Daniel Chatto
| Daniel Chatto | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Daniel Chatto St. George Sproule 22 April 1957 |
| Education | Aldenham School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (m. 1994) |
| Children |
Samuel Chatto Arthur Chatto |
| Parent(s) |
Thomas Chatto St John Sproule (later Thomas Chatto) Rosalind Joan Thompson, aka Ros Chatto |
Daniel St. George Chatto[1] (born 22 April 1957), previously Daniel Chatto St. George Sproule, is a British artist and former actor. He is best known as the husband of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, the only daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and only niece of Queen Elizabeth II.
Biography
Chatto is the son of actor Tom Chatto (1920–1982, originally Thomas Chatto St John Sproule) and the theatrical agent Ros Chatto (née Rosalind Joan Thompson; died 2012).[2] He has an older brother, James Chatto.
On 14 July 1994, Chatto married Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. They have two sons:
- Samuel David Benedict Chatto
- Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto
Name change
In 1987, Daniel Chatto legally changed his name by a deed poll from Daniel Chatto St. George Sproule to Daniel St. George Chatto. At the same time, his mother, also using a deed poll, abandoned her married surname of Sproule in favour of Chatto.[1][3]
Filmography
- The Marquise (1980)
- Quartet (1981, directed by James Ivory)
- Priest of Love (1981)
- To the Manor Born (as Heatherington-Poole, series finale, 1981)
- A Shocking Accident (1982, short)
- Nancy Astor (1982; based on the life of Nancy Astor)
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982; as Prince Andrew, Duke of York)
- Heat and Dust (1983, by James Ivory); based on a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- The Razor's Edge (1984; based on a novel by William Somerset Maugham)
- A Christmas Carol (1984; based on a novel by Charles Dickens)
- Dutch Girls (1985, TV)
- The Death of the Heart (1985; based on a novel by Elizabeth Bowen)
- The Shooting Party (1985)
- Little Dorrit (1988; based on a novel by Charles Dickens)
References
- 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 51073. p. 12029. 28 September 1987.
- ↑ Walker, Tim (15 June 2012). "The Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto mourns the death of agent to the stars". The Telegraph.
- ↑ The London Gazette, 28 September 1987. The notice states "by Deed Poll dated 26 June 1987 and enrolled in the Supreme Court of Judicature on 18 September 1987, DANIEL ST. GEORGE CHATTO ... a Commonwealth citizen, abandoned the name DANIEL CHATTO ST. GEORGE SPROULE and assumed the name DANIEL ST. GEORGE CHATTO".