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He lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Miranda (née Harvey), whom he met at university and married in 1986, and their two sons: John Morgan "Jack" Harvey-Rankin (born 1992) and Christopher Connor "Kit" Harvey-Rankin (born 1994).
6 hours ago · Crime writer Sir Ian Rankin is best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. ... The most stressful time was aged 30 when my wife Miranda (who I met at uni and married in 1986) and I gave up our jobs ...
Feb 11, 2022 · TWO things happened to me in July 1986. My PhD funding ran out, and I got married. My wife Miranda had a civil service job in London, so I joined her there. We got a flat in Tottenham and I started to negotiate my way around the sprawling, mazey city. Miranda was happy to be the wage-earner while I sat at home trying to become a writer.
Oct 6, 2021 · Both his parents were married and widowed before they met: Rankin was a late arrival, in their early forties. His mother died when he was 19, in his first year at Edinburgh University. Even today, he does not know what ended her life.
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Sep 24, 2024 · In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Scotland News, Sir Ian Rankin revealed that his mother, Isobel, became ill just two weeks after he left the family home in Fife to study at the University...
Nov 19, 2020 · He married first, in 1959 (dissolved 1967), Alexandra, daughter of Admiral Sir Laurence Durlacher, KCB, OBE, DSC, and secondly, in 1980 (dissolved 1998), June, daughter of Captain Thomas...
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Nov 16, 2020 · He was born 19 December, 1932, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Niall Talbot Rankin [1904-65], and his wife the Lady Jean Margaret Florence Dalrymple, DCVO [1905-2001] long serving Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
