick/Fred Maxfield and Hannah Draper. Robert’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Chorley Laver and Margaret Martha Smith.
Source: Genealogy of Robert Pattinson – http://lh5.ggpht.com
For anyone wondering, there’s a family tree of Pattinson here. He’s 100% English.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9QCFncbAnNw/S4v5TqjoIxI/AAAAAAAAAGc/MJ2MVukwBQY/s1600-h/Robert+Pattinson+family+tree.jpg
http://blamegrandma.blogspot.com/2010/02/robert-pattinsons-twilight-northern.html
Actually Nathan, about a 1/4 of all British people have at least 1 Irish grandparent in the major cities.
so true paul, the irish immigration to Great Britain is actually the third largest in the world, after turks in germany and mexicans in america, and that 6 million english people have an Irish grandparent.It was listed in a major UK newspaper last year and on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_migration_to_Great_Britain
I live in Manchester, in North West England which has a high percentage of Irish ancestry, most people i know have either an Irish parent or grandparent like myself, and is rather full of Irish travellers. However, england in a way is full of different ethicities and ancestries as england was invaded multiple times by the Romans (italians), Vikings (scandiavians), Normans (french) and Saxons (germans), so in a way, there is no such way as being full blood english.
Thank you!
I’ve been trying to get that point across.. Even with links and such, Nathan refused to believe me. xD
I have cousins in Manchester. (:
The whole ‘typical English look is blonde hair and blue eyes’ is nonsense too, imo. There are more blue-eyed people in Ireland, which to be honest, might contribute to the blue-eyed people in England as a lot of them have Irish blood.
My surname is Norman.. Weren’t the Normans French of Scandinavian descent?
They were descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock. Their identity emerged initially in the first half of the tenth century, and gradually evolved over succeeding centuries until they disappeared as an ethnic group in the early thirteenth century. The name “Normans” derives from “Northmen” or “Norsemen”, after the Vikings from Scandinavia who founded Normandy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans
My grandmas maiden name was Norman too (Luxford), she traced back to 1066 Battle of Hastings, where my descendant was a norman knight, funnily enough she lives in Hastings now :)
That’s the same in every European country, however! All of them have had multiple migrations/invasions since the neolithic, so NO ONE is ‘full blood.’ That is why ALL native Europeans have only the same 9 foremothers and around the same forefathers; Swedes share the same dna as Italians etc. And even with various migrations, it does not mean the original settlers of any given country were obliterated; most people in the British isles who are natives will have some ancestry from before the Roman invasion.
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he is only english and notalot of english people do have other british blood in them there is such a thing as just english
He is over-rated his nose is flat!