Cliff Richard

Posted by Mittie Cheatwood on Thursday, May 16, 2024
2012 RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Press and VIP Day

Richard in 2012, photo by prphotos

Birth Name: Harry Rodger Webb

Place of Birth: Lucknow, British India (now India)

Date of Birth: 14 October, 1940

Ethnicity: English (mostly), as well as 1/16th Dutch, 1/16th Welsh, either 1/16th or 1/32 Konkani Goan

Cliff Richard is an English pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist. He has British and Barbadian citizenship.

His father, Rodger Oscar Webb, was born in Rangoon, now Yangon, Burma, of English and one eighth Dutch descent. His mother, Dorothy Marie (Dazely), was born in Lahore, British Raj, now Pakistan, of English, one eighth Welsh, and either one eighth or 1/16th Indian descent. She was a dormitory matron for a girls’ school. His family lived in Hazratganj, and in Howrah, West Bengal, and the moved to England, settling in Carshalton.

Cliff’s paternal grandfather was Frederick William Webb (the son of Thomas Benjamin Webb and Amelia Sophia Smart). Thomas was the son of Thomas Webb and Mary Taynton. Amelia was the daughter of James Smart and Amelia Emily Brill.

Cliff’s paternal grandmother was Donella Eugenie “Dewy” Woodfall (the daughter of William James Woodfall and Gertrude Eliza Jensen). William was the son of Charles Woodfall and Dorothy Graye. Gertrude was the daughter of Baron Joseph Jensen and Elizabeth Alexander. Baron Joseph was of Dutch descent.

Cliff’s maternal grandfather was William Edward Dazely (the son of Albert Edward Dazely and Daisy Haines). William was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Albert was the son of Edward Dazely and Ann Susan Crowley. Daisy was the daughter of Ernest Clause Haines and Grace Birrell.

Cliff’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Edith Bridgwater (the daughter of William Brock Bridgwater and Marie Beatrice Smith). William was the son of William Bridgwater and Martha Hennessey Walker. Marie was the daughter of George David Smith, who may have been of Welsh descent, and Emeline/Emiline Josephine/Joseph Rebeiro. Emeline’s father, Vitriaus Rebeiro, was Konkani, from Goa. It is not clear if Emeline’s mother was also Konkani.

Sources: Genealogy of Cliff Richard – http://www.geni.com

Biography of Cliff Richard – https://books.google.com.ph

Article about Cliff’s family history – http://www.dailymail.co.uk

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