Biography of William Frend De Morgan 1839-1917

On 3rd August 1837 [his father] Augustus de Morgan (age 31) and [his mother] Sophia Elizabeth Frend (age 27) were married.

On 16th November 1839 William Frend De Morgan was born to [his father] Augustus de Morgan (age 33) and [his mother] Sophia Elizabeth Frend (age 30).

In December 1854 Henry Holiday (age 15) entered the Royal Academy Schools as a probationer. His fellow students included Simeon Solomon (age 14), Albert Moore (age 13), William Blake Richmond (age 12), William De Morgan (age 15), Frederick Walker, and Marcus Stone (age 14).

On 18th March 1871 [his father] Augustus de Morgan (age 64) died.

On 5th March 1887 William Frend De Morgan (age 47) and Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering (age 31) were married.

On 5th January 1892 [his mother] Sophia Elizabeth Frend (age 82) died.

1893. [his wife] Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering (age 37). Portrait of the artist's husband William Frend De Morgan (age 53).

1909. [his wife] Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering (age 53). Portrait of the artist's husband William Frend De Morgan (age 69).

On 15th January 1917 William Frend De Morgan (age 77) died. He was buried at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking.

On 2nd May 1919 [his former wife] Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering (age 63) died.

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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St Michael's Church, Rocester [Map]. East Window, and two windows in the chancel, by William Frend De Morgan restored 1991. One of the windows signed "DM".

Ancestors of William Frend De Morgan 1839-1917

Father: Augustus de Morgan

William Frend De Morgan

GrandFather: William Frend

Mother: Sophia Elizabeth Frend