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Family of Hubert Herkomer and Margaret Griffiths

Husband: Hubert Herkomer (1849-1914)
Wife: Margaret Griffiths (c. 1854-1934)
Children: Lorenz Hans Herkomer (1889-1922)
Gwenddydd Herkomer (1893-1927)
Marriage 3 Aug 1888 Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria

Husband: Hubert Herkomer

Name: Hubert Herkomer
Sex: Male
Father: Lorenz Herkomer (1825-1888)
Mother: Josephine Niggl (1826-1879)
Birth 26 May 1849 Waal, Bavaria
Title Sir
Census 1871 (age 21-22) Artist, lodging at 32 Smith Sq, Chelsea (unmarried)
Census 1881 (age 31-32) Artist, 46 Penybryn, Llanllechyd, Glamorgan
Occupation btw 1885 and 1895 (age 35-46) Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford
Census 1891 (age 41-42) Artist, "Dyreham", Bushey, Herts
Occupation 14 Jun 1899 (age 50) Artist, R.A. (on Elsa's marriage cert.)
Residence 1901 (age 51-52) "Lululaund", Melbourne Rd, Bushey, Herts
Census 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: Margaret Griffiths

Name: Margaret Griffiths
Sex: Female
Father: Thomas Griffiths (c. 1820- )
Mother: Mary Unknown (c. 1820- )
Birth c. 1854 Rhyl, Flintshire
Census 1861 (age 6-7) Living with parents
Census 1871 (age 16-17) Dressmaker, living with parents
Census 1881 (age 26-27) "Lady Companion", living with parents
Census 1911 (age 56-57) Wife in household
Death fact 1934 (age 79-80) 1934 Jun Qtr, Watford, 3a/1041 (aged 77)
Death 23 Jun 1934 (age 79-80) St Lawrence, High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire

Child 1: Lorenz Hans Herkomer

Name: Lorenz Hans Herkomer
Sex: Male
Spouse: Louise (Lulu) Edith Rowles (1892-1988)
Birth 1889 Bushey, Hertfordshire
Birth fact 1889 (age 0) 1889 Dec Qtr, Watford, 3a/554a
Census 1891 (age 1-2) Living with parents
Census 1911 (age 21-22) Electrical & automobile engineer, 47 Ashburnham Road, Bedford (unmarried)
Death fact 1922 (age 32-33) 1922 Dec Qtr, Watford, 3a/803 (aged 33)
Death 1922 (age 32-33) Bushey, Hertfordshire

Child 2: Gwenddydd Herkomer

Name: Gwenddydd Herkomer
Sex: Female
Spouse: J Rupfle ( - )
Birth 1893 Bushey, Hertfordshire
Birth fact 1893 (age 0) 1893 Dec Qtr, Watford, 3a/566
Census 1911 (age 17-18) Living with parents
Death 1927 (age 33-34) Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria

Note on Husband: Hubert Herkomer (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 tragically died in the aftermath of 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

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Note on Husband: Hubert Herkomer (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.

Note on Wife: Margaret Griffiths

HERKOMER Dame Margaret of St. Lawrence High Street Bushey Hertfordshire widow died 23 June 1934. Probate London 28 November to David John Williams actor and Ernest Charles Morgan solicitor. Effects £35928 5s. 4d. Resworn £38789 13s. 10d.