Jacob Rees-Mogg wife: The stern warning Helena de Chair gave husband
Speaking at Tory Party Conference, she said she told her husband “there will be no Septimus and no Octopus.”
She added: “I’ve had enough — I’m 40. He wants more but it’s easy for him to say.”
While Mr Rees-Mogg won’t have any new nappies to (not) change, he still has a healthy clan to care for: Peter Theodore Alphege, Mary Anne Charlotte Emma, Thomas Wentworth Somerset Dunstan, Anselm Charles Fitzwilliam, Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius and Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher.
Jacob Rees-Mogg children: With the whole clan (Image: Jacob Rees-Mogg/Instagram)
Here’s how he named them, as revealed to The Mirror:
PETER THEODORE ALPHEGE, approximately 11 years old
‘Mini-Mogg’, spotted out with his dad in matching suits, is the oldest of the Rees-Mogg clan.
The Alphege part of the name is a Christian reference - the Rees-Moggs are staunchly Catholic.
It was the original title for the Archbishop of Canterbury.
He was martyred in the 11th Century for refusing to pay the Danegeld, a Viking tax which villagers had to pay to prevent pillage.
Mr Rees-Mogg once said of the name: “He’s a sort of tax martyr!”
MARY ANNE CHARLOTTE EMMA, approximately 10 years old
The least curious of the Rees-Mogg names, little Mary is, in fact, named after Mr Rees Mogg’s three sisters: Emma, Charlotte and Annunziata Mary.
THOMAS WENTWORTH SOMERSET DUNSTAN, approximately 9 years old
Thomas, the name of Mr Rees-Mogg’s only brother, has an interesting collection of names.
Wentworth is a reference to Charles Watson-Wentworth, the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was an ancestor of his wife, Helena.
The Marquess was a notable aristocrat and Prime Minister briefly in the 1700s.
He left a huge fortune and a painting of his horse hangs in the National Gallery.
Somerset is a reference to Helena’s father, Somerset de Chair, the aristocrat, poet and MP.
And Dunstan is a nod to a Christian saint who was Archbishop of Canterbury in the 10th Century.
ANSELM CHARLES FITZWILLIAM, approximately 7 years old
Anselm was also an Archbishop of Canterbury, who clashed with William II at the turn of the 12th Century.
Helena is said to have picked this one, thinking it was a “lovely name”.
Charles is after the aristocrat mentioned above, and Fitzwilliam is a nod to Charles Watson-Wentworth’s nephew, William Fitzwilliam.
ALFRED WULFRIC LEYSON PIUS, approximately 3 years old
Alfred is named after Alfred the Great, King of Wessex from 871 to 899 AD who defended his kingdom against a Viking invasion.
Wulfric was the hermit saint Wulfric, born in 1080 in Compton Martin near Mr Rees-Mogg’s Somerset home.
Leyson is for Louis Leyson Rees-Mogg, an ancestor who died during World War 1 at the Battle of Gallipoli.
And Pius comes from Pope Pius IX, the longest-serving Pope after Saint Peter.
SIXTUS DOMINIC BONIFACE CHRISTOPHER, approximately 2 years old
The youngest of the Rees-Mogg brood, Sixtus is named for the third-century martyred Pope Sixtus II.
Mr Rees-Mogg said he “likes the ambiguity” of the name Sixtus for his sixth child.
The name was originally spelt Xystus but “that seems a little bit brave even by our standards,” he admitted.
Dominic and Boniface were saints, continuing with the religious theme.
And Christopher, also a famous saint, is also a family name.
