In those days, the minimum age for marriage was 14 for a male and 12 for a female (until 1929). About Alan James Blethyn is a British Designer. * My thanks for help with this article go to John Bottle, who runs the Bottle One-Name Study and Liz Samson, a descendant of William and Jane Bottle who supplied the photograph of Brenda Blethyn's ancestors. She was the youngest of nine children born to a Roman Catholic couple who unusually didn't marry until they'd already had eight children. Brenda herself has never made any bones about this. She wed Alan James Blethyn in 1964. Appeared in commercials. She was at 12 Staffordshire Street, Ramsgate, aged 18 and described as the wife of a chimney sweep, with their daughter, Eliza, just a year old. WebBlethyn married Alan James Blethyn, a graphic designer she met while working for British Rail, in 1964. Mum, however, although she felt the same way, said she needed a little more persuading. The family were at 77 Church Street, St Peters, Broadstairs, and William's parents Brenda's grandparents were another William Bottle and his wife, Jane Ellen. Blethyn kept her husband's surname as her professional name.
Appeared in commercials. Blethyn kept her husband's surname as her professional name. Alan James Blethyn was known as the first husband of the British crime drama series Vera star Brenda Blethyn. Brenda Blethyn's films include Secrets & Lies (1996), Saving Grace (2000) and Pride and Prejudice (2005). Brenda was previously married to Alan James Blethyn, a graphic designer she met while working for British Rail in 1964.

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Brenda's second husband is art director Michael Mayhew, whom she married in 2010. The late Roy Stockdill was a family historian for almost 40 years. I subsequently discovered that Charles was baptised in 1809. Brenda Blethyn speaks about playing Vera in hit ITV show, Brenda said the pair got married because it 'seemed the sensible thing to do', Brenda and her second husband Michael Mayhew at the 2013 South Bank Sky Arts Awards in London, Brenda Blethyn has opened up about why she got married after a 35-year engagement, Vera actress Brenda Blethyn leaves viewers stunned with major transformation, Filming of ITV's Vera halted by sickness bug affecting cast and crew. Brenda Blethyn was born Brenda Anne Bottle on 20 February 1946 in the Kent seaside town of Ramsgate. 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