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Roe, Frederic Gordon, son of Fred Roe, R. I., of Kensington, painter of 'Afternoon Prayers at Westminster School in War Time', by Letitia Mabel, daughter of Sydney Williams Lee, F.R.I.B.A., of Putney Hill, Surrey; b. Sept. 24, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left Easter 1912; joined the staff of The Connoisseur 1913, modern art critic of the same 1919, asst. editor Nov. 1921; served in Great War I; Gunner 1212th Battery R.F.A.; editor of The Connoisseur 1933; F.R. Hist. S. 1933; Hon. S.P.C. 1933; F.S.A. 1943; at various times art critic on the staff of the Daily Mail and The Artist; author of Sea Painters of Britain (1947 and 48); English Cottage Furniture (1949) and many other works on art and furniture; m. March 31, 1921, Eleanor Beatrice, only daughter of Cecil Reginald Grundy, of London, editor of The Connoisseur; d. 6 Jan. 1985.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963