Editing Nicholas Lyndhurst (section)

== Early life ==
Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicholas Simon LYNDHURST |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/rbEo-9wNSVin5RL84u2QswQr0wc/appointments |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=gov.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicholas Simon LYNDHURST |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/UFH2M28enS3Z76YowKxtBXJewY8/appointments |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=gov.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> was born in [[Gosport]], [[Hampshire]], England on 20 April 1961,<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst - Actor |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nicholas-lyndhurst/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=TV Insider |language=en-GB}}</ref> as the only child to Anthony Arthur Joseph "Joe" Lyndhurst (1924–2000) and Elizabeth M "Liz" ([[Birth name|née]] Long; 1934–2009).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hassell |first=Katherine |date=21 August 2015 |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst: my family values |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/21/nicholas-lyndhurst-my-family-values |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref> He grew up in [[Emsworth]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanley |first=Megan |date=30 August 2022 |title=Nicholas Lyndhurst's quiet life and childhood in Emsworth before Only Fools And Horses fame |url=https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/nicholas-lyndhursts-quiet-life-childhood-7523874.amp |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Hampshire Live |language=en-GB}}</ref> His parents met at the holiday camp on the farm owned by his [[Father|paternal]] grandfather, [[Francis Lyndhurst]] (1878–1952), a theatrical scenery painter, film producer and film director, who set up an early film studio at [[Shoreham Redoubt|Shoreham Fort]], [[Shoreham-by-Sea]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Studio |url=https://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/past/film-studio/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Shoreham Fort |language=en-GB}}</ref> His grandfather died nine years prior to his grandson's birth. His parents separated when he was young, reuniting and separating permanently later on. His father, Joe, had had an [[affair]] and started a family with another woman, Yvonne Beryl Elsmore (1924–2008), by the time his son was eight, leaving his son and the mother of his child "poverty-stricken".<ref name=":0" />

Lyndhurst attended East Wittering Primary School.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heath |first=Jacob |last2=Donnelly |first2=Luke |date=20 September 2021 |title=West Wittering: The West Sussex village with celebrities around every corner |url=https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/west-wittering-west-sussex-village-5942309.amp |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Sussex Live |language=en-GB}}</ref> He then attended the [[Corona Theatre School]] in [[Hammersmith]], [[London]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 February 2013 |title=Corona Theatre School forced to close |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21410156 |access-date=1 December 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> where his friends included [[Lisa Vanderpump]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Curtis |first=Nick |date=19 August 2002 |title=Baywatch babe turns club queen |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/music/baywatch-babe-turns-club-queen-6308575.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118044822/http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/music/baywatch-babe-turns-club-queen-6308575.html |archive-date=18 January 2013 |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Evening Standard |language=en-GB}}</ref>