Thursday, August 28, 1969
Birth of Mary McCartney
Last updated on April 9, 2025
Thursday, August 28, 1969
Last updated on April 9, 2025
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Mary McCartney was born on this day at the Avenue Clinic in London and named after her paternal grandmother, Mary McCartney. She is the first biological child of Paul and Linda McCartney, and Linda’s second child. Mary has an older sister, Heather McCartney, born Heather Louise See on December 31, 1962, to Linda and her first husband, Joseph Melville See Jr. Heather was later adopted by Paul.
One of the most iconic photographs of Mary was taken by her mother — a tender image of her as a baby, peeking out from inside Paul’s jacket, taken in Scotland in late 1969. The photograph famously appears on the back cover of Paul’s debut solo album, “McCartney.”
As our relationship solidified and we really started to feel very confident with each other, it was a question of ‘Well, shall I get off the pill then?’ and we talked about that, and I said, ‘Yeah!’ I don’t know why. It wasn’t like planning a family, it was more ‘If you like. We could see what happened. If anything happened. That would be all right.’ Then Mary was on the way, it was definitely not planned. And we decided, round about that point, to get married.
Paul McCartney – From “Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now” by Barry Miles, 1997
Life had just started to get a bit messy when Linda became pregnant with Mary. Allen Klein [the American business manager] was involved with the Beatles and, over the year, things seemed to get more chaotic and worrying. Then, the miracle: our Mary. The chaos got pushed to one side and all I cared about was being a dad. But there was still a lot of unpleasantness flying around, so in the end I said: “Let’s get out of here, go to Scotland and be a family.” It wasn’t planned, but Mary came at exactly the right time. She changed my perspective to a degree where I could look at what was happening with the Beatles and think, “Does it really matter?”
Paul McCartney – From The Sunday Times, December 22, 2021
PAUL McCARTNEY TO BE A FATHER
Beatle Paul McCartney is to be a father. His wife, Linda, is expecting a baby in December.
The news came yesterday after the couple, above, flew to the Continent from Liverpool, where they had spent a few days with Paul’s father and step-mother. Later, when Paul and his bride of two months arrived in Nice for a few days’ holidays, he confirmed it.
Last night, Mrs Angela McCartney said: “We are all delighted. Paul is thrilled to bits. He loves children and has always been very good with them. This afternoon, there were five children in the house and Paul was in his element with them.”
The 26-year-old Beatle star married Linda in March after an eight-month romance. Linda, 27, a former New York fashion photographer, has a six-year-old daughter Heather by a previous marriage.
Paul’s step-mother added: “Heather is bubbling with excitement at the prospect of a new baby in the family.”
Paul’s fellow Beatles John and Ringo are already fathers. George Harrison, who married model Patti Boyd in 1966, has no family.
From Daily Record – May 16, 1969
BABY FOR BEATLE PAUL AND LINDA
Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Linda are expecting their first baby at Christmas, it was revealed yesterday. Paul and Linda were married in March after an eight-month romance. Linda, 27, has a six-year-old daughter, Heather, by a previous marriage.
From Daily Mirror – May 16, 1969
PAUL SEES HIS BABY BEING BORN
BEATLE Paul McCartney and his wife Linda — pictured above earlier this week — shared a moment of joy yesterday. Paul watched Linda giving birth to their first child — a daughter. “It was a new, wonderful experience,” he said afterwards.
The 6lb. 8oz. baby, named Mary, was born at Avenue Hospital, not far from the couple’s home in St. John’s Wood, London. Paul, 27, spent the whole day at the bedside of his wife, who is also 27. “Everything went smoothly,” a spokesman for Paul said last night. “He’s absolutely delighted.” And a hospital official announced: “Mother and baby are doing fine.”
Linda, an American, who worked as a photographer, has a seven-year-old daughter by a previous marriage.
From Daily Mirror – August 29, 1969
Paul and Linda show off their baby Beatle
PAUL McCARTNEY and his wife Linda proudly present for the first time… Mary McCartney, their baby Beatle.
The family portrait was taken twelve hours after Mary arrived on August 28, at a hospital near their home in St. John’s Wood.Beatle Paul, 27, saved the fuss of getting photographers along, and took the picture himself with a delayed-action camera.
Paul had watched 27-year-old Linda give birth to the baby — their first child — and described it as a “new, wonderful experience.” That’s fatherhood.
From Daily Mirror – September 6, 1969
CONGRATULATIONS!
As you may have heard, Mr. & Mrs. Paul McCartney proudly presented their latest production to the world recently. Just for the record: she was named Mary, after Paul’s mother, she weighed 6 lb. 8 oz., and she was born at 1.30 a.m. on the 28th of August. But, seriously, Paul and Linda… CONGRATULATIONS!
From Record Mirror – September 13, 1969
BEATLE NOTES
As you already know Paul and Linda are now the proud parents of a new baby girl. She has been named Mary after Paul’s mother. Mary weighed 6 lbs, 8 ozs, and was born at 1.30 a.m. on Thursday, August 28. Photographer Linda has informed the world’s press photographers that she will take her own pictures of herself, Paul and baby Mary… Paul incidentally has gone back to his old hairstyle which is reminiscent of 1964… only it’s longer!
From The Beatles Book N°75, October 1969
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."
We owe a lot to Barry Miles for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles during the Beatles years!
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