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Posted on 10 December 2013 by Dr Emma Saunders. Poet and author Siegfried Sassoon was a prolific letter writer and throughout his life maintained a close friendship and correspondence with his mother Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, known affectionately as ‘Ash’.
Jan 1, 2006 · Indeed the Thornycrofts still had land near Congleton in Cheshire and it was said that Theresa Thornycroft had rushed into marriage to Alfred Sassoon after being jilted by a Congleton farmer...
Theresa Thornycroft (1853 – July 1947) was an English sculptor and painter. Biography. Born Theresa Georgina Thornycroft, she was a member of the inventive and artistic branch of the Thornycroft family.
- 1853
- Alfred Ezra Sassoon
- English
- 3, including Siegfried Sassoon
May 11, 2012 · But his father, Alfred, was disinherited for marrying an Anglo-Catholic—Theresa Thornycroft, a scion of prominent sculptors, and herself an artist of note. Siegfried, named after Wagner’s hero ...
Apr 9, 2012 · A collection of 1094 letters, postcards and other items known as 'Sassoon's residual correspondence' although it does also include a number of items addressed to other persons particularly to his wife, Hester, and his mother, Theresa Thornycroft.
Mary Alice was known as Alyce to differentiate her from her mother. Theresa was known as Theresa, William Hamo as Hamo and Helen as Nello. They were encouraged to excel in their artistic endeavours and were expected to earn their own livings, for Thomas and Mary Thornycroft, although successful, were not wealthy.
individual; sculptor/medallist; British; Female. Life dates. 1809-1895. Biography. Sculptor, the daughter of the sculptor John Francis (1780-1861), in 1840 she married Thomas Thornycroft (q.v.) a pupil of her father. She worked extensively for the royal family, perhaps best known are her busts of Queen Victoria and Albert's children, and she ...
