The Gardeners' World star's ancestor invented marmalade
. The green-fingered presenter has been on our screens for decades, sharing his top gardening hints and tricks with viewers since 2003., did you know that he has a fascinating family history? From longstanding feuds to his family's connection to the marmalade dynasty, find out all about Monty's past here…Who Do You Think You Are?The horticulturist's great great great great grandmother Janet Keiller created the orange preserve at the end of the 18th century.
She eventually passed the business over to her son, James, and it became known as James Keiller & Sons – an iconic brand in the 18th and 19th centuries., Monty also discovered that his great-great-grandfather Charles Hodge, who was a vicar in Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, was a passenger on the Royal Charter, which went down off the coast of Moelfre, Wales in 1859.Charles, who was a father of nine children, was one of more than 400 people who drowned in the tragedy.
The feud began when Monty's great-great-great-great grandfather George Don, who was the RHS's first plant hunter, revealed his rare discoveries in a rival scientific journal.George had been travelling around the world, including to the Canary Islands, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Brazil and New York, in search of new and rare plants to grow and showcase for the RHS back in the UK.
While travelling, George fell seriously ill with a fever, with two of the marines he was travelling with dying from the illness. It's thought that he became angry that his salary matched that of a horticulturist working safely in the UK.Tensions began to arise between George and the RHS when he gave a newly discovered pine tree specimen to the employer of his brother, rather than to the gardening charity. He then published his findings in a Sierra Leone journal, prompting the RHS to cut ties with him and take out an injunction which stopped him from publishing his work in England.
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