Birth Name: Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
Date of Birth: 13 June, 1892
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South African Republic
Date of Death: 21 July, 1967
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Ethnicity: English, some Irish
Basil Rathbone was a British actor. He was born in South Africa. His father, Edgar Philip Rathbone, was English, from Liverpool, Lancashire. His mother, Anna Barbara (George), was born in Grahamstown, South Africa, with English and Irish ancestry.
Basil’s paternal grandparents were Philip Henry Rathbone (the son of William Rathbone V and Elizabeth Greg) and Jane Stringer Steward (the daughter of James Steward and Alice Lacell).
Basil’s maternal grandparents were John William George (the son of John George and Mary Higgs) and Ann Quinn.
Source: Genealogy of Basil Rathbone – http://www.stowell.org.nz
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