But the marriage did not last long and, after relocating to London, she met Richard Redmayne, also a divorcee.Įddie has two brothers - James and Tom - and also has a half brother and half-sister from his father's first marriage: Charles is the CEO of publishing giant HarperCollins, Eugenie an investment banker. While studying at Edinburgh University she met and married her first husband. Holidays: Eddie (right) pictured at the villa in France with his brothers Thomas (centre) and James (left), and mum Patricia and dad Richard (behind)Īs for the family wealth, it can be traced to the early 19th century and a successful linen and drapery business based in London's Bond Street.Įddie's mother Patricia comes from a somewhat more humble background and is the daughter of a customs and excise officer. The 76-year-old has also been a director of the television company TV-AM, as well as helping raise finance for Eurotunnel.įurther back in the paternal line, there is Eddie's grandfather, John, an Army major turned stockbroker, and his great-grandfather Sir Richard Redmayne, who in 1908 became the first Chief Inspector of Mines.
His father is now chairman of the leading financial house Cantor Fitzgerald Europe. It suddenly dawned on us - why not have our weekend place abroad?’Īt the time of the photographs, Patricia was 50, Eddie was 17 years old and his brothers Thomas and James were 11 and 20 respectively. 'This is where a bit of lateral thinking came in. 'Then there came a point when we decided that we needed somewhere in the country for the weekends, where we could unwind with the children. The Redmaynes posed for the images outside their then-home with a professional photographer, as part of a feature on ‘cross-continental commuters’ for the London Evening Standard in 1999.Īt the time, Eddie’s father Richard, then 61, told the newspaper: ‘I work these crazy hours in the City, which always forced us to live in central London.
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