Sydney Courtauld
Sydney Courtauld JP (1840–1899) was a Crêpe and Silk manufacturer, and part of the Courtauld family empire in Great Britain
Personal life
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He was born on 10 March 1840 in Bocking, Braintree, Essex. He was the son of George Courtauld (1802–1861) and Susanna Sewell (1803–1888). He married Sarah Lucy Sharpe on 4 April 1865 at the Unitarian Chapel, Islington, London. Children from the marriage included:
- Sir William Julien Courtauld 1st Bt. JP (16 June 1870 - 1940)
- Sydney Renée Courtauld (1873–1962)[1][2]
- Samuel Courtauld (27 May 1876 – 1 December 1947)[3]
- Catharine Courtauld (1878–1972)[4][5]
- John Sewell Courtauld MC MP (30 August 1880 – 20 April 1942)
- Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC (27 February 1882 – 1967)
He was a Justice of the Peace for Essex. He built a house called Bocking Place in Braintree, Essex between 1885 and 1887. The architect was Ernest Flint.[6] It was one of the first buildings in Essex equipped with electric lighting.
He was a horticulturalist and was the first person who managed to get the orchid Masdevallia costaricensis (now renamed Masdevallia marginella[7]) to flower in England.[8] He donated the Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens to the people of Braintree on 26 November 1888.
Sydney Courtauld died on 20 October 1899 in Gosfield, Essex.
References
[edit]- ^ The women's suffrage movement: a reference guide, 1866-1928. Elizabeth Crawford. Psychology Press, 2001
- ^ "Who was Sydney Renée Courtauld?".
- ^ Ideals and industry: war-time papers. Samuel Courtauld, Cambridge University Press, 1949
- ^ The women's suffrage movement: a reference guide, 1866-1928. Elizabeth Crawford. Psychology Press, 2001
- ^ "Catharine Dowman and the preservation of Cutty Sark | Royal Museums Greenwich Blog". www.rmg.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21.
- ^ The Buildings of England. Essex. Nicholas Pevsner and James Bettley, Penguin Books, 2007
- ^ "Masdevallia marginella Rchb.f." Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ The Orchid Grower’s Manual, Benjamin Samuel Williams, London 1894.