Rachael Stirling Rachael Stirling Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 30 May 1977) is an English stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for her stage work. She played Nancy Astley in the BBC drama "Tipping the Velvet", and Millie in the ITV series "The Bletchley Circle". She has also appeared in programmes such as "Lewis", and the long-running BBC One science fiction drama "Doctor Who". Stirling is the daughter of actress Diana Rigg and theatre producer Archibald Stirling. Her parents married in 1982 and divorced in 1990. Through her father, she has a long line
Rachel Clinton Rachel Clinton Rachel Clinton (née Haffield; c. 1629 – 1694/95), born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England to Richard and Martha Haffield, was a survivor of the Salem witch trials. In the spring of 1635 the Haffield family emigrated to New England and sailed upon a ship named "The Planter". Rachel was one of five daughters and her mother had been a maid-servant who was later deemed to be mentally insane. Rachel grew up in an affluent household although the Haffield family fortune was ever dwindling. In 1639 Rachel's father died and her mother rented out sections of their property to tenants