Carole Elizabeth Middleton (née Goldsmith; born 31 January 1955),[1][2] is a former air stewardess turned businesswoman, and the mother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her siblings, Philippa "Pippa" Middleton and James William Middleton.[3] Her first grandchild, Prince George of Cambridge, was born on 22 July 2013, and is third in the line of succession to the British throne.
She was born in Perivale Maternity Hospital, the daughter of Dorothy (Harrison) and Ronald Goldsmith, brother of Gary Goldsmith. She spent her early years in a council flat in Southall, attending the local state school.[4][5]
In the mid 1980s, when her two eldest children were at a pre-school and the family was living at Bradfield Southend, she set up Party Pieces, a company which began by making party bags and which now sells party supplies and decorations by mail order. By 1995 the firm, run by both parents, was so successful that it moved into a range of farm buildings at Ashampstead Common,[6][7] and since then the Middletons are reported to have become millionaires,[8] and racehorse owners.[9]
The gold chevron on her daughter Catherine's coat of arms refers to Middleton's maiden name of Goldsmith.[10]
Ancestry
| 16. John Goldsmith (Abt 1827-1888) | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. John Goldsmith (1851-?) | ||||||||||||||||
| 17. Esther Jones (Abt 1832-1885) | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. Stephen Charles Goldsmith (1886-1938) | ||||||||||||||||
| 18. James Dorsett (Abt 1820-1893) | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. Jane Dorsett (1861-?) | ||||||||||||||||
| 19. Charlotte Mercy Powell (Abt 1824-1899) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Ronald John James Goldsmith (1931-2003) | ||||||||||||||||
| 20. Miles Tugwell Chandler (1809-1881) | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. Theophilus Benjamin Chandler (1848-1935) | ||||||||||||||||
| 21. Eliza Jenkins (Abt 1818-1896) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. Edith Eliza Chandler (1889-?) | ||||||||||||||||
| 22. Uriah White (Abt 1806-1867) | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. Amelia White (1846-1927) | ||||||||||||||||
| 23. Jane Bowler (Abt 1807-1886) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Carole Goldsmith | ||||||||||||||||
| 24. John Harrison (Abt 1835-Bef 1897) | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. John Harrison (1874-1956) | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. Jane Liddle (Abt 1839-1881), 2nd great-granddaughter of Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Bt. (1731-1810) |
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| 6. Thomas Harrison (1904-1976) | ||||||||||||||||
| 26. Thomas Hill (1844-?) | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. Jane Hill (1875-?) | ||||||||||||||||
| 27. Elizabeth Webster (1848-Abt 1891) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Dorothy Harrison (1935-2006) | ||||||||||||||||
| 28. Joseph Temple (1833-Aft 1901) | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. Thomas Temple (1871-Aft 1934) | ||||||||||||||||
| 29. Harriet Stone (1851-Aft 1901) | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Elizabeth Mary Temple (1903-1991) | ||||||||||||||||
| 30. Joseph Myers (Abt 1831-Aft 1901) | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. Elizabeth Myers (1868-?) | ||||||||||||||||
| 31. Ann Swales (1826-Abt 1901) | ||||||||||||||||
Reference List
External links
Vorlage:Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- ↑ Vorlage:Citation
- ↑ Person Page 20097. thePeerage.com, abgerufen am 4. Mai 2011.
- ↑ Geoffrey Levy: For Kate Middleton's mother Carole being royal in-law will be no laughing matter | Mail Online. Dailymail.co.uk, abgerufen am 4. Mai 2011.
- ↑ Kate Middleton's character shaped by generations of social-climbing matriarchs | Mail Online. Dailymail.co.uk, 17. April 2011, abgerufen am 4. Mai 2011.
- ↑ News: Kate Middleton's Southall connections. brit-asian.com, abgerufen am 6. Mai 2011.
- ↑ Party Pieces Princess in News of the World (21 November 2010), pg. 4
- ↑ About us at partypieces.co.uk, accessed 19 February 2011
- ↑ Generation why-should-I? News.scotsman.com, abgerufen am 4. Mai 2011.
- ↑ Kate's family has eclipsed so many of their poorer relatives, so just how rich are the Middletons? www.dailymail.co.uk, 19. April 2011, abgerufen am 6. Mai 2011.
- ↑ Kate Middleton's coat of arms blends in-jokes, symbolism and history. www.guardian.co.uk, abgerufen am 6. Mai 2011.