Birth Name: George Iain Duncan Smith
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of Birth: April 9, 1954
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, 1/8th Japanese
Family Background: Iain Duncan Smith is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the leader of the Conservative Party between 2001 and 2003.
Iain is the son of Pamela Summers, a ballerina, and Wilfrid George Gerald “W.G.G.” Duncan Smith, a Royal Air Force flying ace of World War II. Pamela was born in Nanjing, China, and had English, Irish, and 1/4 Japanese ancestry. Wilfrid was born in Bangalore, India, and had Scottish and English ancestry.
Iain’s paternal grandfather was Wilfred Arthur Smith.
Iain’s maternal grandparents were Melton Edwin Arthur Lionel Summers (the son of William Arthur Summers and Evelyn Rosina Bond) and Catherine Cecilia Shaw (Samuel Lewis Shaw and Ellen Oshey/O’Sea Matsumuro). William was born in North Petherton, to an English father, William Alexander Summers, and an Irish mother, Louisa Margaret Thornley. Evelyn was Irish. Samuel was born in Hamstead, England, and had English and Irish ancestry. Ellen was Japanese.
Iain is descended from Adam Duncan, a Scottish admiral in the British navy.
Source: Article about Iain’s family background – http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/sep/03/conservatives.uk
Genealogy of Iain’s mother – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=tree&person=L2N1-Z2T§ion=portrait
(through her brother, Francis Summers) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=shawgbs1&id=I1343
Genealogy of Iain’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34ML-891
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