Johnny Kidd (businessman)

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John Edward Aitken Kidd (born 12 December 1944) is a well-known British entrepreneur.

Johnny Kidd is a successful businessman, son of Major Thomas Edward Dealtry Kidd and wife née Hon. Janet Gladys Aitken (former wife of Ian Douglas Campbell, later 11th Duke of Argyll, and the Hon. William Drogo Sturges Montagu, scion of the Earls of Sandwich), and is a grandson of the 1st Lord Beaverbrook and William Ennis Kidd and wife Margaret Dealtry Woodcock - both of Canada. He married (as her second husband) Wendy Madeline Hodge, a daughter of Sir John Rowland Hodge, 2nd Baronet, on 2 April 1973 and they have three children:

  • Jack Edward Kidd (born 1973), married (separated) and has issue.
  • Jemma Kidd (born 1974) married to th Duke of Wellington's grandson, no issue.
  • Jodie Kidd (born 1978); married (divorced) Aidan Butler, no issue.

John and Wendy Kidd are now divorced in 2007, as is their younger daughter Jodie.