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I've spent a little bit of time working out the life of Minnie Drivers maternal grandfather Francis C Millington. He had an absolutely fascinating life and I hope they do look at him closely as he seems to have trvelled extensively . He was born in Hanley stoke on Trent but he must have been quite clever as he went to college in York and trained to be a teacher. He seems to have gone to teach in china but then World War One came and he made Lieutenant, he returned to teaching in China though and married over there I think, having 2 daughters. Some time between 1926 and 1932 he also seems to have changed his career to go into advertising, which is what started his travelling , he spent alot of time in North america. The bit I can't be exact on, and I hope the show clears up, is did he divorce his first wife and re-marry Constance, Minnie Drivers grandmother, or did they never marry? His second family, 3 girls, were I beleive born in the far east, including Minnie's mother Gaynor Millington. He carried on his travelling as an advertising agent and then publisher right into the 1960s. The family seems to have travelled with his quite a bit, very hectic life and quite out of the ordinary. Loking forward to this one when it airs.