Randal Keynes
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Randal Keynes in 2009
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| Born | Randal Hume Keynes 29 July 1948 Cambridge, England, UK |
| Occupation | Conservationist, author |
| Spouse | Zelfa Hourani |
| Children | 2, including Skandar Keynes |
| Relatives | See Keynes family Charles Darwin (great-great-grandfather) |
Randal Hume Keynes, OBE, FLS (/ˈkeɪnz/ KAYNZ; born 29 July 1948) is a British conservationist, author, and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.
Keynes was born in Cambridge, England. He is the son of the Hon. Anne Pinsent (née Adrian) and physiologist Richard Keynes. His maternal grandparents were Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian, mental health worker, and Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS, electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology. His paternal grandfather was the surgeon Geoffrey Keynes, brother to the economist John Maynard Keynes. Randal Keynes is the brother of two Cambridge professors, Simon (historian) and Roger (medical scientist).
Randal Keynes has two children with Zelfa Cecil Hourani, also from a prominent intellectual family, originally from Lebanon. Zelfa's father Cecil was an advisor to the late Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba and his two brothers were Albert, a major historian of the Middle East, and George, philosopher, historian, and classicist. Randal and Zelfa's son, Skandar Keynes (born 1991), is an actor best known for his role as Edmund Pevensie in the Narnia films. They also have a daughter, Soumaya Keynes (born 1989), who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4.
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