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Place of Birth: Willesden, Middlesex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 20 December, 1948
Ethnicity:
*English, 1/8 Baltic German (father)
*Scottish (mother)
Alan Parsons is an English sound engineer, record producer, and musician. He is known for his work with groups such as Pink Floyd and The Beatles, and for his own band, the Alan Parsons Project.
Alan is the son of Jean Kelty (MacLeod) and Denys Alexander H. Parsons. His father was a pianist, flautist and writer. His mother was an actress, professional folk singer and harpist.
Alan’s paternal grandfather was Alan Leonard Romaine Parsons, a drama critic fpr the Daily Mail. Alan was born in London, England.
Alan’s paternal grandmother was actress Viola Tree (Viola Emmie A. Beerbohm Tree, the daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Lady Helen Maud Holt). Alan’s great-grandfather Herbert was born as Herbert Draper Beerbohm in Kensington, London. A prominent actor and theatre manager, he was the son of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm, a corn merchant, and Constantia Draper, who was English. His siblings were author/explorer Julius Beerbohm and author Constance Beerbohm. Parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm was his half-sibling. Julius was of Baltic German descent, the son of parents from Lithuania, Ernst Heinrich Beerbohm, who was born in Memel, East Prussia (now Klaipėda), and Henrietta Amalie Radke. Alan’s great-grandmother Helen, an actress, was the daughter of William Holt.
Alan’s maternal grandfather was William Kelty MacLeod, 7th of Luskintyre (the son of Colonel William Kelty MacLeod, 6th of Luskyntire, and Mary Bird). Alan’s great-grandfather William was born in Drogheda, Ireland, and was the son of Scottish parents, Alexander MacLeod, who was from Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Banff, Scotland, and is buried in Peshawar, India; and Agnes Duncan Kelty.
Alan’s maternal grandmother was named Mary F. Lumsden. Mary was Scottish.
Alan’s great-grandfather Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was said to have Dutch and Lithuanian ancestry. Similarly, the Beerbohms were supposed by some to be of Jewish descent. Both claims appears to not be accurate.
Alan is a second cousin, once removed, of actor Oliver Reed.
Sources: Genealogy of Alan’s father (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
https://gw.geneanet.org
https://wc.rootsweb.com
Genealogy of Alan’s mother – http://www.macleodgenealogy.com/
Genealogy of Alan’s maternal grandfather, William Kelty MacLeod, 7th of Luskintyre (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info