About Pete Doherty
Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician. He is best known for being co-frontman of the Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie bands Babyshambles and Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres. Doherty is known both for his music and for his turbulent personal life and drug problems. == Early life == Peter Doherty was born in Hexham, Northumberland on 12 March 1979. His father, Peter John Doherty, was a major in the Royal Signals, while his mother, Jacqueline Michels, was a lance-corporal in Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. His paternal grandfather was an Irish immigrant from Cheekpoint in County Waterford. His maternal grandfather was Jewish, and was the son of immigrants who hailed from France and Russia, respectively. He was raised Catholic. He grew up at a number of army garrisons across Britain and continental Europe with his sisters, AmyJo and Emily.
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