Aged ten, she performed the song of Yum-Yum from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan at Colin Welch's memorial service. ![]() In her youth, Welch also sang at family weddings and funerals. Welch's deceased grandmothers inspired numerous songs on Florence and the Machine's debut album Lungs (2009). ĭuring her youth, Welch was encouraged by her Scottish paternal grandmother, Cybil Welch (née Russell), to pursue her performing and singing talents. She also has a sister, Grace, who inspired Welch's song by the same name. Welch's maternal uncle is actor and director John Stockwell. Welch is the niece of satirist Craig Brown via Brown's wife and Welch's aunt, Frances Welch, and granddaughter of Colin Welch (James Colin Ross Welch), former deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph and former Daily Mail parliamentary sketchwriter, originally of Cambridgeshire. Through her mother, Welch has both British and American citizenship. Evelyn is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol. ![]() In 2018, Welch released a book titled Useless Magic, a collection of lyrics and poems written by her, along with illustrations.įlorence Leontine Mary Welch was born on 28 August 1986 in Camberwell, London to parents Nick Russell Welch, an advertising executive and Evelyn Welch (née Samuels), an American immigrant from New York City who was educated at Harvard University and the Warburg Institute, University of London. Their next four albums also achieved chart success. ![]() The band's debut studio album, Lungs (2009), topped the UK Albums Chart and won the Brit Award for Best British Album. Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English singer, the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine.
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