Spencer-Stanhope family
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landed gentry
Landed gentry
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who for 200 years held Cannon Hall
Cannon Hall
Cannon Hall is a country house museum located between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland north of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Originally the home of the Spencer and later the Spencer-Stanhope family, it now houses collections of fine furniture, paintings, ceramics and glassware...
, a country house
English country house
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in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
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that since the 1950s has been a museum
Museum
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. The hyphenated form of the name
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is more common in British orthography
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, but American sources often omit the hyphen and alphabetize by "Stanhope."
19th century
Throughout the 19th and early 20th century, several family members (by birth and marriage) were active in the art worldArt world
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. They were related through John Spencer Stanhope (born 1787), a classical antiquarian, writer, and explorer, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Coke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Leicester
Thomas 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...
. The couple died in 1873 within a few days of each other; she on October 31, he on November 7. They had six children:
- Sir Walter Spencer-StanhopeWalter Spencer-Stanhope (1827–1911)Sir Walter Thomas William Spencer-Stanhope , was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Spencer-Stanhope was the eldest son of John Spencer-Stanhope and grandson of Walter Spencer-Stanhope . His mother was Lady Elizabeth Wilhelmina, daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester...
(1827–1911), Conservative politician. - John Roddam Spencer-StanhopeJohn Roddam Spencer StanhopeJohn 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,...
(1829–1908), a noted second-generation Pre-Raphaelite artist. - Anna Maria Wilhelmina married Percival André Pickering, Queen's CounselQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, Recorder of PontefractPontefractPontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...
. They had five children, including: - Evelyn, the Pre-Raphaelite artist known by her married surname, Evelyn de MorganEvelyn De MorganEvelyn 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...
, whose husband was the artist 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...
. - Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina, author of several books writing as A. M. W. Stirling under her married surname, and founder of the De Morgan CentreDe Morgan CentreThe 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. - Eliza Anne (d. 1859), who married the Rev. Richard St. John Tyrwhitt of Oxford.
- Anne Alicia.
- Louisa Elizabeth (1832–1867).
See also
- Cannon HallCannon HallCannon Hall is a country house museum located between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland north of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Originally the home of the Spencer and later the Spencer-Stanhope family, it now houses collections of fine furniture, paintings, ceramics and glassware...
- Walter Spencer-Stanhope, father of the John Spencer Stanhope who was born in 1787
- John Roddam Spencer-StanhopeJohn Roddam Spencer StanhopeJohn 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,...
- Evelyn de MorganEvelyn De MorganEvelyn 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...
- Gertrude Spencer-StanhopeGertrude Spencer-StanhopeGertrude Spencer-Stanhope was an English sculptor and painter. She was the niece of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope and the cousin of Evelyn Pickering de Morgan, both of whom were noted pre-Raphaelite painters.-Life and career:...
Sources
Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. London 1863. Part 2, 4th edition, p. 1417.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, home
Pratt, Charles Tiplady. A History of Cawthorne
Cawthorne
Cawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village was once the centre of a localised iron and coal mining industry, though today it is the centre of a very affluent commuter belt, west of Barnsley...
. Barnsley 1882. Online and also here.
Stirling, A.M.W.
A.M.W. Stirling
A.M.W. Stirling was the author of several books dealing mostly with the lives and reminiscences of the British landed gentry of Yorkshire...
Coke of Norfolk
Thomas 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...
and His Friends. New York 1908, vol. 2