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Dorian van Braam (the Elder)
The author is English with van Braam ancestors who were aristocrats and were titled. His great-grandfather (Jacob van Braam, son of Aeidguis van Braam) married Emma Wood, the granddaughter of Sir M...view moreThe author is English with van Braam ancestors who were aristocrats and were titled. His great-grandfather (Jacob van Braam, son of Aeidguis van Braam) married Emma Wood, the granddaughter of Sir Mathew Wood, who was the mayor of the city of London and also the Whig MP. His father’s mother was Anglo-Irish and born in Wicklow, Southern Ireland. Dorian’s father was a Sussex farmer who brought Dorian up to be a farmer.
Dorian had other ideas. He lived in several European countries—France, Ireland, and Spain for twelve years. He was educated in England and studied law and economics at Brighton Sussex. Afterward, he studied Spanish at Barcelona. Years later, as a mature student, he won a place at Oxford University and studied contemporary literature. He broke horses, is a qualified pilot, and drives a 1,000 cc motorbike. For twelve years, he was an entrepreneur for bottled water (De Braam Mineral Water company near Rathmolyon, County Meath, Ireland). After leaving the family farm and finishing his original studies, Dorian became an actor. He married twice and is hoping for number three before he becomes too old! When Napolean took over Holland in the late eighteenth century, two ancestors—Jacob van Braam and Andreaus Everadus van Braam Houckgeest—became American citizens. Both returned to the continent once Napolean was put out of action. Jacob was a friend of George Washington and became an officer in the American army. Andreaus was the ambassador in the Chinese court.view less