Jeremy Child(1944-2022)

After studying at Eton, Jeremy Child worked briefly in the City of London. He left at his earliest opportunity, which was a disappointment to his father, who had worked in the Foreign Office and had hoped that his son would join the Guards. To please his father, Jeremy had an interview for the Guards, but when he was asked why he wanted to join, he said 'I don't' and was told 'Well that's the end of your military career'. He then went to drama school, where he learned to fend for himself and to lose his somewhat posh accent. When his father died in the mid '70s, Jeremy inherited his baronetcy, becoming Sir Jeremy, a title that he never used. He had a daughter Melissa from his first marriage and a daughter, Leonora, as well as a son, Alexander, from his second.