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Biography of George Frederick Watts 1817-1904
On 23 Feb 1817 George Frederick Watts was born.
1844. George Frederick Watts (age 26). Portrait of Mary Augusta Baroness Fox (age 32) on a Daybed.
Mary Augusta Baroness Fox: In 1812 she was born to George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry and Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry. On 09 May 1833 Henry Fox 4th Baron Holland and she were married. She the daughter of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry and Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1889 Mary Augusta Baroness Fox died.
Around 1849. George Frederick Watts (age 31). "Found Drowned". The scene is set under Waterloo Bridge where the body of a young woman in a flame-coloured dress has been washed up on the foreshore of the Thames.
Around 1850. George Frederick Watts (age 32). Portrait of Mary Lowther (age 65).
Mary Lowther: In 1785 she was born to William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale and Augusta Fane Countess Lonsdale. On 16 Sep 1820 Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck and she were married. She the daughter of William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale and Augusta Fane Countess Lonsdale. He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland and Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland. On 21 Oct 1863 Mary Lowther died.
1850 to 1852. George Frederick Watts (age 32). Portrait of Julia Margaret Cameron nee Pattle (age 34).
1851 to 1853. George Frederick Watts (age 33). Portrait of Sophia Ricketts Dalrymple nee Pattle (age 21).
Sophia Ricketts Dalrymple nee Pattle: On 19 Mar 1829 she was born to James Peter Pattle at Garden Reach, Calcutta and Adeline Marie de l'Etang. Before 28 Dec 1888 John Warrender Dalrymple 7th Baronet and she were married. On 16 Jun 1911 Sophia Ricketts Dalrymple nee Pattle died.
Around 1851. George Frederick Watts (age 33). Portrait of John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 58).
Around 1852. George Frederick Watts (age 34). Portrait of Sarah Prinsep nee Pattle (age 35).
Sarah Monckton Pattle: On 16 Aug 1816 she was born to James Peter Pattle and Adeline Marie de l'Etang. On 14 May 1835 Henry Thoby Prinsep and she were married at Calcutta, India. The difference in their ages was 24 years. On 15 Dec 1887 Sarah Monckton Pattle died.
1856 to 1857. George Frederick Watts (age 38). Portrait of Edmund Lyons 1st Baron Lyons (age 65).
Edmund Lyons 1st Baron Lyons: On 21 Nov 1790 he was born. On 23 Nov 1858 he died.
1857 to 1859. George Frederick Watts (age 39). Portrait of Prudence Penelope Leslie (age 30).
Prudence Penelope Leslie: On 08 Nov 1826 she was born to Charles Powell Leslie and Christiana Fosbery. On 14 Aug 1850 or 16 Sep 1850 George Cavendish-Bentinck and she were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. On 22 Jun 1896 Prudence Penelope Leslie died at Spanish Place, Manchester Square.
1857 to 1858. George Frederick Watts (age 39). Portrait of Jane "Jeanie" Elizabeth Hughes (age 28).
Jane "Jeanie" Elizabeth Hughes: On 10 Dec 1828 she was born to John Hughes at Uffington, Oxfordshire. On 10 Aug 1848 Nassau John Senior and she were married. On 24 Mar 1877 she died.
1858. George Frederick Watts (age 40). Portrait of Helen Huth nee Ogilvy (age 20).
Helen Huth nee Ogilvy: In Sep 1837 she was born to Thomas Ogilvy of Corrimony in Inverness-shire. On 11 Apr 1855 Louis Huth and she were married.
1859. George Frederick Watts (age 41). Portrait of William Ewart Gladstone (age 49).
Around 1860. George Frederick Watts (age 42). Portrait of George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll (age 36).
1862. George Frederick Watts (age 44). Portrait of Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 20).
Edith Villiers Countess Lytton: On 15 Sep 1841 she was born to Edward Ernest Villiers and Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell. On 04 Oct 1864 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl and she were married. In 1880 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl was created 1st Earl of Lytton in Derbyshire. She by marriage Countess of Lytton in Derbyshire. On 17 Sep 1936 Edith Villiers Countess Lytton died.
1862. George Frederick Watts (age 44). Portrait of Emily Sellwood Baroness Tennyson (age 48).
Emily Sellwood Baroness Tennyson: On 09 Jul 1813 she was born to Henry Sellwood at Market Place, Horncastle. On 13 Jun 1850 Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson and she were married. She the elder sister of his brother Charle's wife Louisa Sellwood. The London Gazette 25308. Whitehall, January 11, 1884. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Alfred Tennyson, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth, in the county of Sussex, and of Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight. [she by marriage Baroness Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.] On 10 Aug 1896 she died.
1864. Julia Margaret Cameron nee Pattle (age 48). Photograph of George Frederick Watts (age 46).
Around 1864. George Frederick Watts (age 46). Portrait of the artist's wife [his future wife] Ellen Terry (age 16) entitled "Choosing".
1864. George Frederick Watts (age 46). Self-Portrait.
On 20 Feb 1864 George Frederick Watts (age 46) and Ellen Terry (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
Around 1865. George Frederick Watts (age 47). Portrait of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 61).
1867. George Frederick Watts (age 49). Portrait of May Prinsep Baroness Tennyson (age 13).
Between 1867 and 1871. George Frederick Watts (age 49). Portrait of Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell.
Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell: she was born to Guy Campbell 1st Baronet and Pamela Fitzgerald Lady Campbell. Before 03 Aug 1862 Percy Scawen Wyndham and she were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1906 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and Anne King-Noel 15th Baroness Wentworth were legally separated as a consequence of the numerous mistresses he had taken which included Jane Morris nee Burden, Catherine Walters aka "Skittles", his cousin Mary Wyndham and, possibly, her mother Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell. In Mar 1920 she died.
In or after 1867 Arthur James Lewis (age 43) and [his sister-in-law] Kate Terry (age 22) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1868. 08 Nov 1868. November 8 (Sunday). Dined at Club, Simeon Solomon (age 28) there. He. introduced me to Mr. Oscar Browning. Billiards. Cooper said that there was a report that the young lady who threw herself off London Bridge a few days ago and was drowned, was no other than poor Ellen Terry (Mrs. G. F. Watts) and that it was after a quarrel with her sister about her continuing on the stage.9
Note 9. After the break-up of her marriage to G. F. Watts (age 51) in 1865, [his wife] Ellen Terry (age 21) (1848-1928) had returned to the stage but in the spring of this year she threw up her engagement at the Queen’s Theatre, Long Acre, and disappeared. It was only after the incident of the body of a suicide case being mistakenly identified as hers that she informed her family that she was living in the country with E. W. Godwin. It was probably Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) the painter of sheep and cattle in landscape who repeated the story. Oscar Browning (1837-1923) was at this period an assistant master at Eton, notable both for his cultivated tastes and intellectual pursuits, and known to be a friend of Simeon Solomon.
In 1870 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian (age 38) died without issue. His brother Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian (age 36) succeeded 9th Marquess Lothian. Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 25) by marriage Marchioness Lothian. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] sculpted by George Frederick Watts (age 52) in 1878.
William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian: In 1832 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. On 14 Nov 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk. His son William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes. On 12 Aug 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian and Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were first cousins.
Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian: On 02 Dec 1833 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. In 1865 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian and Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian were married. She the daughter of Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. On 17 Jan 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian died. His daughter Robert Schomberg Henry Kerr 10th Marchioness Lothian succeeded 10th Marchioness Lothian.
Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian: On 20 Nov 1844 she was born to Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. On 19 Jun 1938 Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian died.
1870. George Frederick Watts (age 52). Portrait of William Morris (age 35).
1870. George Frederick Watts (age 52). Portrait of Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 36).
1871. George Frederick Watts (age 53). Portrait of Henry Thoby Prinsep (age 78).
Henry Thoby Prinsep: On 15 Jul 1792 he was born to John Prinsep and Sophie Elizabeth Auriol. On 11 Feb 1878 Henry Thoby Prinsep died.
1871. George Frederick Watts (age 53). Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 42).
1871. George Frederick Watts (age 53). Portrait of John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 41).
Before 1875. George Frederick Watts (age 57). Portrait of Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 18).
1878. George Frederick Watts (age 60). Portrait of Leslie Stephen (age 45).
Leslie Stephen: On 28 Nov 1832 he was born. On 26 Mar 1878 he and Julia Prinsep Jackson were married. They had four children. On 22 Feb 1904 he died.
1879. George Frederick Watts (age 61). Portrait of Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 22).
1879. George Frederick Watts (age 61). Portrait of Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 22).
Before 1891. George Frederick Watts (age 73). Portrait of Harry George Powlett 4th Duke Cleveland (age 87).
Before 1904. George Frederick Watts (age 86). Portrait of Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour.
Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour: she was born to Charles Balfour and Minnie Georgiana Liddell. On 20 Jan 1891 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie and she were married. He the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor and Helen Matilda Chaplin Countess Radnor. On 05 Jan 1946 Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour died.
Before 1904. George Frederick Watts (age 86). Portrait of Elizabeth Baring Countess Kenmare (age 36) known as "My Lady Peacock".
Elizabeth Baring Countess Kenmare: On 16 Mar 1867 she was born to Edward Baring 1st Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel Baroness Revelstoke at Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. On 26 Apr 1887 Valentine Charles Browne 5th Earl of Kenmare and she were married. He the son of Valentine Browne 4th Earl of Kenmare and Gertrude Thynne Countess Kenmare. On 21 May 1944 Elizabeth Baring Countess Kenmare died.
Before 1904. George Frederick Watts (age 86). Portrait of Walter Crane (age 58).
Before 1904. Hubert Von Herkomer (age 54). Portrait of George Frederick Watts (age 86).
Before 1904. George Frederick Watts (age 86). Portrait of Virginia Somers-Cocks Countess Somers (age 76).
Virginia Somers-Cocks Countess Somers: On 14 Jan 1827 she was born to James Peter Pattle and Adeline Marie de l'Etang. In 1850 Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers and she were married. He the son of John Somers-Cocks 2nd Earl Somers and Caroline Yorke Countess Somers. On 05 Oct 1852 John Somers-Cocks 2nd Earl Somers died. His son Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers succeeded 3rd Earl Somers 3rd Viscount Eastnor of Eastor Castle in Herefordshire, 4th Baron Somers. She by marriage Countess Somers. On 29 Sep 1910 Virginia Somers-Cocks Countess Somers died.
On 01 Jul 1904 George Frederick Watts (age 87) died.
On 21 Jul 1928 [his former wife] Ellen Terry (age 81) died.
Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones. Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones was written by his wife Georgiana Macdonald Lady Burne-Jones and published in 1906 by The Macmillan Company.
Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet aged 37 from the portrait by George Frederick Watts.