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Severn, Walter, 1830-1904
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1830-1904
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SEVERN, WALTER, eldest son of Joseph Severn, artist and HBM Consul at Rome, and Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie, Major-Gen. in Army; b. 12 Oct 1830; adm. 11 Nov 1843; an account of his “mill” in Fighting Green on 29 Jun 1847, the noise of which disturbed the consecration ceremonies in the Abbey, is given in Mrs. Gordon’s Life and correspondence of William Buckland, 1894, 235-7; left Summer 1847; entered Civil Service 1852, serving for 33 years in the Education Department of the Privy Council Office; started the making of art furniture with Charles Locke Eastlake (qv) 1857; encouraged the revival of art needlework 1865; a landscape painter in water colours; founded Dudley Gallery Art Society 1865 and was its President from 1883; m. 28 Dec 1866 Mary Dalrymple, dau. of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, Bart., advocate; d. 22 Sep 1904. DNB.
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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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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.