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'''Thomas Wayne Markle Sr.''' (born July 18, 1944) is an American retired television [[lighting director]] and [[director of photography]]. He received a [[Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards|Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award]] for work on the television program ''Made in Chicago'' in 1975 and was a co-recipient of two [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s for work on the television soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]'', in 1982 and 2011. He is the father of [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]], by his second wife, [[Doria Ragland]].
'''Thomas Wayne Markle Sr.''' (born July 18, 1944) is an American retired television [[lighting director]] and [[director of photography]]. He received a [[Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards|Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award]] for work on the television program ''Made in Chicago'' in 1975 and was a co-recipient of two [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s for work on the television soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]'', in 1982 and 2011. He is the father of [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]], by his second wife, [[Doria Ragland]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Career==
==Career==
Markle worked as a lighting director at [[WTTW-TV Channel 11]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-from-nu-to-aspiring-actor-to-future-british-royal/|title=Meghan Markle: From NU to aspiring actor to future British royal|last=Esposito|first=Stefano|date=November 27, 2017|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> In 1975, he received a [[Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards|Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence: Non Performers for his lighting design work on the channel's ''Made in Chicago'' program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagoemmyonline.org/files/2013/04/1974_to_1975.pdf|title=1974–1975 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Winners|publisher=Chicago Emmy Online|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> He worked on the television series ''[[General Hospital]]'' and ''[[Married... with Children]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/married-with-children-the-best-o-bundy-get-the-dodge-out-of-hell-1200409127/|title=Married … with Children the Best O' Bundy; Get the Dodge Out of Hell|last=Ginell|first=Richard S.|date=February 6, 1995|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Duncan |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/11/meghan-markles-parents-dad-thomas-markle-mum-doria-ragland-7221712/ |title=Who are Meghan Markle's parents – dad Thomas Markle and mum Doria Ragland?|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=January 11, 2018|accessdate=May 19, 2018}}</ref> becoming a [[director of photography]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Janice |last=Williams |url=http://www.newsweek.com/thomas-markle-meghan-royal-wedding-928740 |title=Everything to know about Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle's dad |date=2018-05-16 |website=Newsweek |language=en |access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>
Markle worked as a lighting director at [[WTTW-TV Channel 11]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-from-nu-to-aspiring-actor-to-future-british-royal/|title=Meghan Markle: From NU to aspiring actor to future British royal|last=Esposito|first=Stefano|date=November 27, 2017|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> In 1975, he received a [[Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards|Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence: Non Performers for his lighting design work on the channel's ''Made in Chicago'' program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagoemmyonline.org/files/2013/04/1974_to_1975.pdf|title=1974–1975 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Winners|publisher=Chicago Emmy Online|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> He worked on the television series ''[[General Hospital]]'' and ''[[Married... with Children]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/married-with-children-the-best-o-bundy-get-the-dodge-out-of-hell-1200409127/|title=Married … with Children the Best O' Bundy; Get the Dodge Out of Hell|last=Ginell|first=Richard S.|date=February 6, 1995|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Duncan |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/11/meghan-markles-parents-dad-thomas-markle-mum-doria-ragland-7221712/ |title=Who are Meghan Markle's parents – dad Thomas Markle and mum Doria Ragland?|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=January 11, 2018|accessdate=May 19, 2018}}</ref> becoming a [[director of photography]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Janice |last=Williams |url=http://www.newsweek.com/thomas-markle-meghan-royal-wedding-928740 |title=Everything to know about Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle's dad |date=2018-05-16 |website=Newsweek |language=en |access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>


===Awards===
===Awards===
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Markle married student and secretary Roslyn Loveless in 1964; they had met the year before at an on-campus party at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Andrew |title=Meghan: A Hollywood Princess |date=April 12, 2018 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books, 2018 |isbn=178243965X |page=Chapter 2 - Growing up Markle |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cfhcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&dq=Meghan++Markle+Edward+III&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE48GAs9TbAhUJ7LwKHeB6A2kQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=Meghan%20%20Markle%20Edward%20III&f=false |accessdate=15 June 2018 |format=304 pages |quote=In 1963, at a rowdy party at International House at the private University of Chicago, Tom (Markle) met 18 year old Roslyn Loveless, a student who worked as a secretary...}}</ref> They have two children, [[Samantha Markle|Samantha]] (1964) and [[Thomas Markle Jr.]] (1966). Markle and Loveless divorced in 1975.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Andrew |title=Meghan: A Hollywood Princess |date=12 April 2018 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books, 2018 |isbn=178243965X |page=Chapter 2 - Growing up Markle |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cfhcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&dq=Meghan++Markle+Edward+III&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE48GAs9TbAhUJ7LwKHeB6A2kQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=Meghan%20%20Markle%20Edward%20III&f=false |accessdate=15 June 2018 |format=304 pages}}</ref>
Markle married student and secretary Roslyn Loveless in 1964; they had met the year before at an on-campus party at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Andrew |title=Meghan: A Hollywood Princess |date=April 12, 2018 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books, 2018 |isbn=178243965X |page=Chapter 2 - Growing up Markle |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cfhcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&dq=Meghan++Markle+Edward+III&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE48GAs9TbAhUJ7LwKHeB6A2kQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=Meghan%20%20Markle%20Edward%20III&f=false |accessdate=15 June 2018 |format=304 pages |quote=In 1963, at a rowdy party at International House at the private University of Chicago, Tom (Markle) met 18 year old Roslyn Loveless, a student who worked as a secretary...}}</ref> They have two children, [[Samantha Markle|Samantha]] (1964) and [[Thomas Markle Jr.]] (1966). Markle and Loveless divorced in 1975.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Andrew |title=Meghan: A Hollywood Princess |date=12 April 2018 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books, 2018 |isbn=178243965X |page=Chapter 2 - Growing up Markle |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cfhcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&dq=Meghan++Markle+Edward+III&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE48GAs9TbAhUJ7LwKHeB6A2kQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=Meghan%20%20Markle%20Edward%20III&f=false |accessdate=15 June 2018 |format=304 pages}}</ref>
He was married to [[Doria Ragland]] at [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]'s [[Self-Realization Fellowship|Self-Realization Fellowship Temple]] in [[Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles]], on December 23, 1979 by Brother Bhaktananda.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/did-you-know-meghan-markle-s-parents-got-married-at-an-indian-temple-1241404-2018-05-25 |title= Did you know Meghan Markle's parents got married at an Indian temple?|last=Chhabra |first=Shivani |work=India Today |date=May 25, 2018 |accessdate=May 26, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Carroll2010">{{cite book|author=Leslie Carroll|title=Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny,and Desire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcXWrhvBc8YC&pg=PT468|date=5 January 2010|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-101-15977-4|page=468}}</ref> The Markles had a daughter together in 1981, Rachel Meghan Markle (known by her middle name),<ref name="Carroll2010"/> who later became the [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Duchess of Sussex]]. Thomas and Doria Markle's marriage ended in divorce in 1987 or 1988.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/thomas-markle-snr-meghan-markles-reclusive-father-helped-propel/|title=Thomas Markle Snr: How Meghan Markle's reclusive father helped propel her into the spotlight|last=Jones|first=Richard|date=May 17, 2018 |work=The Telegraph|access-date=May 18, 2018 |language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=cnn>{{cite web|last1=Foster |first1=Max |first2=Angela |last2=Dewan |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/17/europe/meghan-markle-father-royal-wedding-intl/index.html |title=Meghan Markle's father Thomas won't be at royal wedding |website=[[CNN]] |date=May 17, 2018 |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref>
He was married to [[Doria Ragland]] at [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]'s [[Self-Realization Fellowship|Self-Realization Fellowship Temple]] in [[Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles]], on December 23, 1979 by Brother Bhaktananda.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/did-you-know-meghan-markle-s-parents-got-married-at-an-indian-temple-1241404-2018-05-25 |title= Did you know Meghan Markle's parents got married at an Indian temple?|last=Chhabra |first=Shivani |work=India Today |date=May 25, 2018 |accessdate=May 26, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Carroll2010">{{cite book|author=Leslie Carroll|title=Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny,and Desire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcXWrhvBc8YC&pg=PT468|date=5 January 2010|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-101-15977-4|page=468}}</ref> The Markles had a daughter together in 1981, Rachel Meghan Markle (known by her middle name),<ref name="Carroll2010"/> who later became the [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Duchess of Sussex]]. Thomas and Doria Markle's marriage ended in divorce in 1987 or 1988.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/thomas-markle-snr-meghan-markles-reclusive-father-helped-propel/|title=Thomas Markle Snr: How Meghan Markle's reclusive father helped propel her into the spotlight|last=Jones|first=Richard|date=May 17, 2018 |work=The Telegraph|access-date=May 18, 2018 |language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=cnn>{{cite web|last1=Foster |first1=Max |first2=Angela |last2=Dewan |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/17/europe/meghan-markle-father-royal-wedding-intl/index.html |title=Meghan Markle's father Thomas won't be at royal wedding |website=[[CNN]] |date=May 17, 2018 |access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref>


Markle won $750,000 in the [[California State Lottery]] in 1990, but he ultimately spent all the money and in 2016 filed for [[bankruptcy]] over a debt of $30,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/megan-markle-father-won-lottery-spent-winnings-2018-4|title=Megan Markle's father once won $750,000 in the lottery – and paid tuition at her private school with part of his winnings|website=[[Business Insider]]|first=Matthew|last=Michaels|date=April 3, 2018|accessdate=May 22, 2018}}</ref> He lives in [[Rosarito Beach|Rosarito]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-meghan-markle-baja-20180401-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=Meghan Markle's father lives in a quiet Baja town; but the British paparazzi have come knocking |first=Sandra |last=Dibble |date=April 1, 2018v|access-date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.li/20180505031834/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-meghan-markle-baja-20180401-story.html#selection-3605.0-3605.95 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
Markle won $750,000 in the [[California State Lottery]] in 1990, but he ultimately spent all the money and in 2016 filed for [[bankruptcy]] over a debt of $30,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/megan-markle-father-won-lottery-spent-winnings-2018-4|title=Megan Markle's father once won $750,000 in the lottery – and paid tuition at her private school with part of his winnings|website=[[Business Insider]]|first=Matthew|last=Michaels|date=April 3, 2018|accessdate=May 22, 2018}}</ref> He lives in [[Rosarito Beach|Rosarito]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-meghan-markle-baja-20180401-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=Meghan Markle's father lives in a quiet Baja town; but the British paparazzi have come knocking |first=Sandra |last=Dibble |date=April 1, 2018v|access-date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.li/20180505031834/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-meghan-markle-baja-20180401-story.html#selection-3605.0-3605.95 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
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==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==
[[File:Markle%27s_great_great_great_grandmother,_New_Hampshire_landowner,_Mary_Hussey_Smith.jpg|thumb|upright|Markle's great-great-grandmother Mary Hussey Smith, a descendant of King [[Edward III]]]]Among Markle's distant ancestors are his paternal great-great-grandmother New Hampshire [[landowner]] Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) who was a direct descendant of Captain [[Christopher Hussey (died 1686)|Christopher Hussey]].<ref name=TownAndCountry>{{cite web|last1=Reslen|first1=Eileen |title=Prince Harry Relative Reportedly Executed Meghan Markle’s Ancestor|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a13810014/prince-harry-meghan-markle-ancestor-execution-study/|publisher=Town and Country Magazine, 21 November 2017|accessdate=23 May 2018|quote=It's incredible that Meghan's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave and the other great-great-great paternal grandmother was a New Hampshire landowner – Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) – who had royal blood,' Reed said.}}</ref> Other ancestors include King [[Robert the Bruce|Robert I of Scotland]], [[Philip Wentworth|Sir Philip Wentworth]] and his wife, Mary Clifford, a descendant of King [[Edward III of England]].<ref name=TownAndCountry/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |work=American Ancestors |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=The Rev. William Skipper's ancestors Sir Philip Wentworth (died 1464) and Mary Clifford are ancestors also, in various lines, of both H.M. the late Queen Mother (and thus H.M. the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry) and of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081716/https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |archivedate=December 1, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Shared Ancestry of (Rachel) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry |journal=American Ancestors |date=November 30, 2017 |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |accessdate=December 7, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122320/https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |archivedate=December 8, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Child |first1=Christopher |title=The Hastings Connection |url=https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |work=Vita Brevis |publisher=[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=As Gary Boyd Roberts indicated in his press release, 'Meghan Markle is related to Prince Harry...' |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091604/https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |archivedate=December 16, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Andrew |title=Meghan: A Hollywood Princess |date=12 April 2018 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books, 2018 |isbn=178243965X |page=Chapter 2 - Growing up Markle |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cfhcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&dq=Meghan++Markle+Edward+III&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE48GAs9TbAhUJ7LwKHeB6A2kQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=Meghan%20%20Markle%20Edward%20III&f=false |accessdate=15 June 2018 |format=304 pages}}</ref>
[[File:Markle%27s_great_great_great_grandmother,_New_Hampshire_landowner,_Mary_Hussey_Smith.jpg|thumb|upright|Markle's great-great-grandmother Mary Hussey Smith, a descendant of King [[Edward III]]]]Among Markle's distant ancestors are his paternal great-great-grandmother New Hampshire [[landowner]] Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) who was a direct descendant of Captain [[Christopher Hussey (died 1686)|Christopher Hussey]].<ref name=TownAndCountry>{{cite web|last1=Reslen|first1=Eileen |title=Prince Harry Relative Reportedly Executed Meghan Markle’s Ancestor|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a13810014/prince-harry-meghan-markle-ancestor-execution-study/|publisher=Town and Country Magazine, 21 November 2017|accessdate=23 May 2018|quote=It's incredible that Meghan's great-great-great maternal grandfather was a slave and the other great-great-great paternal grandmother was a New Hampshire landowner – Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) – who had royal blood,' Reed said.}}</ref> Other ancestors include King [[Robert the Bruce|Robert I of Scotland]], [[Philip Wentworth|Sir Philip Wentworth]] and his wife, Mary Clifford, a descendant of King [[Edward III of England]].<ref name=TownAndCountry/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |work=American Ancestors |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=The Rev. William Skipper's ancestors Sir Philip Wentworth (died 1464) and Mary Clifford are ancestors also, in various lines, of both H.M. the late Queen Mother (and thus H.M. the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry) and of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081716/https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |archivedate=December 1, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Shared Ancestry of (Rachel) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry |journal=American Ancestors |date=November 30, 2017 |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |accessdate=December 7, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122320/https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |archivedate=December 8, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Child |first1=Christopher |title=The Hastings Connection |url=https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |work=Vita Brevis |publisher=[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=December 16, 2017 |quote=As Gary Boyd Roberts indicated in his press release, 'Meghan Markle is related to Prince Harry...' |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091604/https://vita-brevis.org/2017/12/hastings-connection/#more-9916 |archivedate=December 16, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Andrew |title=Meghan: A Hollywood Princess |date=12 April 2018 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books, 2018 |isbn=178243965X |page=Chapter 2 - Growing up Markle |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cfhcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&dq=Meghan++Markle+Edward+III&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE48GAs9TbAhUJ7LwKHeB6A2kQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=Meghan%20%20Markle%20Edward%20III&f=false |accessdate=15 June 2018 |format=304 pages}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Thomas Markle
Born
Thomas Wayne Markle

(1944-07-18) July 18, 1944 (age 80)
Newport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Lighting director and director of photography (ret.)
Years active1963–2011
Spouses
Roslyn Loveless
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(m. 1964; div. 1975)​
[1]
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(m. 1979; div. 1987)​
Children
RelativesTyler Dooley (grandson)
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (son-in-law)
AwardsDaytime Emmy Awards (1982 and 2011)
Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award

Thomas Wayne Markle Sr. (born July 18, 1944) is an American retired television lighting director and director of photography. He received a Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award for work on the television program Made in Chicago in 1975 and was a co-recipient of two Daytime Emmy Awards for work on the television soap opera General Hospital, in 1982 and 2011. He is the father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, by his second wife, Doria Ragland.

Early life

Markle was born on July 18, 1944[2] and raised in Newport, Pennsylvania, the son of Doris May Rita (née Sanders; 1920–2011)[3] and Gordon Arnold Markle (1918–1982).[4][5] His mother was from New Hampshire.[6] He has two brothers, Frederick and Michael Markle.[7]

Career

Markle worked as a lighting director at WTTW-TV Channel 11 in the 1970s.[8] In 1975, he received a Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence: Non Performers for his lighting design work on the channel's Made in Chicago program.[9] He worked on the television series General Hospital and Married... with Children.[10][11] becoming a director of photography.[12]

Awards

In 1982, Markle was one of the 14 named co-recipients of a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Design Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series for work on General Hospital,[13] and in 2011, he shared a Daytime Emmy Award with Vincent Steib for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series for work on General Hospital.[14] He was also nominated (with various co-nominees) for Daytime Emmy Awards for work on General Hospital on seven other occasions.[13]

He was nominated, along with two other co-nominees, for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1986 for Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Miniseries or a Special for the lighting design for the 58th Academy Awards.[13][15]

Personal life

Markle married student and secretary Roslyn Loveless in 1964; they had met the year before at an on-campus party at the University of Chicago.[16] They have two children, Samantha (1964) and Thomas Markle Jr. (1966). Markle and Loveless divorced in 1975.[17]

He was married to Doria Ragland at Paramahansa Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on December 23, 1979 by Brother Bhaktananda.[18][19] The Markles had a daughter together in 1981, Rachel Meghan Markle (known by her middle name),[19] who later became the Duchess of Sussex. Thomas and Doria Markle's marriage ended in divorce in 1987 or 1988.[20][21]

Markle won $750,000 in the California State Lottery in 1990, but he ultimately spent all the money and in 2016 filed for bankruptcy over a debt of $30,000.[22] He lives in Rosarito, Mexico.[23]

In the media spotlight

In 2018, he was the subject of considerable media speculation as to whether he would attend his daughter Meghan's wedding to Prince Harry, at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. He did not attend as he was recovering from heart surgery.[21][24]

In May 2018, and a few days prior to the wedding, Markle became a subject of controversy after it was revealed that he had staged photographs for a paparazzi photographer in return for money.[25] His elder daughter, Samantha, later claimed that it was her idea, and that her father's motivation was not financial but "to show the world that [he's] getting in shape and doing great healthy things."[26] Markle admitted that he initially had lied to Harry about the staged photos and later regretted his decision.[27][28][29] In June 2018, he appeared on Good Morning Britain in which he discussed his personal relationship with Meghan and his son-in-law.[30][31][32] In another interview with The Mail on Sunday in July 2018, Markle said that his daughter "[would] be nothing without me. I made her the Duchess she is today."[33] His continual paid interviews with the press have reportedly damaged his relationship with his daughter, with whom he claims he has not been in contact since the royal wedding.[34][35]

Ancestry

Markle's great-great-grandmother Mary Hussey Smith, a descendant of King Edward III

Among Markle's distant ancestors are his paternal great-great-grandmother New Hampshire landowner Mary Hussey Smith (died 1908) who was a direct descendant of Captain Christopher Hussey.[36] Other ancestors include King Robert I of Scotland, Sir Philip Wentworth and his wife, Mary Clifford, a descendant of King Edward III of England.[36][37][38][39][40]

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