Birth Name: John Newport Caird
Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date of Birth: 22 September 1948
Ethnicity:
*62.5% English
*37.5% Scottish
John Caird is an English stage director and writer of plays, musicals, and operas. He is the son of Viola Mary (Newport) and churchman and theologian G. B. Caird. He is the father of musician Eliza Doolittle. John is married to Maoko Imai. He was previously married to Helen Brammer, Ann “Annie” Dorszynski, and actress and musician Frances Ruffelle.
John’s paternal grandparents came from Dundee, Scotland.
John’s paternal grandfather was George Caird (the son of George Caird and Margaret Wood Butchart). John’s great-grandfather George was the son of John Caird and Jane/Jean Simpson. Margaret was the daughter of James Butchard and Agnes Stewart.
John’s paternal grandmother was Esther Love Bradford (the daughter of John Samuel Bradford and Mary Cumming). John Bradford was the son of John Bradford and Elizabeth Smith Jennings. Mary was the daughter of George Cumming and Janet Martin.
John’s maternal grandfather was Ezra Benjamin Newport (the son of Samuel Newport and Frances Brown). Samuel was the son of George Newport and Hannah Hewlett. Frances was the daughter of William Brown and Harriet Coombes.
John’s maternal grandmother was Emily Lilian Overington (the daughter of Ernest Overington and Clara Duffield). Ernest was the son of Henry Overington and Louisa Croucher. Clara was the daughter of Abraham Duffield and Eliza Atkinson.
Sources: Marriage record of John’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of John’s father – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of John’s mother – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of John’s maternal grandparents, Ezra Benjamin Newport and Emily Lilian Overington – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of John’s maternal grandfather, Ezra Benjamin Newport – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of John’s maternal great-grandparents, Samuel Newport and Frances Brown – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of John’s maternal great-grandmother, Frances Brown – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of John’s maternal grandmother, Emily Lilian Overington – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of John’s maternal great-grandfather, Ernest Overington – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of John’s maternal great-grandmother, Clara Duffield – https://familysearch.org