On 13th October 1817 [his father] Benjamin East [aged 21] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wright [aged 18] were married.
On 15th December 1844 Alfred East was born to Benjamin East [aged 48] and Elizabeth Wright [aged 45] at Lower Street, Kettering. He was their youngest child. Alfred attended the local grammar school and took up his father's occupation as a shoe clicker before becoming a commercial traveller in boots & shoes and was a partner in Charles East & Co., shoe manufacturers at Kettering.
In 1871 Alfred East [aged 26] was boarding at 5 Queen Street, St George's, Glasgow and studying at the Glasgow School of Art, later studying at Académie Julian and L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, under William-Adolphe Bougereau (1825-1905), in Paris.
In 1874 Alfred East [aged 29] and Sarah Annie Heath [aged 29] were married.
In 1876 [his mother] Elizabeth Wright [aged 77] died.
In 1882 [his father] Benjamin East [aged 86] died.
. Around 1885. Alfred East [aged 40]. "An English Farmstead".
. 1897. Alfred East [aged 52]. "The Sleepy River Somme".
In 1899 Alfred East [aged 54] was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.
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. Around 1903. Alfred East [aged 58]. "Château Gaillard [Map]".
In 1906 Alfred East [aged 61] was elected President of the Royal Society of British Artists, which position he held until his death.
1907. Philip de László [aged 37]. Portrait of Alfred East [aged 62].
In 1910 Alfred East [aged 65] was knighted.
. 1912. Alfred East [aged 67]. Self-portrait.
. Before 1913. Alfred East [aged 68]. "Kirkstall Abbey, West Yorkshire [Map]".
In 1913 Alfred East [aged 68] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
On 28th September 1913 Alfred East [aged 68] died at his London residence in Belsize Park.