On 8th July 1822 William Lindsay Windus was born to [his father] John Windus and [his mother] Agnes Meek in Liverpool. He was baptised on 15th September 1822
1840-1845. William Lindsay Windus (age 17). Self-portrait.
Around 1849. William Lindsay Windus (age 26). "The Interview of the Apostate Shaxton, Bishop of Salisbury, with Anne Askew".
1856. William Lindsay Windus (age 33). "Burd Helen".
1858. William Lindsay Windus (age 35). "Too Late". The picture was bought by Windus’ patron, a tobacco merchant named John Miller and is now in the possession of the Tate. In the picture the woman on the left is dying from consumption and a broken heart. Her errant lover has returned, but too late for them to enjoy any time together. Ruskin condemned it ‘as the product of sickness, temper, and dimmed sight,’ a criticism which so pained Windus that he never sent to the Academy again.
In 1858 William Lindsay Windus (age 35) and Mary Tonge were married.
On 8th September 1862 [his wife] Mary Tonge died.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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1864. William Lindsay Windus (age 41). "The Baa Lamb: View on a Tributary of the River Duddon".
On 9th October 1907 William Lindsay Windus (age 85) died.