Birth Name: Brian Harold May
Place of Birth: Staines, Middlesex, England
Date of Birth: 19 July, 1947
Ethnicity: English, Scottish
Brian May is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He is known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Queen. Other members of the band were John Deacon, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor, among others.
Brian is the son of Ruth Irving (Fletcher) and Harold R. May. His father was English. His mother was born in Pitlochry, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Brian’s paternal grandfather was Harold May (the son of Henry Joseph Gollop and Charlotte Kate Hirst). Henry was the son of Henry Gollop and Anne Jane Wareham. Charlotte was the daughter of Henry Hirst and Charlotte Elizabeth Freeman.
Brain’s paternal grandmother was Louisa Emma Barrett (the daughter of John Henry Barrett and Hannah Schofield).
Sources: Birth record of Brian May – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Brian May (focusing on his father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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