Editing Nigel Havers (section)

==Early life and family==
Havers was born in [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], Middlesex, and is the younger of two sons of Sir [[Michael Havers]] (later Lord Havers), a [[barrister]] who served as the [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] and, briefly, [[Lord Chancellor]] in the Conservative Government in the 1980s. His mother is Carol Lay, who is an author.<ref name="gene">https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2013/who-do-you-think-you-are/nigel-havers-10/</ref>

His paternal aunt, [[Lady Butler-Sloss]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-28227075|title=Actor Nigel Havers defends aunt's abuse inquiry role|date=9 July 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=3 July 2016|language=en-GB}}</ref> his grandfather Sir [[Cecil Havers]] and elder brother Philip Havers [[King's Counsel|KC]] also had prominent legal careers. His paternal uncle, David Havers, was a Manchester-based businessman.

Havers took part in the [[BBC]] TV series [[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|''Who Do You Think You Are?'']], broadcast in the UK in July 2013. As part of the show he explored his ancestry from an [[Essex]] businessman, on his father's side, and a [[Cornish people|Cornish]] miller on his mother's side.<ref name="gene"/>