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Family of Hubert Herkomer and Eliza Louisa (Lulu) Griffiths
| Husband: | Hubert Herkomer (1849-1914) | |
| Wife: | Eliza Louisa (Lulu) Griffiths (1849-1885) | |
| Marriage | 12 Aug 1884 | Parish Church, Llanrhydd, Denbighshire |
Husband: Hubert Herkomer
| Name: | Hubert Herkomer | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Lorenz Herkomer (1825-1888) | |
| Mother: | Josephine Niggl (1826-1879) | |
| Note 1: | Hubert Herkomer was an accomplished portrait artist, illustrator, printmaker,
stage designer, filmmaker, writer and teacher. His family left Bavaria (Germany)
in 1851 and lived briefly in Cleveland, Ohio, before settling in Southampton in
1857. Herkomer was a very versatile individual. He became ARA in 1879 and a
full Academician in 1890. In 1899 he was ennobled by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany,
being permitted to change his name to "von Herkomer". He built a grandiose house
in Bushey, Herts, named "Lululaund" after his second wife who was tragically
killed in a road accident. He founded a School of Art at Bushey in 1883. He
succeeded John Ruskin as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford from 1885 to
1894. He was knighted in 1908.
Sources: Dictionary of National Biography 1912-1921, The Grove Dictionary of Art www.artrenewal.org | |
| Note 2: | VON HERKOMER Sir Hubert of Lululand Bushey Hertfordshire knight died 31 March 1914 at Matford Budleigh Salterton Devonshire. Probate London 2 June to Dame Margaret von Herkomer widow and Ernest Charles Morgan solicitor. Effects £41319 7s. | |
| Birth | 26 May 1849 | Waal, Bavaria |
| Title | Sir | |
| Census (1) | 1871 (age 21-22) | Artist, lodging at 32 Smith Sq, Chelsea (unmarried) |
| Census (2) | 1881 (age 31-32) | Artist, 46 Penybryn, Llanllechyd, Glamorgan |
| Occupation (1) | btw 1885 and 1895 (age 35-46) | -; Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford |
| Census (3) | 1891 (age 41-42) | Artist, "Dyreham", Bushey, Herts |
| Occupation (2) | 1899 (age 49-50) | -; Artist, R.A. (on Elsa's marriage cert.) |
| Residence | 1901 (age 51-52) | "Lululaund", Melbourne Rd, Bushey, Herts |
| Census (4) | 1911 (age 61-62) | Artist, Lululaund, Melbourne Road, Bushey, Watford |
| Death | 31 Mar 1914 (age 64) | Matford, Budleigh Salterton, Devon |
| Burial | 4 Apr 1914 | Parish Church, Bushey, Herts |
Wife: Eliza Louisa (Lulu) Griffiths
| Name: | Eliza Louisa (Lulu) Griffiths | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Thomas Griffiths (1820?- ) | |
| Mother: | Mary Unknown (1820?- ) | |
| Birth | 1849 | Rhyl, Flintshire |
| Census | 1881 (age 31-32) | Servant, living with Hubert Herkomer |
| Death fact | 1885 (age 35-36) | 1885 Dec Qtr, Watford, 3a/291 (aged 36) |
| Death | Nov 1885 (age 35-36) | Watford, Herts |