BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 8 Episode #2: Rupert Everett

[Tsu]

I'll admit I enjoy the episodes that are London based and the person doesn't discover they're related to royalty, but I expect that's because I'm from a London based family and we're all Shoreditch/Bethnal Green based.

I've much more in common with Barbara Windsor (she appears on my tree connected by marriage) than our Rupe.

[JenB]

I'm sure he doesn't even know what a Navvie is!!).

To be fair, you could say that for a lot of people.

[katherinem]

On Cyril's admission to the 'home', it had mother's address as 20 Porchester Terrace, Hyde Park.  This was in 1889, was wondering if there was a connection to someone living there in 1891 - sorry am unable to look.

If I have found the right street in 1881, it appears to be inhabited by mainly coachmen!

[johnjacob1]

 

[LizzieW]

20 Porchester Street in 1891 had as head a widower aged 72 born in E.Indies who was a General in the Indian Army and 2 female servants, one a cook domestic and the other a parlour maid domestic, so it's possible that in 1889 Georgina Everett was there as a servant.  Or perhaps she had to put her son in the boys home so that she could work there.

Lizzie

[BagpussBee]

The only snobbery which this episode has highlighted is contained within this forum. The chip-on-their-shoulder "Ag Lab elitists" of this forum should perhaps spend next week digging in a field and tending to sheep so as not to be offended by the wealth of other people's ancestors.

Just a personal opinion mind...

Not offended by it just not interested in it.
That's just my personal opinion. I found your comment about 'ag lab elitists' far more offensive to be honest.

[Nick29]

On Cyril's admission to the 'home', it had mother's address as 20 Porchester Terrace, Hyde Park.  This was in 1889, was wondering if there was a connection to someone living there in 1891 - sorry am unable to look.

If I have found the right street in 1881, it appears to be inhabited by mainly coachmen!

In 1891, 20 Porchester Terrace was occupied by an A D Engenidi, a "Constantinople Nationalised British Subject, Turkey", age 37, Living on Own Means, and Henrietta, also 37, born in London. Plus his brother Alexander, 20, "Nationalised Greek Subject, Constaninople, Turkey", plus a swathe of servants and their families (none of them called Everett).

[avm228]

In 1891, 20 Porchester Terrace was occupied by an A D Engenidi, a "Constantinople Nationalised British Subject, Turkey", age 37, Living on Own Means, and Henrietta, also 37, born in London. Plus his brother Alexander, 20, "Nationalised Greek Subject, Constaninople, Turkey", plus a swathe of servants and their families (none of them called Everett).

Not the one I'm looking at! Head of household at 20 Porchester Terrace, Paddington in 1891 was John C BROOKS (or BROOKE): RG12/16/78/21.

[Nick29]

Personal opinion only

From an avid viewer of the series I thought he was a complete and utter idiot with his repeated references to the lower classes, navvies, I'm sure he doesn't even know what a Navvie is!!).
Some of the remarks he made about people  were awful and he came across as totally lacking in empathy and dispalyed no social skills whatsoever.
Needless to say it was not my favourite episode
b einterested to hear others thoughts  

Totally agree! The way he dismissed his stockbroker forebear as "ripping people off" was ridiculous - the case against him had been dismissed, as he well knew! Everett came across as a fantasist. Obvious that he didn't have a scriptwriter in tow to write his lines for him!!  

Tony

I couldn't agree more.   There was no evidence that his ancestor was dishonest, and the bad press alone could have ruined the poor chap.   To write off a relative in such a callous way was really nasty.  Seemed to me that Rupert was an attention seeker, first class !