Roland Orzabal

Birth Name: Roland Jaime Orzabal De La Quintana

Place of Birth: Gosport, Hampshire, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 22 August, 1961

Ethnicity:*father – Argentinian – Spanish [Andalusian, Castilian, Extremaduran, Leonese], Basque, Galician], Italian, remote Portuguese*mother – English, Scottish

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Roland Orzabal is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a co-founding member of band Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and joint vocalist. Curt Smith is also a founder-member of the band.

Roland is the son of Margaret (Menzies) and George Orzabal de la Quintana. He is married to Caroline, with whom he has two children.

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Roland’s paternal grandfather was Raúl Mariano (later Raoul) Orzabal de la Quintana (the son of Arturo Orzabal Guardo and Benjamina de la Quintana). Raúl was from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Arturo was the son of Mariano Orzabal and Jesús Guardo. Benjamina was the daughter of José Cayetano Alberto del Carmen Pérez de la Quintana y Martínez and Adela Alcorta Isnardi.

Roland’s maternal grandfather was Alexander George Menzies (the son of Robert Percival Menzies and Sarah Elizabeth Crofts). Alexander was born in Fareham, Hampshire. Robert was the son of Alexander Menzies, whose own father, John Menzies, was Scottish, from Ween, Perthshire; and of Elizabeth Jackson. Sarah was the daughter of George Crofts and Jane Elizabeth Smith.

Roland’s maternal grandmother was Sybille Mary Ellis Wynn (the daughter of Rowland Turner Jarvis Wynn and Mary Jane Ellis). Sybille was born in Belvedere, Kent. Rowland was the son of William Turner Wynn and Mary Ann Pratt. Roland’s great-grandmother Mary Jane was the daughter of Edward Ellis and Elizabeth Mary Ann Painter.

Roland’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fourth great-grandmother, Sarah Young.

Sources: Genealogy of Roland’s paternal grandfather, Raúl Mariano Orzabal –

Marriage record of Roland’s maternal grandparents, Alexander George Menzies and Sybille Mary Ellis Wynn –

Roland’s maternal grandfather, Alexander George Menzies, on the 1901 England and Wales Census –

Marriage record of Roland’s maternal great-grandparents, Robert Percival Menzies and Sarah Elizabeth Crofts –

Roland’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert Percival Menzies, on the 1881 England and Wales Census –

Marriage record of Roland’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Alexander Menzies and Elizabeth Jackson –

Baptismal record of Roland’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Crofts –

Roland’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Crofts, on the 1881 England and Wales Census –

Marriage record of Roland’s maternal great-great-grandparents, George Crofts and Jane Elizabeth Smith –

Roland’s maternal grandmother, Sybille Mary Ellis Wynn, on the 1911 England and Wales Census –

Marriage record of Roland’s maternal great-grandparents, Rowland Turner Jarvis Wynn and Mary Jane Ellis –

Baptismal record of Roland’s maternal great-grandfather, Rowland Turner Jarvis Wynn –

Roland’s maternal great-grandfather, Rowland Turner Jarvis Wynn, on the 1891 England and Wales Census –

Marriage record of Roland’s maternal great-great-grandparents, William Turner Wynn and Mary Ann Pratt –

Roland’s maternal great-grandmother, Mary Jane Ellis, on the 1891 England and Wales Census –

Marriage record of Roland’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Edward Ellis and Elizabeth Mary Ann Painter –