Early life and education Edit
Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in Exeter, Devon, England, and is the oldest of five children.[citation needed] His father, Anthony John Martin, of Whitestone House, Exeter,[5] is a retired chartered accountant, and his mother, Alison Martin who hails from Zimbabwe, is a music teacher.[citation needed] His family's caravan and motorhome sales business, Martins of Exeter, was founded by his grandfather John Besley Martin, CBE (a High Sheriff-also Mayor in 1968 of Exeter), in 1929, sold by his father to a former employee in 1999.[6][7][8][9][10] William Willett, the man who campaigned for and made daylight saving time a recognised practice, was Martin's great-great-grandfather.[11] Martin's paternal aunt Elisabeth Jane (daughter of John Besley Martin) married Hon. Julian George Winston Sandys, son of Conservative politician Duncan Sandys by his wife Diana Churchill, daughter of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.[6][7] The Conservative politician David Martin is his paternal uncle.[7]
Martin was educated at the pre-preparatory Hylton School and the preparatory Exeter Cathedral School where he found his passion for music.[12][failed verification] After Exeter Cathedral School, Martin boarded at Sherborne School in Dorset, where he met future Coldplay manager Phil Harvey.[13]
Martin continued his studies at University College London (UCL), staying at Ramsay Hall, where he read Ancient World Studies and graduated with first-class honours in Greek and Latin.[10] At UCL, Martin met his future Coldplay bandmates Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion.[14]
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Early life and education Edit
Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in Exeter, Devon, England, and is the oldest of five children.[citation needed] His father, Anthony John Martin, of Whitestone House, Exeter,[5] is a retired chartered accountant, and his mother, Alison Martin who hails from Zimbabwe, is a music teacher.[citation needed] His family's caravan and motorhome sales business, Martins of Exeter, was founded by his grandfather John Besley Martin, CBE (a High Sheriff-also Mayor in 1968 of Exeter), in 1929, sold by his father to a former employee in 1999.[6][7][8][9][10] William Willett, the man who campaigned for and made daylight saving time a recognised practice, was Martin's great-great-grandfather.[11] Martin's paternal aunt Elisabeth Jane (daughter of John Besley Martin) married Hon. Julian George Winston Sandys, son of Conservative politician Duncan Sandys by his wife Diana Churchill, daughter of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.[6][7] The Conservative politician David Martin is his paternal uncle.[7]
Martin was educated at the pre-preparatory Hylton School and the preparatory Exeter Cathedral School where he found his passion for music.[12][failed verification] After Exeter Cathedral School, Martin boarded at Sherborne School in Dorset, where he met future Coldplay manager Phil Harvey.[13]
Martin continued his studies at University College London (UCL), staying at Ramsay Hall, where he read Ancient World Studies and graduated with first-class honours in Greek and Latin.[10] At UCL, Martin met his future Coldplay bandmates Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion.[14]
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