Editing Jeremy Paxman (section)

==Early life and education==
[[Image:Maincollege.jpg|thumb|[[Malvern College]], which Paxman attended ]]
Paxman was born in [[Leeds]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], the son of steel company employee and former [[Royal Navy]] lieutenant and typewriter salesman<ref name="auto1">A Life in Questions, Jeremy Paxman, HarperCollins, 2016</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/24/jeremy-paxman-i-felt-hatred-for-my-estranged-father/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/24/jeremy-paxman-i-felt-hatred-for-my-estranged-father/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jeremy Paxman: I felt hatred for my estranged father|date=24 September 2016|access-date=12 March 2019|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (Arthur) Keith Paxman, who left the family and settled in [[Australia]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/australasia/article/i-hated-my-father-with-a-passion-paxman-admits-rr536msg7|title=I hated my father with a passion, Paxman admits|first=Lucy|last=Bannerman|date=24 September 2016|access-date=12 March 2019|work=The Times}}</ref> and Joan McKay ({{née}} Dickson; 1920–2009).<ref name="wdytya JP">{{cite episode |title=Who Do You Think You Are? with Jeremy Paxman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s2_celeb_gallery_01.shtml |series=Who Do You Think You Are? |series-link=Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC Two]] |airdate=11 January 2006 |access-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111021832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s2_celeb_gallery_01.shtml |archive-date=11 November 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3070400117/paxman-jeremy-1950-jeremy.html |title=Paxman, Jeremy 1950– (Jeremy Dickson Paxman) – Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=29 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003307/http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3070400117/paxman-jeremy-1950-jeremy.html |archive-date=5 October 2013  }}</ref> Keith Paxman's father was a worsted spinner, who became sufficiently prosperous as a travelling sales representative to send his son to public school in [[Bradford]]. The Dickson family were wealthier, with Keith's father-in-law, a self-made success, paying the Paxman children's school fees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/jeremy-paxman.shtml|title=BBC – Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Jeremy Paxman|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>

Paxman is the eldest of four children: one of his brothers, [[Giles Paxman]] (1951−2025), was the British Ambassador to Spain (having previously been ambassador to Mexico), and the other, James (born 1953), is chief executive of the [[Dartmoor Preservation Association]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5999228/Jeremy-Paxmans-brother-launches-battle-against-wind-turbines.html|title=Jeremy Paxman's brother launches battle against wind turbines|date=10 August 2009|work=The Telegraph|access-date=15 April 2013|location=London|first=Caroline|last=Gammell|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108142526/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5999228/Jeremy-Paxmans-brother-launches-battle-against-wind-turbines.html|archive-date=8 January 2013}}</ref> His sister, Jenny (born 1957), is a producer at [[BBC Radio]].

Paxman was brought up in [[Hampshire]], [[Bromsgrove]], and [[Peopleton]] near [[Pershore]] in Worcestershire.<ref>{{cite book |last=Paxman |first=Jeremy |date=2016 |title=A Life in Questions|location=London |publisher=William Collins |pages=1, 11, 32 |isbn=9780008128302 |author-link=Jeremy Paxman}}</ref> He went to [[Malvern College]] in 1964,<ref name="WW" /><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=34562|title= Toffs at the top|work= Press Gazette|date= 16 June 2006|access-date= 8 September 2010|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110616101832/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=34562|archive-date= 16 June 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref> and later read English at [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jeremy-paxman-the-outsider-462914.html|title=Jeremy Paxman: The outsider|work=[[The Independent]]|date=25 August 2007|access-date=6 April 2010|location=London|first=Ian|last=Burrell|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204231023/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jeremy-paxman-the-outsider-462914.html|archive-date=4 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Akbar |first=Arifa |title=Now Paxman rails against the 'Scottish Raj' |work=[[The Independent]] |date=14 March 2005 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/now-paxman-rails-against-the-scottish-raj-7907177.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/now-paxman-rails-against-the-scottish-raj-7907177.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |access-date=2 January 2018 }}</ref> where he edited the university student newspaper ''[[Varsity (Cambridge)|Varsity]]''.<ref name="Independent: Outsider"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Rayner |first=Jay |title=Hah! |work=Comment |date=19 May 2002 |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,718152,00.html |location=London |access-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319134949/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,718152,00.html |archive-date=19 March 2007  }}</ref> While at Cambridge, Paxman was briefly a member of the [[Cambridge Universities Labour Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-27/jeremy-paxman-i-love-this-country--often-we-dont-know-how-lucky-we-are |title=Britain's Great War: "I feel in awe of my parents' generation and guilty having a privileged life" says Jeremy Paxman |access-date=12 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613022912/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-27/jeremy-paxman-i-love-this-country--often-we-dont-know-how-lucky-we-are |archive-date=13 June 2015  }}</ref> He has since been made an honorary fellow of the College.

In January 2006, Paxman was the subject of an episode of the BBC [[genealogy]] series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''.<ref name="wdytya JP"/> The documentary concluded that he was descended from Roger Packsman, a 14th-century politician from [[Suffolk]] who had changed his name to Paxman to impress the electorate ({{lang|la|pax}} being Latin for 'peace'). Paxman's maternal grandmother was born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland. The programme generated much publicity before its transmission by displaying him with tears in his eyes on camera when informed that his impoverished great-grandmother Mary McKay's [[English Poor Laws|poor relief]] had been revoked because she had a child out of wedlock.<ref name="wdytya JP"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Peek |first=Sitala |title=The Day Paxman Shed a Tear |url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/features/newsfeatures/671528.the_day_paxman_shed_a_tear/ |work=Bucks Free Press |date=11 January 2006 |access-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111181311/http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/features/newsfeatures/671528.the_day_paxman_shed_a_tear/ |archive-date=11 November 2013  }}</ref>