Harry Edward Styles
Harry Edward Styles
Harry Edward Styles was born on 1 February 1994 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England,[c]
[2] the son of landlady Anne Twist (née Selley, formerly Cox) and finance worker Desmond
"Des" Styles. When he was a child, he moved with his parents and older sister, Gemma, to the
village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire.[3] His parents divorced when he was seven years old, and
his mother later remarried business partner John Cox,[7] although they divorced years later.
Through her subsequent marriage in 2013 to Robin Twist,[8] who died of cancer in 2017,
[9] Styles has an older stepbrother named Mike and a stepsister named Amy.[9]
Styles said he had a "great childhood" and was always supported by his parents.[5] As a child, he
sang covers on a karaoke machine he was given by his grandfather, and the first song he
recorded was Elvis Presley's "The Girl of My Best Friend". Styles attended the Holmes Chapel
Comprehensive School,[11] where he was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo, which won
a local Battle of the Bands competition. At the age of 16, he worked part-time at the W.
Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel.