Birth Name: Guy Stuart Ritchie
Place of Birth: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Date of Birth: 10 September, 1968
Ethnicity: English, some Irish, distant French
Guy Ritchie is an English filmmaker. He was previously married to American singer and actress Madonna. He is the father of Rocco Ritchie.
Ritchie is the son of Amber (Parkinson) and Captain John Vivian Ritchie.
Guy’s paternal grandparents were Major Stewart John Ritchie (the son of John Robert Ritchie and Eva Marion Louisa Powell) and Doris Margaretta McLaughlin (the daughter of Vivian Guy Ouseley McLaughlin and Edith Jane Martineau). Edith was born in Brazil, to English parents, William Martineau and Margaretta Sarah Mason. Her surname comes from her own French great-great-great-grandfather, David Martineau. Through Edith, Guy shares common ancestors with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The McLaughlins have a pedigree going back to King Edward I of England.
Sources: Genealogy of Guy Ritchie (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
http://www.harrymclaughlin.com
http://edition.cnn.com
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