Jude Law ‘descended from a family of bakers’

Posted by admin on Oct 21, 2009

The details of the Alfie star’s family history are revealed in the 1911 Census, which is being published online for the first time.

The 36-year-old, who stars as Dr Watson in the forthcoming Sherlock Holmes film, is the great-grandson of William Law, who is recorded in 1911 as a master baker. He lived with his wife, five children and two servants in a nine-bedroom house in Brixton, south London.

Meanwhile, the true extent of Guy Ritchie’s background is revealed on the website findmypast.com. The 41-year-old ex of Madonna is the great-great grandson of retired Major-General Edward McLaughlin and his wife Annie.

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