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Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister of Great Britain

1A. Rt Hon (Alexander) Boris de Pfeffel Johnson MP (b. New York City, 19 Jun 1964)

Parents

1B. Stanley Patrick Johnson MEP (b. Penzance, Cornwall, 18 Aug 1940), mar. Marylebone, London, Sep 1963,

2B. Charlotte Offlaw Fawcett (b. Oxford, 29 May 1942; d. St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, 13 Sep 2021)

Grandparents

1C. (Osman) Wilfred Kemal later Johnson (b. Christchurch, Dorset, 4 Sep 1909; d. Taunton, Somerset, May 1992), mar. Bromley, Kent, Dec 1936,

2C. (Yvonne Eileen) Irene Williams (b. Versailles, France, 7 May 1907; d. Taunton, Somerset, Nov 1987)

3C. Sir James Edmund Sandford Fawcett QC (b. North Hagbourne, Berkshire,16 Apr 1913; d. Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 24 Jun 1991), mar. St Pancras, London,7 Aug 1937,

4C. (Frances) Beatrice Lowe (b. Woodstock, Oxfordshire 27 Aug 1913; d. Southwark, London, 21 Oct 2001)

Great-grandparents

1D. Ali Kemal Bey, Turkish Minister of the Interior (b. Constantinople, Turkey, 1869; assassinated Izmit, Turkey, 6 Nov 1922), mar. Paddington, London, 7 Sep 1903,

2D. Winifred Emma Mary Brun (b. Warwick, Warwickshire, Jun 1883; d. following child birth Bournemouth, Dorset, Dec 1909)

3D. Stanley Fred Williams, a Lloyd's underwriter (b. Upper Norwood, Surrey, 7 Sep 1880; d. Penzance, Cornwall, 1 Nov 1955). mar. Paris, France,1905,

4D. Baroness Marie-Louise von Pfeffel (b. Paris, France, 15 Aug 1882; d. Carbis Bay, Cornwall, 29 Feb 1944)

5D. Rev Joseph Fawcett (b. Augill House, Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmorland, 10 Dec 1878; d. Honiton, Devon,Jun 1950), mar. Paris, 1911,

6D. Edith Annie Scattergood (b. West Bromwich, Staffordshire, 20 Mar 1874; d. Hastings, Sussex, 22 Nov 1942)

7D. Prof Elias Avery Loew later Lowe, a palaeographer (b. Kavarija, Russia, 15 Oct 1879; d. Bad Nauheim, Germany, 8 Aug 1969), mar. Switzwerland, 10 Feb 1911,

8D. Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter. translator (b. Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA, 15 Jun 1876; d. Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 27 Apr 1963)

Great-great-grandparents

1E. Ahmet Hamdi Kemal , a beeswax merchant and candle maker (b. Kalfat, Turkey, 1815; d. 18...), mar.,

2E. Hanife Fared, a former Circassian slavegirl

3E. Francis Julius Brun, a butler in London in 1881 (b. Lucerne, Switzerland, 22 Jan 1856; d. Lucerne, Switzerland, 20 Mar 1935), mar. St George's, Bloomsbury, London, 4 Jun 1880,

4E. Margaret Hannah Johnson (b. East Witton, Yorkshire, 22 Jan 1856; d. Devizes, Wiltshire, Jun 1942)

5E. Frederick George Williams, a warehouseman in the drapery trade (b. Bloomsbury, London, Jun 1854; d. Bromley, Kent, Mar 1938), mar. St George's, Bloomsbury, London, 5 Mar 1878,

6E. Blanche Annie Dannit (b. Bermondsey, Surrey, Jun 1859; d. Droitwich, Worcestershire, Jun 1941)

7E. Baron Christian Hubert von Pfeffel (b. Munich, Bavaria, 8 Dec 1843; d. Paris, France, May 1922), mar. Paris, Frances, 22 Oct 1881,

8E. Baroness Helene Arnous-Riviere (b. Paris, France,14 Jan 1862; d. 1951)

9E. William Fawcett, a farmer (b. Augill House, Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmorand, 11 Feb 1839; d. Augill House, Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmorland, Mar 1900), mar. Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmorand, 31 Oct 1864,

10E. Annis Clark (b. Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmorland, 24 Nov 1840; d. Augill House, Brough-under-Stainmore, Westorland, 5 Mar 1918)

11E. James Scattergood JP, a factory manager (b. Burton-on-Trent, 1832; d. West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Dec 1908), mar. Aston, Warwickshire, Mar 1872,

12E. Mary Ann Stamps (b. West Bromwich, Staffordshire, c. 1837; d. 19...)

13E. Charles Loew,a  silk and embroidery merchant (b. Kalvarija, Russia, 10 Oct 1858; d. USA, 1905), mar. 1878,

14E. Sarah Ragoller (b. Kaunas, Russia, 1855; d. USA, 1927)

15E. Henry Clinton Porter, a pharmacist (b. 1851; d. 19...). mar. 1873,

16E. Clara Holcombe (b. 30 Jul 1848; d. 19...)

Great-great-great-grandparents

1F. ..... Kemal

2F. ..... .....

3F. ..... Fared

4F. ..... .....

5F. Joseph Brun

6F. Katherine Amrein

7F. Thomas Heney Johnson, of Ripon, Yorkshire, a draper

8F. Mary Raper, dau. of James Raper, of Harmby, Yorkshire, a farmer

9F. Sir George Williams, founder of the YMCA movement, a draper employing 209 people

10F. Helen Jane Maunder Hitchcock, dau. of George Hitchcock, of Hyde Park, London, a warehouseman and silkmaker employing 110 people

11F. Christopher Dannit, of Camberwell, Middlesex, a hop and seed dealer

12F. Lydia Martha Earle, dau. of Robert William Earle, of Newington, Surrey

13F. Baron Karl Max von Pfeffel

14F. Baroness Karoline Pauline von Rottenberg, illegit. dau. of HRH Prince Prince of Wurttemberg

15F. Baron Jules Arnous-Riviere

16F. Josephine de Coullhac Mazérieux, dau. of Joseph de Coullhac Mazérieux

17F. Fenton Fawcett, of Augill House, Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmorland, a farmer of 93 acres

18F. Eleanor Hindmore, dau. of Joseph Hindmore

19F. Joseph Clark, of Dummah Cragg, Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmorland, a farme of 45 acres

20F. Ann Lamb, dau. of John Lamb

21F. Robert Scattergood, of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, a brickmaker employing 15 men

22F. Mary Oakden, dau. of William Oakden

23F. Thomas Stamps, of West Bromwich, Staffordshre, a holloware caster

24F. Mary Bratt

25F. ..... Loew

26F. ..... .....

27F. ..... Ragoller

28F. ..... .....

29F. Henry Clinton Porter, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, USA

30F. Eliza Ellen Betts, dau. of Nathaniel Noble Betts

31F. Judson Holcombe, of Pennsylvania, USA

32F. Maria Nobles, dau. of Jonathan Nobles

The ancestral range of Mr Johnson is very interesting, encompassing Turkish muslims at one end, New England settlers at the other, and in between European royalty, solid British farming stock, and Russian Jewish emigrées.

Last updated 26 Apr 2023

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