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[[File:Markle%27s_great_great_great_grandmother,_New_Hampshire_landowner,_Mary_Hussey_Smith.jpg|thumb|Markle's great great grandmother Mary Hussey Smith]]Among Markle's distant ancestors are his paternal great-great-grandmother New Hampshire [[landowner]] Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) who was a direct descendant of Captain [[Christopher Hussey (died 1686)|Christopher Hussey]].<ref name=TownAndCountry>{{cite web|last1=Reslen|first1=E.|title=Prince Harry Relative Reportedly Executed Meghan Markle’s Ancestor|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a13810014/prince-harry-meghan-markle-ancestor-execution-study/|publisher=Town and Country Magazine, 21 November 2017|accessdate=23 May 2018|quote=It's incredible that Meghan's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave and the other great-great-great paternal grandmother was a New Hampshire landowner – Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) – who had royal blood,' Reed said.}}</ref> Other ancestors include [[Robert the Bruce]], [[Philip Wentworth|Sir Philip Wentworth]] and his wife, Mary Clifford, a descendant of King [[Edward III of England]].<ref name=TownAndCountry/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |work=American Ancestors |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=The Rev. William Skipper's ancestors Sir Philip Wentworth (died 1464) and Mary Clifford are ancestors also, in various lines, of both H.M. the late Queen Mother (and thus H.M. the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry) and of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081716/https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |archivedate=December 1, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Shared Ancestry of (Rachel) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry |journal=American Ancestors |date=November 30, 2017 |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |accessdate=December 7, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20171226155754/https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |archivedate=December 26, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Child |first1=Christopher |title=The Hastings Connection |url=https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |work=Vita Brevis |publisher=[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=As Gary Boyd Roberts indicated in his press release, 'Meghan Markle is related to Prince Harry...' |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091604/https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |archivedate=December 16, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Horne|first1=Marc|title=Meghan Markle 'is descended from Robert the Bruce'|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meghan-markle-is-descended-from-robert-the-bruce-lq6s96rdl|work=The Times|date=April 3, 2018|accessdate=April 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph1">{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|title=King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|accessdate=November 19, 2017|location=UK|work=Daily Telegraph|date=November 19, 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....down a further 5 generations down from Mary Hussey Smith (1823-1908) to Rachel Meghan Markle|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118213639/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|archivedate=November 18, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Markle%27s_great_great_great_grandmother,_New_Hampshire_landowner,_Mary_Hussey_Smith.jpg|thumb|Markle's great great grandmother Mary Hussey Smith]]Among Markle's distant ancestors are his paternal great-great-grandmother New Hampshire [[landowner]] Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) who was a direct descendant of Captain [[Christopher Hussey (died 1686)|Christopher Hussey]].<ref name=TownAndCountry>{{cite web|last1=Reslen|first1=E.|title=Prince Harry Relative Reportedly Executed Meghan Markle’s Ancestor|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a13810014/prince-harry-meghan-markle-ancestor-execution-study/|publisher=Town and Country Magazine, 21 November 2017|accessdate=23 May 2018|quote=It's incredible that Meghan's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave and the other great-great-great paternal grandmother was a New Hampshire landowner – Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) – who had royal blood,' Reed said.}}</ref> Other ancestors include [[Robert the Bruce|King Robert of Scotland]], [[Philip Wentworth|Sir Philip Wentworth]] and his wife, Mary Clifford, a descendant of King [[Edward III of England]].<ref name=TownAndCountry/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |work=American Ancestors |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=The Rev. William Skipper's ancestors Sir Philip Wentworth (died 1464) and Mary Clifford are ancestors also, in various lines, of both H.M. the late Queen Mother (and thus H.M. the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry) and of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081716/https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |archivedate=December 1, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Shared Ancestry of (Rachel) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry |journal=American Ancestors |date=November 30, 2017 |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |accessdate=December 7, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20171226155754/https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |archivedate=December 26, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Child |first1=Christopher |title=The Hastings Connection |url=https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |work=Vita Brevis |publisher=[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=As Gary Boyd Roberts indicated in his press release, 'Meghan Markle is related to Prince Harry...' |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091604/https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |archivedate=December 16, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Horne|first1=Marc|title=Meghan Markle 'is descended from Robert the Bruce'|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meghan-markle-is-descended-from-robert-the-bruce-lq6s96rdl|work=The Times|date=April 3, 2018|accessdate=April 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph1">{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|title=King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|accessdate=November 19, 2017|location=UK|work=Daily Telegraph|date=November 19, 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....down a further 5 generations down from Mary Hussey Smith (1823-1908) to Rachel Meghan Markle|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118213639/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/18/king-henry-viii-ordered-meghan-markles-ancestor-beheaded/|archivedate=November 18, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:42, 27 May 2018

This article is about the lighting director and father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. For his son and Meghan's half-brother, see Thomas Markle Jr.
Thomas Markle
Born
Thomas Wayne Markle

1944 (age 79–80)
Newport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation(s)Lighting director and director of photography (ret.)
Spouses
Roslyn Loveless
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(m. 1964; div. 1975)​
[1]
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​
(m. 1979; div. 1988)​
Children
AwardsDaytime Emmy Awards (1982 and 2011)
Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award

Thomas Wayne Markle Sr. (born 1944) is an American retired television lighting director and director of photography. He received a Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award for work on the television program Made in Chicago in 1975 and was a co-recipient of two Daytime Emmy Awards for work on the television medical drama General Hospital, in 1982 and 2011. He is the father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, by his former wife, Doria Ragland.

Early life

Markle was born in 1944 and raised in Newport, Pennsylvania, the son of Doris May Rita (née Sanders; 1920–2011)[2] and Gordon Arnold Markle (1918–1982).[3][4][5] His mother was from New Hampshire.[6] He has two brothers, Frederick and Michael Markle.[7]

Career

Markle worked as a lighting director at WTTW-TV Channel 11 in the 1970s.[8] In 1975, he received a Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence: Non Performers for his lighting design work on the channel's Made in Chicago program.[9]

Markle worked on the television series General Hospital and Married... with Children.[10][11] He became a director of photography.[12] In 1982, he was one of the 14 named co-recipients of a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Design Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series for work on General Hospital,[13] and in 2011, he shared a Daytime Emmy Award with Vincent Steib for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series for work on General Hospital.[14] He was also nominated (with various co-nominees) for Daytime Emmy Awards for work on General Hospital on seven other occasions.[13]

He was nominated, along with two other co-nominees, for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1986 for Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Miniseries or a Special for the lighting design for the 58th Academy Awards.[13][15]

Personal life

Markle married Roslyn Loveless in 1964. They have two children, Samantha (1964) and Thomas Markle Jr. (1966).[16] Markle and Loveless divorced in 1975.

He married Doria Ragland at Paramahansa Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in Hollywood (Los Angeles) on December 23, 1979 by Brother Bhaktananda.[17][18] The Markles had a daughter together in 1981, Rachel Meghan Markle (always known by her middle name),[18] who later became Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. Thomas and Doria Markle's marriage ended in divorce in 1987 or 1988.[19][20]

Markle won $750,000 in the California State Lottery in 1990, but he ultimately lost the money, and in 2016 filed for bankruptcy over a debt of $30,000.[21] He lives in Rosarito, Mexico.[22]

In 2018, he was the subject of considerable media speculation as to whether he would attend his daughter Meghan's wedding to Prince Harry, at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. He did not attend as he was recovering from heart surgery.[20][23]

In May 2018, and a few days prior to the wedding, Markle became a subject of controversy after it was revealed that he had staged photographs for the paparazzi in return for money.[24] His elder daughter, Samantha, later claimed that it was her idea, and that her father's motivation was not financial but "to show the world that [he's] getting in shape and doing great healthy things."[25] Markle later said that he regretted his decision.[26]

Ancestry

Markle's great great grandmother Mary Hussey Smith

Among Markle's distant ancestors are his paternal great-great-grandmother New Hampshire landowner Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) who was a direct descendant of Captain Christopher Hussey.[27] Other ancestors include King Robert of Scotland, Sir Philip Wentworth and his wife, Mary Clifford, a descendant of King Edward III of England.[27][28][29][30][31][32]

References

  1. ^ Morton, Andrew (April 17, 2018). Meghan: A Hollywood Princess. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1538747353.
  2. ^ "Doris May Rita Markle". Geni.
  3. ^ Duff, Seamus. "Who is Meghan Markle's dad Thomas and why did he not come to the Royal Wedding?". The Sun. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Herman, Cindy O. (December 3, 2017). "Prince Harry's fiancée Meghan Markle has ties to Shamokin". The Daily Item. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "Gordon Arnold Markle". Geni.
  6. ^ "After Pippa's tips, now it's Meghan's Mantras". Scottish Mail on Sunday. 4 December 2016 – via PressReader.com. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Royal wedding 2018: Who is Meghan Markle?". BBC. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  8. ^ Esposito, Stefano (November 27, 2017). "Meghan Markle: From NU to aspiring actor to future British royal". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  9. ^ "1974–1975 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Winners" (PDF). Chicago Emmy Online. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  10. ^ Ginell, Richard S. (February 6, 1995). "Married … with Children the Best O' Bundy; Get the Dodge Out of Hell". Variety. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  11. ^ Duncan, Amy (January 11, 2018). "Who are Meghan Markle's parents – dad Thomas Markle and mum Doria Ragland?". Metro. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  12. ^ "Everything to know about Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle's dad". Newsweek. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  13. ^ a b c "Thomas W. Markle – Awards". IMDB. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  14. ^ "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announces winners for the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. June 17, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  15. ^ "Tom Markle – Awards & Nominations". Emmy Award. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  16. ^ "Who are Meghan Markle's family? Her parents, the bitter step-siblings and cannabis farmer nephew". Daily Mirror. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  17. ^ Chhabra, Shivani (May 25, 2018). "Did you know Meghan Markle's parents got married at an Indian temple?". India Today. Retrieved May 26, 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ a b Leslie Carroll (5 January 2010). Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny,and Desire. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 468. ISBN 978-1-101-15977-4.
  19. ^ Jones, Richard; Writers, Telegraph (May 17, 2018). "Thomas Markle Snr: How Meghan Markle's reclusive father helped propel her into the spotlight". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  20. ^ a b Foster, Max. "Meghan Markle's father Thomas won't be at royal wedding". CNN. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  21. ^ Michaels, Matthew (April 3, 2018). "Megan Markle's father once won $750,000 in the lottery – and paid tuition at her private school with part of his winnings". Business Insider. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  22. ^ Dibble, Sandra (April 1, 2018v). "Meghan Markle's father lives in a quiet Baja town; but the British paparazzi have come knocking". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 5, 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "Opinion – Advice for Thomas Markle, Father of the Bride". May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  24. ^ Durand, Carolyn; Kindelan, Katie (May 14, 2018). "Meghan Markle's dad accused of staging photos for paparazzi". ABC News. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  25. ^ Pearl, Diana (May 14, 2018). "Meghan Markle's Half-Sister Admits She Arranged for Their Dad to Pose for Staged Photos". People. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  26. ^ Earl, Jenifer (May 20, 2018). "Meghan Markle's family drama pre-royal wedding, from staged paparazzi pics to Prince Harry's shocking letter". Fox News. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  27. ^ a b Reslen, E. "Prince Harry Relative Reportedly Executed Meghan Markle's Ancestor". Town and Country Magazine, 21 November 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018. It's incredible that Meghan's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave and the other great-great-great paternal grandmother was a New Hampshire landowner – Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) – who had royal blood,' Reed said.
  28. ^ Roberts, Gary Boyd. "The Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle". American Ancestors. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017. The Rev. William Skipper's ancestors Sir Philip Wentworth (died 1464) and Mary Clifford are ancestors also, in various lines, of both H.M. the late Queen Mother (and thus H.M. the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry) and of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ Roberts, Gary Boyd (November 30, 2017). "The Shared Ancestry of (Rachel) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry" (PDF). American Ancestors. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  30. ^ Child, Christopher (December 15, 2017). "The Hastings Connection". Vita Brevis. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017. As Gary Boyd Roberts indicated in his press release, 'Meghan Markle is related to Prince Harry...' {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ Horne, Marc (April 3, 2018). "Meghan Markle 'is descended from Robert the Bruce'". The Times. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  32. ^ Furness, Hannah (November 19, 2017). "King Henry VIII ordered for Meghan Markle's ancestor to be beheaded". Daily Telegraph. UK. Archived from the original on November 18, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017. 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....down a further 5 generations down from Mary Hussey Smith (1823-1908) to Rachel Meghan Markle {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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