Reginald sheffield biography
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Reginald Sheffield
English-American actor (1901–1957)
For the father of Samantha Cameron, see Sir Reginald Sheffield, 8th Baronet.
Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan (18 February 1901 – 8 December 1957) was an English-American actor.
Life
[edit]He was born as Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan on 18 February 1901 in the St. George's, hannover Square district of London, to Matthew Sheffield Cassan and Alice Mary Field. He had a brother, Edward Sheffield Cassan and a sister, Flora Kathleen Sheffield Cassan, who became an actress known as Flora Sheffield.
His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. They were married in London in 1892. Matthew died when Reginald was nine. In 1913 Reginald Sheffield (billed as Eric Desmond) appeared in David Copperfield. In 1914, Alice Sheffield and her children emigrated to the United States where they lived in Queens, New York. Reginald acted on the stage and in films. While his sister, Flora, was an actress, brother Edward
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Sir Reginald Sheffield, 8th Baronet
British baronet (born 1946)
Sir Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield, 8th BaronetDL (born 9 May 1946) is a British baronet and father of Samantha Cameron, who is the wife of a former British Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, David Cameron.
He was educated at Eton College.[citation needed] The son of Edmund Sheffield and Nancy Soames, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his uncle Sir Robert Sheffield, 7th Baronet in 1977.[1]
He married Annabel Jones in 1969 with whom he had two daughters, Samantha Cameron and Emily Sheffield. He married secondly Victoria Penelope Walker in 1977 with whom he had two daughters and one son.
He served as a Conservative Councillor on Humberside County Council from 1985 to 1993. He is the owner of Sutton Park, Yorkshire and a director of Normanby Estate Company Ltd.
He is a member of White's, Pratt's, and the Beefsteak Club.
In 2011, The Daily Telegraph reported that
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reginald Sheffield was born Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan in the St. George's, Hanover Square district of London, to Matthew Sheffield Cassan and Alice Mary Field. He had a brother, Edward Sheffield Cassan, and a sister, Flora Kathleen Sheffield Cassan, who became an actress known as Flora Sheffield.
His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. They were married in London in 1892. Matthew died when Reginald was nine. In 1913 Reginald (billed as Eric Desmond) appeared in David Copperfield. In 1914, Alice Sheffield and her children emigrated to the United States, where they lived in Queens, New York. Reginald acted on the stage and in films. While his sister Flora was an actress, brother Edward worked as an accountant in a bank and later became a theatrical agent.
Sheffield's Broadway performances credited as Reggie Sheffield include Evidence (1914), in which his mother also appeared, The Merry Wives of Windsor (19