A.M.W. Stirling
Encyclopedia
A.M.W. Stirling was the author of several books dealing mostly with the lives and reminiscences of the British landed gentry
of Yorkshire
. She was also the founder of the De Morgan Centre
for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society.
and her husband, Perceval Pickering. She was the sister of Evelyn Pickering de Morgan
and the niece of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope
, both pre-Raphaelite painters, and her writings are a uniquely valuable if sometimes questionable source of biographical
information for them.
Landed gentry
Landed gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live entirely off rental income. Often they worked only in an administrative capacity looking after the management of their own lands....
of Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. She was also the founder of the De Morgan Centre
De Morgan Centre
The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England, that houses a large collection of the work of the Victorian ceramic artist William De Morgan and his wife, the painter Evelyn De Morgan.The ceramics collection...
for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society.
Biography
Her name at birth was Anna Marie Diana Wilhelmina Pickering, the daughter of Anna Marie Wilhelmina Spencer-StanhopeSpencer-Stanhope family
Spencer-Stanhope is the family name of British landed gentry who for 200 years held Cannon Hall, a country house in South Yorkshire that since the 1950s has been a museum...
and her husband, Perceval Pickering. She was the sister of Evelyn Pickering de Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter.She was born Evelyn Pickering. Her parents were of upper middle class. Her father was Percival Pickering QC, the Recorder of Pontefract...
and the niece of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope is an English artist associated with Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts and often regarded as a second-wave pre-Raphaelite. His work is also studied within the context of Aestheticism and British Symbolism. As a painter, Stanhope worked in oil, watercolor,...
, both pre-Raphaelite painters, and her writings are a uniquely valuable if sometimes questionable source of biographical
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
information for them.
Books
The published books of A.M.W. Stirling include:- Annals of a Yorkshire House, from the Papers of a MacaroniMacaroni (fashion)A macaroni in mid-18th century England, was a fashionable fellow who dressed and even spoke in an outlandishly affected and epicene manner. The term pejoratively referred to a man who "exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion" in terms of clothes, fastidious eating and gambling...
& His Kindred (1911) - Coke of Norfolk and His Friends: The Life of Thomas William CokeThomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation)Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , known as Coke of Norfolk, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament for Derby and his wife Elizabeth, Coke was educated at several schools, including Eton College, before undertaking a Grand Tour of...
, First Earl of Leicester of Holkham (1912) - The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-StanhopeSpencer-Stanhope familySpencer-Stanhope is the family name of British landed gentry who for 200 years held Cannon Hall, a country house in South Yorkshire that since the 1950s has been a museum...
(1913) - Macdonald of the Isles: A Romance of the Past and Present (1914)
- A Painter of Dreams, and Other Biographical Studies (1916)
- The Hothams; Being the Chronicles of the Hothams of ScorboroughScorboroughScorborough is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A164 road, about north of Beverley and south of Driffield.It forms part of the civil parish of Leconfield....
and South DaltonSouth DaltonSouth Dalton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of the market town of Market Weighton and north west of the market town of Beverley. to the south east lies Etton...
from Their Hitherto Unpublished Family Papers (1918) - Pages & Portraits from the Past, Being the Private Papers of Sir William HothamWilliam Hotham, 1st Baron HothamAdmiral William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was the son of Sir Beaumont Hotham , a lineal descendant of Sir John Hotham....
(1919) - William De MorganWilliam De MorganWilliam Frend De Morgan was an English potter and tile designer. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tiles are often based on medieval designs or Persian patterns, and he experimented with innovative glazes and...
and His Wife (1922), called "biased, limited and sometimes erroneous" despite its "valuable insight" - Life's Little Day: Some Tales and Other Reminiscences (1925)
- The Richmond Papers from the Correspondence and Manuscripts of George RichmondGeorge RichmondFor the 21st century educator see George H. RichmondGeorge Richmond was an English painter.George Richmond was the father of the painter William Blake Richmond as well as the grandfather of the naval historian, Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond.A keen follower of cricket, Richmond was noted in one...
… and His Son, Sir William RichmondWilliam Blake RichmondSir William Blake Richmond KCB , English painter and decorator, was born in London. His father, George Richmond, R.A...
(1926) - Fyvie CastleFyvie CastleFyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century - some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce, and Charles I...
: Its LairdLairdA Laird is a member of the gentry and is a heritable title in Scotland. In the non-peerage table of precedence, a Laird ranks below a Baron and above an Esquire.-Etymology:...
s and Their Times (1928) - The Ways of Yesterday; Being the Chronicles of the Way Family from 1307 to 1885 (1930)
- Life's Mosaic: Memories Canny and Uncanny (1934)
- VictorianVictorian eraThe Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
Sidelights (1954) - The Merry Wives of BatterseaBatterseaBattersea is an area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is an inner-city district of South London, situated on the south side of the River Thames, 2.9 miles south-west of Charing Cross. Battersea spans from Fairfield in the west to Queenstown in the east...
and Gossip of Three Centuries (1956) - Ghosts Vivisected: An Impartial Inquiry into Their Manners, Habits, Mentality, Motives and Physical Construction (1957/58)
- A Scrapheap of Memories (1960)