896687

Portrait of Sir W H Goschen, KBE, Oswald Birley #896687

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Portrait of Sir W H Goschen, KBE, Oswald Birley #896687
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Born 7 June 1870; youngest son of 1st and brother and heir­pres of 2nd Viscount Goschen; married 1896, Geraldine Elizabeth
(died 1918), youngest daughter of Rt Hon. J. W. Mellor, KC, of Culmhead, Taunton; two sons two daughters.Education Rugby; New College, Oxford.

Work: Knight of Grace of the Order of John of Jerusalem; Commissioner of Public Works Loan Board; Warden of the King's Chapel of
the Savoy; Chairman of London Hospital since 1931.

Positions: Partner in Goschens and Cunliffe; Chairman of Sun Insurance Office, of Sun Life Assurance, and of Union Discount Co. of London.

Born Auckland, New Zealand 31 March 1880, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Birley. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge before trainging in Dresden, Florence, Academie Julian, Paris (under M. Baschet) and St. John's Wood School of Art. Settled in London where he became a fashionable society portraitist. Exhibited at RA (64), RHA (5), RP (101), ROI, NPS, Paris Salon 1904-45. Elected VP of NPS. Enlisted in 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers September 1914. In France with Intelligence Corps 1916-19 and Sussex Home Guard June 1940-3. In 1n 1943, while serving with the Sussex Home Guard, he lost the sight of an eye in a an accident when a weapon exploded. This did not prevent him painting. Among his sitters were Glyn Philpot, the Earl of Birkenhead, King George V and Queen Mary, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. Knighted 1949. Died London 6 May 1952. Buried West Dean Sussex.
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<tr><td>Condition:Overall good condition.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1917</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United Kingdom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, RP., R.O.I., N.P.S. (1880-1952)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:41</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:29</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Sir W H Goschen, KBE, Oswald Birley</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:20th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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