Charles Fitzwilliam
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His Basics
Name
Name: (Sir) Charles1 Ian2 Fitzwilliam
Titles: KBE
Nickname(s): Charlie, Papa
Dates
Birth Date: 7th July, 1934
Places
Birth Place: Cape Town, South Africa
Places of Residence: Cape Town, Corsham, London
Current Residence: Kensington, London, England
Family
Parents: Randolf Fitzwilliam and Isibél Ó Móráin (Isabella Fitzwilliam)
Siblings: Younger siblings Scott Fitzwilliam and Alice Fitzwilliam
Raised By: Parents, Randolf and Isabella, and nanny, Mary Trudy Flaherty
Significant Other(s): Ruth Andrews
Children: Claire Camden, Louise Fitzwilliam, Eleanor Fitzwilliam-Blumberg, Patrick Fitzwilliam
Education
School(s): nursery school, Eton College, University of Cape Town
First Language(s): English
Additional Language(s): French, Afrikaans, German
Footnotes
1Named for the Charleston
2Named for Ian Carey, Isabella's lifelong friend
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His Life
Charlie was born to Randolf and Isabella Fitzwilliam on 7th July, 1934. He has two younger siblings, Scott and Alice, and four children, Claire Camden, Louise Fitzwilliam, Eleanor Fitzwilliam-Blumberg and Patrick Fitzwilliam. He was the first Fitzwilliam child born in Cape Town since the family fled after the Fitzwilliam Massacre in 1881.
He was also the first angel born into the family.
His mother, Isabella Radcliffe, was an angel from a very long and very distinguished line. She came from Ireland, in a location she never specified because it no longer mattered to her; her family shunned her for marrying a human. Isabella was madly in love with Randolf, and he with her, and the rift in the family was barely noticed. Isabella lavished attention on her children and vowed that no one should ever try to come between two lovers.
But she was also very much against use of immortality on anyone. Immortality was a curse, not a blessing, in her mind. She instructed her children to never use it, even on their true love. As a result, Charlie never gave Ruth the gift of immortality. Their age difference looks bizarre, but he loves her just as much as he always has, and he tends to age himself when out in public.
Charlie's father was a jewelry designer, and he helped train Charlie to take over the job of president and CEO of the Fitzwilliam Diamond Company. He and Isabella were attentive parents, sending their children to good schools while keeping strong familial ties so that they would never feel alone. Family was important to them and this is likely the first generation where the strong family bonds that the Fitzwilliams are now known for, came into fruition.
While attending Eton College, Charlie spent his final year goofing off far more than any other. One weekend, he took his friends to London and met Ruth Andrews, who was attending the Royal Ballet School. He was smitten. His friends made plenty of jokes about it, but Charlie didn't care. He hounded Ruth for weeks and months about dating her, attempted to woo with every bone in his body, and eventually won out.
Unfortunately, Charlie went back to Cape Town for university. But, amazingly, Ruth didn't let him get away that easily. They were engaged four years after meeting and married when Charlie left university, in 1954. At twenty and nineteen, the couple decided not to have children just yet. They traveled around the world for over a decade, during which Randolf began preparing to hand his job over. Charlie became the official CEO in 1960. Seven years later, he and Ruth had their first of four children.
For the first thirteen years, they did extensive renovations on the Fitzwilliam Estate, which Charlie's parents moved out of in favor of living at the very old family estate in England. During this time, South Africa was becoming a risky place to raise their children, and using Claire's acceptance into the Royal Ballet School as an excuse, Ruth and Charlie moved to London. They kept the estate, handed it over to caretakers who had been in the family for decades, and waited for the right moment to return.
Charlie and Ruth, however, didn't return. Claire did.
