Eleanor Legge-Bourke
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Eleanor Jean Maria Legge-Bourke (born 1980) is a British
public relations
executive and television personality.
and half Portuguese
, Eleanor Legge-Bourke is the daughter of Heneage Legge-Bourke and Maria Clara de Sá-Carneiro.
Her father, Heneage Legge-Bourke, is senior director, financial engineering, with the French
bank Natixis
(and before that with its predecessor IXIS Corporate Investment Bank), specializing in property and renewable energy finance. He was a Page of Honour
to HM the Queen
in 1963-1964. Her grandfather, Sir Henry Legge-Bourke
(1914–1973), was member of parliament
for the Isle of Ely
from 1945 until 1973 and was chairman of the 1922 Committee
of Conservative
backbenchers. Her other grandfather, Vasco de Sá-Carneiro, lived in Lisbon
.
.
In a different direction, she was a contestant of Nice People in 2003, a French Television version of the show Big Brother
. In May, 2003, she hit the headlines with stories of on-screen goings-on with Prosper Masquelier, leading her cousin Tiggy Legge-Bourke
to comment “She is a very, very good girl and I am devoted to her. I am backing her all the way.”
United Kingdom
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public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
executive and television personality.
Background
Half EnglishEngland
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and half Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Eleanor Legge-Bourke is the daughter of Heneage Legge-Bourke and Maria Clara de Sá-Carneiro.
Her father, Heneage Legge-Bourke, is senior director, financial engineering, with the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
bank Natixis
Natixis
Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank created in November 2006 from the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of Natexis Banque Populaire and IXIS ....
(and before that with its predecessor IXIS Corporate Investment Bank), specializing in property and renewable energy finance. He was a Page of Honour
Page of Honour
While a page is a comparatively low-ranking servant, a Page of Honour is a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It requires attendance on state occasions, but does not now involve the daily duties which were once attached to the office of page...
to HM the Queen
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
in 1963-1964. Her grandfather, Sir Henry Legge-Bourke
Harry Legge-Bourke
Major Sir Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke KBE was a British politician.He served alongside Jock Colville as a Page of Honour from 1926. Educated at Eton College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Legge-Bourke was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1934. He served there throughout...
(1914–1973), was member of parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the Isle of Ely
Isle of Ely (UK Parliament constituency)
Isle of Ely was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, centred on the Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire...
from 1945 until 1973 and was chairman of the 1922 Committee
1922 Committee
In British politics, the 1922 Committee is a committee of Conservative Members of Parliament. Voting membership is limited to backbench MPs although frontbench Conservative MPs have an open invitation to attend meetings. While the party was in opposition, frontbench MPs other than the party leader...
of Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
backbenchers. Her other grandfather, Vasco de Sá-Carneiro, lived in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
.
Career
Legge-Bourke’s main career is in public relations, and has taken her as far afield as KazakhstanKazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
.
In a different direction, she was a contestant of Nice People in 2003, a French Television version of the show Big Brother
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
. In May, 2003, she hit the headlines with stories of on-screen goings-on with Prosper Masquelier, leading her cousin Tiggy Legge-Bourke
Tiggy Legge-Bourke
Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Legge-Bourke MVO was nanny, later companion, to Prince William of Wales and his brother Prince Harry, and a personal assistant to Charles, Prince of Wales, between 1993 and 1999...
to comment “She is a very, very good girl and I am devoted to her. I am backing her all the way.”
External links
- Eleanor Legge-Bourke at imdb.com
- Photograph by Thierry Chomel, with Pureza Vasconcellos at ‘’ Les Nouvelles Debs à la Maison’’