Nigel Havers: Family, Marriages, Wealth and Background

Full name: Nigel Allan Havers · Born: 6 November 1951 (Wikipedia biography) · Birthplace: Edmonton, Middlesex, England · Father: Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General for England · Profession: English actor and presenter · Award nomination: BAFTA nomination, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, 1981 (Wikipedia biography)

Most of the core record agrees across sources. The disputes cluster around dates and around whether any title passed down to him.

Is Nigel Havers married now?

Havers is currently married to Georgiana Bronfman, according to National World report, and the couple married on 8 June 2007 in New York City (Wikipedia biography). The National World piece carries no date in the research notes, so 2007 is the newest dated anchor for this claim.

Is Nigel Havers in a relationship?

• Current status: married to Georgiana Bronfman (National World report)
• No separate partner is documented in the sources reviewed

A marriage counts as a relationship, so the answer is yes. The sources reviewed do not describe anything beyond that marriage.

How many wives has Nigel Havers had?

• Carolyn Cox: married 1974, divorced 1989 (Wikipedia biography)
• Polly Williams: married 1989; she died 24 June 2004 (IMDb trivia page)
• Georgiana Bronfman: married 8 June 2007 (Wikipedia biography)

The count of three marriages is consistent across the research notes. The dates behind that count carry more doubt than the number itself.

How old is Nigel Havers’ wife?

• Georgiana Bronfman’s birth date: not documented in the sources reviewed
• Carolyn Cox’s birth date: not documented in the sources reviewed

No estimate is offered here, because the research notes contain no dated source for either wife’s age. Any age figure without a dated source should be treated as unverified.

The catch: the age question sounds simple, but the record it needs does not exist in the sources reviewed.

Who is Nigel Havers’ daughter?

His only documented child is Kate, born in 1977, according to National World report. Entertainment Daily report describes her as a professional voice actor, a detail that comes from a lower-tier outlet.

Is Jack Whitehall related to Nigel Havers?

• Havers is godfather of comedian Jack Whitehall (Wikipedia biography)
• No blood or marriage relationship between the two is documented in the sources reviewed

Godparenthood is a personal bond, not a family tie. The documented link is the godfather role, and nothing in the research notes goes further.

How is Nigel Havers related to Ruth Ellis?

• Sir Cecil Havers, Havers’ paternal grandfather, presided over the 1955 trial of Ruth Ellis (The Genealogist feature)
• Ruth Ellis was the last woman executed for murder in the UK (The Genealogist feature)
• No direct family link between Havers and Ruth Ellis is documented

The pattern: the family’s legal reach is real, but the sources tie it to his grandfather and father, not to Ruth Ellis herself.

How rich is Nigel Havers?

The research notes contain no verified net worth figure. Figures that appear only in low-tier sources are recorded there as unverified, so this article does not repeat one.

Did Nigel Havers come from money?

• Paternal line: Sir Michael Havers was Attorney General for England and Wales (Wikipedia biography)
• Paternal great-great-grandfather Henry Hamblion ran a livery stable in Colchester and was declared bankrupt in 1866 (The Genealogist feature)
• Maternal line: according to Genealogists Forum thread, it includes Cornish millers David and Maria Couch of Liskeard

Family standing is documented, but household wealth is not. A name tied to senior law makes a fortune easy to assume, and the sources do not turn that assumption into a number.

What is Nigel Havers’ family background?

Havers was the younger of two sons of barrister Sir Michael Havers and Carol Lay (Wikipedia biography). His aunt Lady Butler-Sloss, his grandfather Sir Cecil Havers and his elder brother Philip Havers KC all had prominent legal careers (Wikipedia biography).

The BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?, broadcast in the UK in July 2013, traced his father’s Essex business ancestry and his mother’s Cornish milling ancestry (Wikipedia biography). According to Entertainment Daily report, a lower-tier outlet, his father died in 1992 at the age of 69, a detail not repeated in the higher-tier sources reviewed.

Is Nigel Havers an aristocrat?

• Michael Havers later became Lord Havers, a title held by his father (Wikipedia biography)
• The word “aristocratic” appears in a listing description, and it is not a title
• No peerage or title held by Nigel Havers himself is documented in the sources reviewed

The label is a descriptor, and the sources reviewed do not back it with a title held by Havers. The family’s standing is real; the aristocratic framing is a word from a listing.

The implication: the record supports a legal and governmental family, and the adjective adds nothing verifiable.

Is Nigel Havers nice in real life?

The research notes contain no verified assessment of his personality. None of the sources reviewed rates his looks as fact, and any such view is opinion.

The one documented conduct record in the sources is a 1990 drink-driving offence: Havers was banned from driving for one year and fined £500 (Wikipedia biography).

Is Nigel Havers handsome?

• Looks are a matter of opinion, and no named critic or outlet’s view is documented in the research notes
• The only self-assessments in the record are Havers’ own remarks about his first marriage (National World report)

This article does not rate either question. It records what he has said about himself and leaves the verdict to readers.

The catch: a reputation built on a few anecdotes is still a reputation, so treat the question about real-life niceness as opinion rather than finding.

Timeline

• 6 November 1951: Nigel Allan Havers born in Edmonton, Middlesex, England (Wikipedia biography)
• 1974: marriage to Carolyn Cox (Wikipedia biography)
• 1977: daughter Kate born (National World report)
• 1981: BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Wikipedia biography)
• 1989: divorce from Carolyn Cox and marriage to Polly Williams (Wikipedia biography)
• 24 June 2004: Polly Williams dies of ovarian cancer (IMDb trivia page)
• 8 June 2007: marriage to Georgiana Bronfman in New York City (Wikipedia biography)

The pattern: the dated events cluster around his marriages, and the only fully dated career milestone in the sources is the 1981 nomination.

Confirmed and unconfirmed

What this means: the confirmed column is short, and each open item on the right needs a dated source before anyone repeats it.

In their own words

“It was either upsetting Carol or upsetting Polly. It is a very dark moment and I have never really thought about it.”

Nigel Havers, speaking on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories (National World report)

“I got myself into such a ridiculous state… I only have myself to blame.”

Nigel Havers, speaking on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories (National World report)

“I loved him a lot and we have a wonderful daughter, who I am very close to.”

Carolyn Cox, former wife, in a 2011 Daily Mail interview (National World report)

The pattern: Havers’ own account accepts blame for the break-up, while Cox’s remark speaks only to the daughter they share.

What the record supports

The verified record covers his birth, his parentage, his three marriages and his one documented child. Affairs, net worth, personal character and any title remain open questions. For anyone repeating Havers’ family history, the choice is clear: attribute each marriage date to a named source, or label it unverified.

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