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[[File:Markle's direct ancestor, Lord Hussey - beheaded at King Henry's orders in 1537.jpg|thumb|Markle's direct ancestor, Lord Hussey - a descendant of [[King John]]]][[File:Markle's grt grt grt grandmother, New Hampshire landowner, Mary Hussey Smith.jpg|thumb|upright|Markle's great-great-great-grandmother, landowner Mary Hussey Smith (d. 1908)]] Research compiled twenty years ago by historians including Markle's great uncle, Mike Markle, revealed that through her great-great-great-grandmother, [[New Hampshire]] landowner Mary Hussey Smith (d.1908), Markle is a direct descendant of nobleman [[John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford]], who was beheaded in 1537 at the order of [[Henry VIII|King Henry VIII]]. Lord Hussey was a direct descendant of [[King John]]. Markle is a direct descendant of Captain Christopher Hussey, [[Esquire]] (d.1686) who was appointed in 1679 by [[King Charles II]] to govern the Royal Province of [[Hampton, New Hampshire]]. He was also a [[Founding Father]] of [[Nantucket]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|title=King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|accessdate=19 November 2017|publisher=UK Daily Telegraph|date=19 November 2017|quote=Curiously, he believes the Markle family may already be aware of the connections, after coming across independent research by a Mike Markle, understood to be the actress’ great-uncle, online from 20 years ago.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Robertson|first1=William|title=A General History of North and South America: Including the Celebrated Work by Robertson|date=1834|publisher=Mayhew, Isaac, and Company|page=424|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2ywuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA424&dq=1679++christopher+Hussey+Acts+Privy+Council&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIuIqB76nXAhXCyLwKHcBLClAQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=1679%20%20christopher%20Hussey%20Acts%20Privy%20Council&f=false|accessdate=6 November 2017|quote=18th September 1679....The king was represented by a president and council of his own appointment....to govern the provence of New Hampshire.....Christopher Hussey of Hampton, Esquire...to be of the council...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dow|first1=Joseph|title=An historical address: delivered at Hampton, New-Hampshire, on the 25th of ...|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6dVYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=Stephen+Bachiler++Hussey+christopher+Hampton&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi35_HWh6vXAhWCWbwKHQImCpMQ6AEIQDAF#v=onepage&q=Stephen%20Bachiler%20%20Hussey%20christopher%20Hampton&f=false|publisher=Printed by Asa McFarland|date=1839|accessdate=7 November 2017|quote=The names of the first settlers are Stephen Bachiler, Christopher Hussey...}}</ref>
[[File:Markle's direct ancestor, Lord Hussey - beheaded at King Henry's orders in 1537.jpg|thumb|Markle's direct ancestor, Lord Hussey - a descendant of [[John, King of England|King John]]]][[File:Markle's grt grt grt grandmother, New Hampshire landowner, Mary Hussey Smith.jpg|thumb|upright|Markle's great-great-great-grandmother, landowner Mary Hussey Smith (d. 1908)]] Research compiled twenty years ago by historians including Markle's great uncle, Mike Markle, revealed that through her great-great-great-grandmother, [[New Hampshire]] landowner Mary Hussey Smith (d.1908), Markle is a direct descendant of nobleman [[John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford]], who was beheaded in 1537 at the order of [[Henry VIII|King Henry VIII]]. Lord Hussey was a direct descendant of [[John, King of England|King John]]. Markle is a direct descendant of Captain Christopher Hussey, [[Esquire]] (d.1686) who was appointed in 1679 by [[King Charles II]] to govern the Royal Province of [[Hampton, New Hampshire]]. He was also a [[Founding Father]] of [[Nantucket]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|title=King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|accessdate=19 November 2017|publisher=UK Daily Telegraph|date=19 November 2017|quote=Curiously, he believes the Markle family may already be aware of the connections, after coming across independent research by a Mike Markle, understood to be the actress’ great-uncle, online from 20 years ago.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Robertson|first1=William|title=A General History of North and South America: Including the Celebrated Work by Robertson|date=1834|publisher=Mayhew, Isaac, and Company|page=424|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2ywuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA424&dq=1679++christopher+Hussey+Acts+Privy+Council&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIuIqB76nXAhXCyLwKHcBLClAQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=1679%20%20christopher%20Hussey%20Acts%20Privy%20Council&f=false|accessdate=6 November 2017|quote=18th September 1679....The king was represented by a president and council of his own appointment....to govern the provence of New Hampshire.....Christopher Hussey of Hampton, Esquire...to be of the council...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dow|first1=Joseph|title=An historical address: delivered at Hampton, New-Hampshire, on the 25th of ...|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6dVYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=Stephen+Bachiler++Hussey+christopher+Hampton&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi35_HWh6vXAhWCWbwKHQImCpMQ6AEIQDAF#v=onepage&q=Stephen%20Bachiler%20%20Hussey%20christopher%20Hampton&f=false|publisher=Printed by Asa McFarland|date=1839|accessdate=7 November 2017|quote=The names of the first settlers are Stephen Bachiler, Christopher Hussey...}}</ref>


Markle's maternal great-great-great maternal grandfather was the son of a slave who was forced to work on the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] plantations before being emancipated with the [[Abolitionism|abolition]] of slavery in 1865.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|title=King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|accessdate=19 November 2017|publisher=UK Daily Telegraph|date=19 November 2017|quote=Her (Markle's) mother’s forebears were traced to a slave forced to work on the Georgia plantations before being emancipated with the abolition of slavery in 1865....Markle's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave}}</ref>
Markle's maternal great-great-great maternal grandfather was the son of a slave who was forced to work on the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] plantations before being emancipated with the [[Abolitionism|abolition]] of slavery in 1865.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|title=King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|accessdate=19 November 2017|publisher=UK Daily Telegraph|date=19 November 2017|quote=Her (Markle's) mother’s forebears were traced to a slave forced to work on the Georgia plantations before being emancipated with the abolition of slavery in 1865....Markle's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave}}</ref>

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Meghan Markle
Markle at Paley Center in January 2013
Born
Rachel Meghan Markle

(1981-08-04) August 4, 1981 (age 42)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materNorthwestern University
Occupations
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Trevor Engelson
​
​
(m. 2011; div. 2013)​

Rachel Meghan Markle[1][2] (born August 4, 1981) is an American actress, model, and humanitarian.[3][4][5] Since 2011 Markle has portrayed Rachel Zane on the legal drama series Suits and is also known for her role as special agent Amy Jessup in the sci-fi thriller Fringe. She has been in a relationship with Prince Harry since June 2016.[6]

Early life

Markle was born on August 4, 1981, in Los Angeles.[7] Of her parents she has said, "my dad is Caucasian and my mom is African-American ... I have come to embrace [this and] say who I am, to share where I'm from, to voice my pride in being a strong, confident, mixed-race woman."[8] Her mother, Doria Ragland, has a master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California and works as a psychotherapist and yoga instructor.[7][9] Her father, of Dutch and Irish descent,[10][11] is Emmy award-winning lighting director Thomas W. Markle, whose profession resulted in his young daughter often visiting the set of Married … with Children.[12][13][14]

Education

Markle grew up in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles[15] where, from age five, she was educated at private schools; first at Hollywood Little Red Schoolhouse[16] and later at Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girl, private Catholic school in Los Angeles.[17] She graduated in 2003 from Northwestern University, near Chicago, where she took theater studies before completing her bachelor's degree in theater and international studies; coursework included an internship at the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires.[18][19][20][21][22]

Career

Acting

To support herself between early acting jobs, Markle worked as a freelance calligrapher and took on several contract acting and modeling jobs including a stint as a 'briefcase girl' on Deal or No Deal.[23][12] In 2002, Markle appeared in an episode of the daytime soap opera, General Hospital. She appeared in Fox's series Fringe as Junior Agent Amy Jessup in the first two episodes of its second season.[24] Since July 2011 she has played the paralegal Rachel Zane, on the USA Network show Suits. Markle has appeared in two 2010 films, Get Him to the Greek and Remember Me, and one 2011 film, Horrible Bosses.[25] She appeared in the short film The Candidate (seen on the KQED public television show ImageMakers: the Company of Men) as a secretary in 2012. She has also appeared in episodes of Century City, Cuts, Love, Inc., The War at Home, 90210, Knight Rider, Without a Trace, The Apostles, CSI: NY, The League and Castle.

Other work

Markle was founder and editor-in-chief of lifestyle website The Tig.[26] which closed in April 2017.[27] In November 2016 Markle and Canadian clothing company Reitmans released a line of women's fashion workwear.[28] In 2016, Markle became a global ambassador for World Vision Canada, traveling to Rwanda for the Clean Water Campaign.[4][29] She has also worked with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women as an Advocate.[4][30] Markle was a counsellor for international charity One Young World, speaking at the 2014 annual summit in Dublin[31] on the topics of gender equality and modern-day slavery. She also attended the 2016 summit in Ottawa.[32]

Personal life

Markle was in a relationship with actor and producer Trevor Engelson between 2004 and 2013, marrying on September 10, 2011[33] and divorcing in August 2013.[34] Since June 2016, she has been in a relationship with Prince Harry.[6]

On November 8, 2016, an official statement was released from the Royal Family's communications secretary addressing the "wave of abuse and harassment" directed toward Markle that followed the announcement of her relationship with Prince Harry.[35] The statement spoke to the sexism, racism and defamatory stories directed at Markle and urged the press to "pause and reflect" before driving these storylines.[35]

In September 2017, during an interview with Vanity Fair, Markle spoke in public for the first time about her love for Prince Harry saying, "We're two people who are really happy and in love. We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news, and I was working during that whole time, and the only thing that changed was people's perception."[36] Later that month, they made their first public appearances together at an official royal engagement - the wheelchair tennis event, and the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games in Toronto.[37][38]

Markle is a self-proclaimed foodie, which was incorporated into her Suits character Rachel Zane.[12] Markle is friends with a number of celebrities including Serena Williams,[39] Jessica Mulroney,[40] and Ben Mulroney.[41]

Ancestry

Markle's direct ancestor, Lord Hussey - a descendant of King John
Markle's great-great-great-grandmother, landowner Mary Hussey Smith (d. 1908)

Research compiled twenty years ago by historians including Markle's great uncle, Mike Markle, revealed that through her great-great-great-grandmother, New Hampshire landowner Mary Hussey Smith (d.1908), Markle is a direct descendant of nobleman John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, who was beheaded in 1537 at the order of King Henry VIII. Lord Hussey was a direct descendant of King John. Markle is a direct descendant of Captain Christopher Hussey, Esquire (d.1686) who was appointed in 1679 by King Charles II to govern the Royal Province of Hampton, New Hampshire. He was also a Founding Father of Nantucket.[42][43][44]

Markle's maternal great-great-great maternal grandfather was the son of a slave who was forced to work on the Georgia plantations before being emancipated with the abolition of slavery in 1865.[45]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 General Hospital Jill 1 episode
2004 Century City Natasha "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose" (season 1: episode 4)
2005 Cuts Cori "My Boyfriend's Back" (season 1: episode 5)
2005 Love, Inc. Teresa Santos "One on One" (season 1: episode 9)
2006 1 vs. 100 Herself Mob member number 7
2006 The War at Home Susan "The Seventeen-Year Itch" (season 1: episode 17)
2006 CSI: NY Veronica Perez "Murder Sings the Blues" (season 3: episode 7)
2006 Deceit Gwen TV film
2007 Deal or No Deal Herself Holder of Case #24; 4 episodes
2008 90210 Wendy "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" (season 1: episode 1)
"The Jet Set" (season 1: episode 2)
2008 'Til Death Tara "Joy Ride" (season 3: episode 2)
2009 Knight Rider Annie Ortiz "Fight Knight" (season 1: episode 14)
2009 Without a Trace Holly Shepard "Chameleon" (season 7: episode 15)
2009 Fringe Junior FBI Agent Amy Jessup "A New Day in the Old Town" (season 2: episode 1)
"Night of Desirable Objects" (season 2: episode 2)
2009 The League Random Girl "The Bounce Test" (season 1: episode 2)
2010 CSI: Miami Officer Leah Montoya "Backfire" (season 8: episode 20)
2010 The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down Dana TV film
2011–present Suits Rachel Zane Main Character; Series Regular
2012 Castle Charlotte Boyd/Sleeping Beauty "Once Upon a Crime" (season 4: episode 17)
2014 Extant Girl at Table[citation needed] "Extinct" (season 1: episode 2)
2014 When Sparks Fly Amy Peterson Hallmark Channel television movie
2016 Dater's Handbook Cassandra Brand Hallmark Channel television movie

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 A Lot like Love Passenger on plane
2010 Get Him to the Greek Tatiana Uncredited
2010 Remember Me Megan
2011 Horrible Bosses Jamie
2015 Anti-Social Kirsten

References

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  2. ^ UKTV (February 21, 2016). "Meghan Markle Rapid Fire Questions | Suits Season 5 | Dave". YouTube. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Meet Meghan Markle: Prince Harry's Feminist, Philanthropist, Actress Girlfriend". Vogue. November 18, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
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  5. ^ Willgress, Lydia. "Who is Meghan Markle and how long has she been Prince Harry's girlfriend? Everything we know about the royal relationship". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
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  9. ^ Melas, Chloe (November 3, 2016). "Meghan Markle: 5 things to know Prince Harry's rumored love interest". CNN. Retrieved November 3, 2016. This is when (my mother) graduated from USC with a masters in social work....
  10. ^ "Meghan Markle: Six things you didn't know about Prince Harry's girlfriend". The Week. November 8, 2016.
  11. ^ Dewan, Angela; Isaac, Lindsay (November 8, 2016). "Meghan Markle: Prince Harry warns press about harassing girlfriend". CNN.
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  13. ^ Hicks, Tony (November 1, 2016). "Prince Harry ready to meet Meghan Markle's father". Mercury News. Retrieved November 12, 2016. Her father, Thomas W. Markle, is an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer.
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  18. ^ "Dialogue - 2013" (PDF). School of Communication at Northwestern. p. 24. Retrieved April 19, 2017. spring 2013... Meghan Markle (C 2003) is a cast member of the USA show Suits...
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  22. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Harry's girl is (almost) straight outta Compton". Daily Mail Australia. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
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  32. ^ "Justin Trudeau welcomes Emma Watson, Bob Geldoff, and other star activists to Parliament Hill". Ottawa.ctvnews.ca. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
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  43. ^ Robertson, William (1834). A General History of North and South America: Including the Celebrated Work by Robertson. Mayhew, Isaac, and Company. p. 424. Retrieved November 6, 2017. 18th September 1679....The king was represented by a president and council of his own appointment....to govern the provence of New Hampshire.....Christopher Hussey of Hampton, Esquire...to be of the council...
  44. ^ Dow, Joseph (1839). "An historical address: delivered at Hampton, New-Hampshire, on the 25th of ..." Printed by Asa McFarland. Retrieved November 7, 2017. The names of the first settlers are Stephen Bachiler, Christopher Hussey...
  45. ^ Furness, Hannah (November 19, 2017). "King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded". UK Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 19, 2017. Her (Markle's) mother's forebears were traced to a slave forced to work on the Georgia plantations before being emancipated with the abolition of slavery in 1865....Markle's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave

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