Preface
Author | C. Ian Kyer |
Pages | 15-17 |
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PREFACE
ofwaythisbookcouldbesaidtotraceitsrootstoina
waitingloungeatNewYorksLaGuardiaairportItwastherethatImetthe
noted acting couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. When they walked into
theareaIwasstandingtalkingtoJeanneBekerthehostofFashionTelevision,
andPeterGoddardafriendandclientwhowastheentertainmenteditor
of the Toronto Star. Cronyn and Tandy were on their way to Toronto to be
interviewedbyBekersoofcoursetheycameovertosayhelloIwasthrilled
tomeetHumeCronynwhomIhadrstseenonstageintheStratford
FestivalsproductionofHadrian VII — but my interest went beyond
his acting. I had long been fascinated with the Humes, the Cronyns, and
theBlakesthreefamilieswhohadarrivedinCanadatogetherintheearly
nineteenth centu ry and had seled in London Ontario The fam ilies had
intermarriedandmanymemberslikeChancellorWilliamHumeBlake and
hissonSamuelHumeBlakewerenamedusingtwoormoreofthefamily
names. I assumed that the actor Hume Cronyn was the product of such
intermarriage, and now that I had the opportunity, I asked him. He replied
byinquiringwhetherthefactthathismiddlenamewasBlakemightgive
me a hint. We both smiled. He quickly added that I likely knew more about
his ancestry than he did; being the black sheep, he had not kept in close
contac t with his family. They had expected h im to become a lawyer like his
father and grandfather, and to then get involved in either the Carling brew
ery (his mother’s family business) or in Canada Trust (his father’s family
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