Daniel Day-Lewis the second child of poet Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972) and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon (1925–2009). His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953), is a television chef and food critic. His father, who was born in the Irish town of Ballintubbert, County Laois, was of Protestant Anglo-Irish descent, lived in England from the age of two, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Daniel's mother was Jewish; her ancestors were immigrants to England in the late 19th century, from Latvia and Poland. Day-Lewis' maternal grandfather, Sir Michael Balcon, became the head of Ealing Studios, helping develop the new
Andrew Lewis (Royal Navy officer) and Suffolk Water Company. Between 1976 and 1977 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889). Lewis was also Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1978 to 1992. He died in 1993. In 1943 he married Rachel Elizabeth Leatham(died 1983): their elder son is the Very Reverend Christopher Lewis, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and their younger son, David, is a shipbroker. Andrew Lewis (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis KCB JP (1918–1993) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command. Lewis joined the Royal Navy and fought in World War II being mentioned in despatches