Roger Daltrey - Personal Life

Personal Life

Daltrey has been married twice. In 1964, he married the former Jacqueline "Jackie" Rickman, and had one child, born in 1964, Simon. The couple divorced in 1968. In 1967, Daltrey's son Mathias was born, the result of an affair with Swedish model Elisabeth Aronsson. In 1968, he met the American Heather Taylor, his current wife whom he married in 1971. Together, they have three children, Rosie Lea (born in 1972), Willow Amber (born in 1975) and Jamie (born in 1981). He also has five granddaughters, Lily, Lola, Ramona, Scarlet and Winter; and two grandsons, Liam and Jonjo. He also has three other children from relationships during the 1960s and 1970s.

Daltrey owns a farm at Holmshurst Manor, a country estate near Burwash, Sussex, built in 1610, as well as his parents' old home in London. He designed and built Lakedown Trout Fishery near Burwash, documented in the film Underwater World of Trout, Vol. 1. He bought a home in Los Angeles in the early 2000s. Daltrey also owns a house in Sturminster Newton, which appeared on the popular television series Grand Designs.

Daltrey is a supporter of Arsenal F.C..

Daltrey claims to have never tried hard drugs and unlike his band mates, has stayed straight and free from addiction problems.

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