Nimmy March
Encyclopedia
Lady Naomi Burke known as Nimmy March, is a British
actress.
Her biological parents were a black
South African father and white
English
mother. She was brought up and adopted by Earl and Countess of March and Kinrara, now the Duke and Duchess of Richmond
. She is married to Gavin Burke and has two children.
Her television screen credits include Albion Market
, Goodnight Sweetheart
, Casualty
, William and Mary, Doctors, Strictly Confidential
and The Bill
. She narrated the 2008 TV serial, Last Voices of World War 1
on the History Channel.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress.
Her biological parents were a black
Black people
The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...
South African father and white
White people
White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
mother. She was brought up and adopted by Earl and Countess of March and Kinrara, now the Duke and Duchess of Richmond
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox and 5th Duke of Gordon is a British Peer. He was styled Lord Settrington until 1935 and Earl of March and Kinrara between 1935 and 1989, and is currently styled His Grace The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.The son of...
. She is married to Gavin Burke and has two children.
Her television screen credits include Albion Market
Albion Market
Albion Market was a short-lived British soap opera, intended as a companion to Coronation Street on ITV.Coronation Street, ITV's perennial soap opera, celebrated its 25th anniversary in December 1985. Granada TV launched Albion Market in August of that year, six months after the BBC's EastEnders...
, Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight Sweetheart is a sitcom that ran for six series on BBC1 from 1993 to 1999. It stars Nicholas Lyndhurst as Gary Sparrow, an accidental time traveller who leads a double life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between the London of the 1990s and the same area during the...
, Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, William and Mary, Doctors, Strictly Confidential
Strictly Confidential (TV series)
Strictly Confidential is a six part drama, written by Kay Mellor and originally shown on ITV during November and December 2006.It stars Suranne Jones as Linda, a bisexual ex police officer turned sex therapist, who shares a practice in Leeds with her brother-in-law, played by Tristan Gemmill...
and The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
. She narrated the 2008 TV serial, Last Voices of World War 1
Last Voices of World War 1
The Last Voices of World War 1 was a six part series screened on The History Channel in the UK from Sunday 9th November 2008 to Sunday 14th December 2008 with a repeat during the week. Its initial episode was screened on Remembrance Sunday 2008...
on the History Channel.
Title
Until 2004 adopted children of peers had no right to any courtesy title. However as a result of a Royal Warrant dated 30 April 2004 adopted children are now automatically entitled to such styles and courtesy titles as their siblings. Therefore on that date Naomi March became Lady Naomi Gordon-Lennox.External links
- About Naomi "Nimmy" March, page re famous adoptions
- Relative Values: The Duke of Richmond and Nimmy March - Webpage of Times Online