James Herriot's Real Life Family


James Wight
Grandfather: ship plater
Robert and Jane Bell. Robert was a senior printer.
Maternal grandparents
James Henry Wight
Father: ship plater and musician
Died in 1960
Hannah Bell Wight
Mother: professional singer
Joan Catherine Danbury Wight
Wife
James Alexander Wight
Son born on 13 February 1943
Currently a practicing veterinarian in Thirsk
Rosemary Page
Daughter born on 9 May 1947.
Currently a physician practicing in Thirsk
Emma Page
Granddaughter

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Last modified on 27 June 1998.