Biography of John Collier 1850-1934

John Collier 1850-1934 is in Painters.

In 1844 [his father] Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 26) and [his mother] Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 29) were married.

On 27 Jan 1850 John Collier was born to Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 32) and Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 35).

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Earl_Shaftesbury.jpgAround 1877. John Collier (age 26). Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 75).

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/William_Clifford.jpg1878. John Collier (age 27). Portrait of William Kingdon Clifford (age 32).

On 30 Jun 1879 John Collier (age 29) and Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 20) were married. They had one child. He would marry her sister Emma aka Ethel Huxley (age 13) ten years later; Married to Two Siblings.

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PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Sophia_Whipple.jpg1880. John Collier (age 29). Portrait of Sophia Luddington Whipple (age 35). Second wife of the artist's uncle Mortimer John Collier (age 55).

Sophia Luddington Whipple: In 1845 she was born. In Mar 1871 Mortimer John Collier (age 46) and Sophia Luddington Whipple (age 26) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. In 1913 Sophia Luddington Whipple (age 68) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Joseph_Hooker.jpg1880. John Collier (age 29). Portrait of John Dalton Hooker (age 62).

John Dalton Hooker: On 30 Jun 1817 he was born to William Jackson Hooker (age 31) and Mary Palgrave (age 73). In 1847 John Dalton Hooker (age 29) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1847 John Dalton Hooker (age 29) was elected President of the Royal Society. In 1851 John Dalton Hooker (age 33) and Frances Harriet Henslow (age 25) were married. They had seven children. In 1876 John Dalton Hooker (age 58) and Hyacinth Symonds Lady Jardine were married. They had two sons. On 10 Dec 1911 John Dalton Hooker (age 94) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Francis_Astley.jpg1881. John Collier (age 30). Portrait of Francis Dukinfield Astley. The portrait possible posthumous, or the date earlier?

Francis Dukinfield Astley: On 29 May 1853 he was born to Francis Dukinfield Palmer Astley (age 28). On 02 Aug 1880 Francis Dukinfield Astley (age 27) drowned in Canada while shooting rapids in a boat with two Indian guides whilst on a sporting holiday with a group of friends.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Charles_Darwin.jpg1881. John Collier (age 30). (Copy of) Portrait of Charles Darwin (age 71).

Charles Darwin: On 12 Feb 1809 he was born to Robert Darwin (age 42) and Susannah Wedgwood (age 44). On 24 Jan 1839 Charles Darwin (age 29) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. On 29 Jan 1839 Charles Darwin (age 29) and Emma Wedgwood (age 30) were married. They were half first cousins. In 1859 Charles Darwin (age 49) published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". On 19 Apr 1882 Charles Darwin (age 73) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Clytemnestra.jpg1882. John Collier (age 31). "Clytemnestra".

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/James_Joule.jpg1882. John Collier (age 31). Portrait of James Prescott Joule (age 63).

James Prescott Joule: On 24 Dec 1818 he was born to Benjamin Joule (age 34) and Alice Prescott (age 35) at New Bailey Street, Salford. On 18 Aug 1847 James Prescott Joule (age 28) and Amelia Grimes (age 33) were married. They had three children. In 1850 James Prescott Joule (age 31) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1852 James Prescott Joule (age 33) was awarded the Royal Medal by the Royal Society for his paper on the mechanical equivalent of heat, printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1850' On 11 Oct 1889 James Prescott Joule (age 70) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Thomas_Huxley.jpg1883. John Collier (age 32). Portrait of [his father-in-law] Thomas Henry Huxley (age 57).

Thomas Henry Huxley: On 04 May 1825 he was born. On 29 Jun 1895 Thomas Henry Huxley (age 70) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Mady_Huxley.jpgAround 1883. John Collier (age 32). Portrait of [his wife] Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 24); the artist's wife.

Marian "Mady" Huxley: In 1859 she was born to Thomas Henry Huxley (age 33). On 30 Jun 1879 John Collier (age 29) and Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 20) were married. They had one child. He would marry her sister Emma aka Ethel Huxley (age 13) ten years later; Married to Two Siblings. In 1887 Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 28) died. In 1889 John Collier (age 38) and Emma aka Ethel Huxley (age 23) were married in Norway; marriage to a former wife's sister being illegal in England at the time. She the sister of his late wife Marian "Mady" Huxley; Married to Two Siblings.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Ughtred.jpg1884. John Collier (age 33). Portrait of Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 1st Baron Shuttleworth (age 39).

Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 1st Baron Shuttleworth: On 18 Dec 1844 he was born. On 20 Dec 1939 Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 1st Baron Shuttleworth (age 95) died.

On 21 Jul 1884 [his daughter] Joyce Collier was born to John Collier (age 34) and [his wife] Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 25).

In 1886 [his mother] Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 71) died.

On 27 Oct 1886 [his father] Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 69) died. His son [his brother] Robert Collier 2nd Baron Monkswell (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Monkswell of Monkswell in Devon. Mary Josephine Hardcastle Baroness Monkswell (age 36) by marriage Baroness Monkswell of Monkswell in Devon.

In 1887 [his wife] Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 28) died.

In 1889 John Collier (age 38) and Emma aka Ethel Huxley (age 23) were married in Norway; marriage to a former wife's sister being illegal in England at the time. She the sister of his late wife Marian "Mady" Huxley; Married to Two Siblings.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Lilith.jpg1889. John Collier (age 38). "Lilith".

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Thomas_Huxley_2.jpg1890. John Collier (age 39). Portrait of [his former father-in-law] Thomas Henry Huxley (age 64).

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Death_Cleopatra.jpg1890. John Collier (age 39). The Death of Cleopatra.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Mary_Greathed.jpg1892. John Collier (age 41). "Lady Darling". Possibly a portrait of (possiblyMary Caroline Greathed Baroness Darling (age 28) although it isn't clear whether she was Lady Darling in 1892?

Mary Caroline Greathed Baroness Darling: In 1864 she was born. On 16 Sep 1885 Charles John Darling 1st Baron Darling (age 35) and Mary Caroline Greathed Baroness Darling (age 21) were married. On 05 Nov 1913 Mary Caroline Greathed Baroness Darling (age 49) died. The London Gazette 32898. Whitehall, January 15, 1924. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon the Eight Honourable Sir Charles John Darling (age 74), Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Darling, of Langham, in the county of Essex. [she by marriage Baroness Darling of Langham in Essex]

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/James_Laing.jpg1893. John Collier (age 42). Portrait of James Laing (age 69).

James Laing: On 11 Jan 1823 he was born. In 1855 James Laing (age 31) and Theresa Talbot Peacock (age 23) were married at St Andrew's Church, Bishop Auckland. On 15 Dec 1901 James Laing (age 78) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Mabel_Terry.jpg1893. John Collier (age 42). Portrait of Mabel Gwynedd Terry-Lewis (age 20).

Mabel Gwynedd Terry-Lewis: On 28 Oct 1872 she was born to Arthur James Lewis (age 48) and Kate Terry (age 28). On 28 Nov 1957 Mabel Gwynedd Terry-Lewis (age 85) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Theresa_Peacock.jpg1893. John Collier (age 42). Portrait of Theresa Talbot Peacock (age 61).

Theresa Talbot Peacock: On 06 Nov 1831 she was born. On 02 Jun 1913 Theresa Talbot Peacock (age 81) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Cecilia_Loftus.jpg1895. John Collier (age 44). Portrait of Cecilia Loftus aka Brown (age 18).

Cecilia Loftus aka Brown: On 22 Oct 1876 she was born. On 29 Aug 1894 Justin Huntly McCarthy (age 35) and Cecilia Loftus aka Brown (age 17) were married in Edinburgh following an elopement. They divorced in 1899. In 1898 Cecilia Loftus aka Brown (age 21) appeared in The Children of the King at the Royal Court Theatre. On 12 Jul 1943 Cecilia Loftus aka Brown (age 66) died at the Lincoln Hotel, New York. She was buried at the Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla in a plot provided by the Actor's Fund.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Henry_Halford.jpg1896. John Collier (age 45). Portrait of Henry St John Halford 3rd Baronet (age 67).

Henry St John Halford 3rd Baronet: On 09 Aug 1828 he was born to Henry Halford 2nd Baronet (age 31) and Barbara Vaughan. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%. On 23 Jul 1853 Henry St John Halford 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Ursula Bagshawe Lady Halford (age 23) were married. On 22 May 1868 Henry Halford 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. His son Henry St John Halford 3rd Baronet (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baronet Vaughan aka Halford of Wistow in Leicestershire. On 04 Jan 1897 Henry St John Halford 3rd Baronet (age 68) died. His brother Reverend John Frederick Halford 4th Baronet (age 66) succeeded 4th Baronet Vaughan aka Halford of Wistow in Leicestershire; he died three months later.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Godiva.jpgIn or before 1898. John Collier (age 47). "Lady Godiva".

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/William_Clifford_2.jpg1899. John Collier (age 48). Portrait of William Kingdon Clifford. The date is either wrong, or the painting posthumous?

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Venusberg.jpg1901. John Collier (age 50). "In the Venusberg".

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Florence_Russell.jpg1901. John Collier (age 50). Portrait of Florence Rachel Hamilton-Russell (age 25).

Florence Rachel Hamilton-Russell: Around 1876 she was born to Gustavus Russell Hamilton-Russell 8th Viscount Boyne (age 45) and Katherine Frances Scott (age 38). On 03 Apr 1957 Florence Rachel Hamilton-Russell (age 81) died unmarried.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Samuel_Lister.jpg1901. John Collier (age 50). Portrait of Samuel Cunliffe Lister 1st Baron Masham (age 85).

Samuel Cunliffe Lister 1st Baron Masham: On 01 Jan 1815 he was born. In 1891 Samuel Cunliffe Lister 1st Baron Masham (age 75) was created 1st Baron Masham of Swinton On 02 Feb 1906 Samuel Cunliffe Lister 1st Baron Masham (age 91) died. His son Samuel Cunliffe Lister 2nd Baron Masham (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baron Masham of Swinton.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/William_Onslow.jpgIn 1903. John Collier (age 52). Portrait of William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow (age 49).

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Charles_Strickland.jpgIn 1904. John Collier (age 53). Portrait of Charles Strickland 8th Baronet (age 84).

Charles Strickland 8th Baronet: On 06 Feb 1819 he was born to George Strickland 7th Baronet (age 36). On 19 Sep 1850 Charles Strickland 8th Baronet (age 31) and Georgina Selina Septima Milner (age 34) were married. On 22 May 1866 Charles Strickland 8th Baronet (age 47) and Anne Elizabeth Nevile were married. On 23 Jan 1874 George Strickland 7th Baronet (age 91) died. His son Charles Strickland 8th Baronet (age 54) succeeded 8th Baronet Strickland of Boynton in Yorkshire. On 31 Dec 1909 Charles Strickland 8th Baronet (age 90) died. His son Walter Strickland 9th Baronet (age 58) de jure 9th Baronet Strickland of Boynton in Yorkshire. He never formally used the title he inherited upon his father's death.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Watkin_Williams.jpgAround 1905. John Collier (age 54). Portrait of Watkin Williams Bishop (age 59).

Watkin Williams Bishop: On 22 Aug 1845 he was born. In 1889 Watkin Williams Bishop (age 43) was appointed Archdeacon St Asaph. In 1892 Watkin Williams Bishop (age 46) was appointed Dean St Asaph. In 1899 Watkin Williams Bishop (age 53) was appointed Bishop of Bangor. Times Newspaper Court Circulars. 02 Feb 1905. The funeral of Lord Henry Vane-Tempest (deceased) took place yesterday in the family vault in St. Peter's, Montgomeryshire. The Bishop of Bangor (age 59), assisted by the Rev J. Williams, rector of the parish, and the Rev. S. J. Evans, officiated. The principal mourmers were the Marquis (age 52) and Marchioness of Londonderry (age 48) (brother and sister-in-law), Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest (age 42) (brother), and Mr. Beaumont (age 44), M.P., and Lady Aline Beaumont (age 41) (brother-in-law and sister). Continues. On 19 Nov 1944 Watkin Williams Bishop (age 99) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Harold_Ritchie.jpgAfter 1907. John Collier (age 56). Portrait of Ella Priestly (age 21), wife of Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ritchie (age 31).

Ella Priestly: On 14 Jul 1885 she was born. On 06 Jan 1907 Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ritchie (age 31) and Ella Priestly (age 21) were married. On 12 Feb 1956 Ella Priestly (age 70) died.

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ritchie: In 1876 he was born. In 1918 Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ritchie (age 42) died from wounds.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/George_Venables_Vernon.jpg1908. John Collier (age 57). Portrait of George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon.

George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon: On 22 Jun 1803 he was born to George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon (age 23) and Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon (age 19). On 30 Oct 1824 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon (age 21) and Isabella Caroline Ellison (age 19) were married. On 18 Nov 1835 George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon (age 55) died. His son George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon (age 32) succeeded 5th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. On 14 Dec 1859 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon (age 56) and Frances Maria Emma Boothby were married. They were first cousins. On 31 May 1866 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon (age 62) died. His son Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon (age 37) succeeded 6th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon (age 38) by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/John_Lubbock.jpgBefore 1913. John Collier (age 62). Portrait of John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury (age 78).

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Edward_Littleton.jpg1913. John Collier (age 62). Portrait of Edward George Littleton 3rd Baron Hatherton (age 70).

Edward George Littleton 3rd Baron Hatherton: On 15 Aug 1842 he was born to Edward Richard Littleton 2nd Baron Hatherton (age 26) and Margaret Percy Baroness Hatherton (age 29). Before 1868 Edward George Littleton 3rd Baron Hatherton (age 25) and Charlotte Louisa Rowley Baroness Hatherton (age 23) were married. On 03 Apr 1888 Edward Richard Littleton 2nd Baron Hatherton (age 72) died. His son Edward George Littleton 3rd Baron Hatherton (age 45) succeeded 3rd Baron Hatherton. Charlotte Louisa Rowley Baroness Hatherton (age 43) by marriage Baroness Hatherton. On 24 Aug 1930 Edward George Littleton 3rd Baron Hatherton (age 88) died. His son Edward Charles Rowley Littleton 4th Baron Hatherton (age 62) succeeded 4th Baron Hatherton.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Herbrand_Sackville.jpg1913. John Collier (age 62). Portrait of Herbrand Arthur Sackville 11th Duke Bedford (age 54).

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Clytemnestra_2.jpgAround 1914. John Collier (age 63). "Clytemnestra".

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Doris_Allen.jpgBefore 1934. John Collier (age 83). Portrait of Doris Allen Lady Vernon (age 50).

Doris Allen Lady Vernon: In 1883 she was born. In 1905 Bowater Vernon 2nd Baronet (age 40) and Doris Allen Lady Vernon (age 22) were married. In 1962 Doris Allen Lady Vernon (age 79) died.

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Lady_in_Pink.jpgBefore 1934. John Collier (age 83). Portrait of a lady in pink carrying a bowl of pink carnations

PAINTINGS/COLLIER/Emmeline_Cust.jpgBefore 1934. Style of John Collier (age 83). Portrait of Emmeline "Nina" Welby-Gregory (age 66).

On 11 Apr 1934 John Collier (age 84) died.

In 1941 [his former wife] Emma aka Ethel Huxley (age 75) died.

Family Trees of John Collier 1850-1934

Paternal Family Tree: Collier

Ancestors of John Collier 1850-1934

GrandFather: John Collier

Father: Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell

John Collier

GrandFather: William Rose of Woolston Heath

Mother: Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell