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Birth Name: Stewart Armstrong Copeland
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 16, 1952
Ethnicity: * father – English, Irish, Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh * mother – Scottish
Stewart Copeland is an American musician and composer. He was the drummer for British rock band The Police, which also included Henry Padovani, Sting , and Andy Summers.
Stewart is the son of CIA officer Miles Copeland, Jr. and Scottish archaeologist Elisabeth Lorraine Adie. He is the brother of music manager Miles Copeland III and booking agent Ian Copeland. As a child, Stewart was raised in the Middle East because of his father’s duties.
Stewart’s patrilineal line traces to John Joseph Copeland, who was born c. 1612 in Lancashire, England. John was a Quaker.
Stewart’s paternal grandfather was Miles Axe Copeland (the son of Charles Miles Copeland and Catherine/Catharine Magdalena Axe). Miles was born in Dublin, Wayne, Indiana. Charles was born in Cinncinnati, Ohio, the son of Mary Clifford. Stewart’s great-grandmother Catharine was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Thomas Delworth Axe and Ann Margaret Boggs.
Stewart’s paternal grandmother was Lenora A. Armstrong (the daughter of William C. Armstrong and Leonora Gilmer). Stewart’s grandmother Lenora was born in Alabama. William was born in Sumter, Alabama, the son of John Armstrong and Mary Adaline Gilmer. Stewart’s great-grandmother Leonora was born in Alabama, the daughter of Robert Archibald Gilmer, whose father was from Ireland; and of Lucy McNair.
Stewart’s maternal grandfather was William John Adie (the son of David Adie and Katherine McTaggart McMillan). William was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. David was born in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Katherine was born in Geelong, to Scottish parents, John McMillan, from Saddell and Skipness, Argyll; and Euphemia McDonald, from Sutherland.
Stewart’s maternal grandmother was Lorraine Charlotte Patullo Bonar (the daughter of James Bonar and Elizabeth Addie). Lorraine was born in Scotland. James was born in Saint George, Edinburgh. Stewart’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, the daughter of William Addie and Charlotte Stuart Pattullo Sharp.
Sources: Genealogy of Stewart Copeland – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Stewart’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Stewart’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org