The Ferens Art Gallery is named after industrialist and local MP Thomas Robinson Ferens funded the building of a new gallery which opened in 1927. Its real strength lies within its 20th Century Collection and has held on to Ferens' tenet 'to resist any temptation to buy any works that is not likely to be enduring in influence'. Literally all the major figures in Modern British Art are represented in Hull from the Camden Town Group onwards, and has been the recipient of over 100 artworks over nearly a century from the Contemporary Art Society. Part Two: Augustus John to Bryan Wynter.

Artists featured in this Curation: Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961), Gwen John (1876–1939), Allen Jones (b.1937), James Kerr-Lawson (1864–1939), William Kiddier (1859–1934), Laura Knight (1877–1970), Leon Kossoff (1926–2019), Jacob Kramer (1892–1962), Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859–1929), Henri Laurens (1885–1954), and 76 more See all

86 artworks

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Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)

Canadian Girl before 1948
Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 102 x W 76.8 cm
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Gwen John (1876–1939)

The Seated Woman c.1910–1920
Gwen John (1876–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 27.7 x W 22.5 cm
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Allen Jones (b.1937)

Wunderbare Landung 1963
Allen Jones (b.1937)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 75 cm
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James Kerr-Lawson (1864–1939)

Sir Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956), RA
James Kerr-Lawson (1864–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 98 x W 75 cm
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William Kiddier (1859–1934)

The Fen
William Kiddier (1859–1934)
Oil on canvas
H 64 x W 76 cm
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Laura Knight (1877–1970)

The Gyppos c.1936
Laura Knight (1877–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
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Leon Kossoff (1926–2019)

Riverside Building Site No. 2 1951
Leon Kossoff (1926–2019)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 101.5 cm
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Jacob Kramer (1892–1962)

The Rabbis c.1919
Jacob Kramer (1892–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 50.8 cm
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Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859–1929)

Going out with the Cows 1924
Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 66.5 x W 74.5 cm
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Henri Laurens (1885–1954)

Femme a l'eventail (Woman with a Fan) 1921
Henri Laurens (1885–1954)
Bronze
H 50.2 x W 38.1 x D 13.1 cm
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John Lavery (1856–1941)

The Family of Lord Duveen c.1937
John Lavery (1856–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 77.4 x W 102.8 cm
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Peter Lanyon (1918–1964)

Dry Grass 1959
Peter Lanyon (1918–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 182.8 x W 76.2 cm
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Mabel Frances Layng (1881–1937)

Girls Dressing 1920s
Mabel Frances Layng (1881–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 101 x W 100 cm
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Louis le Brocquy (1916–2012)

Girl in Grey 1939
Louis le Brocquy (1916–2012)
Oil on canvas
H 91 x W 91 cm
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Sydney Lee (1866–1949)

The Cathedral Doorway c.1905
Sydney Lee (1866–1949)
Oil on panel
H 52.7 x W 61.2 cm
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Derwent Lees (1884–1931)

The Blue Pool 1911
Derwent Lees (1884–1931)
Oil on panel
H 25 x W 36 cm
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Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)

Pas de deux
Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 76.2 cm
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Neville Lewis (1895–1972)

Head of a Child
Neville Lewis (1895–1972)
Oil on panel
H 34 x W 24 cm
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Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

Mr Wyndham Lewis as 'Tyro' c.1920–1921
Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)
Oil on canvas
H 75.9 x W 45.4 cm
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Moffat Peter Lindner (1852–1949)

The Flowing Tide c.1910
Moffat Peter Lindner (1852–1949)
Oil on canvas
H 87.5 x W 115.5 cm
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Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1892–1947)

Sappho 1923
Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1892–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 47.8 x W 51.5 cm
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Michael Lyons (1943–2019)

Overhang; Splits; Cross-Flow 1974–1975
Michael Lyons (1943–2019)
Painted steel
H 55.9 x W 53.3 x D 61 cm
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Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)

Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables c.1945–1950
Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)
Oil on canvas
H 89.2 x W 146.2 cm
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Conroy Maddox (1912–2005)

The Theorist 1948
Conroy Maddox (1912–2005)
Oil & scissors on hardboard panel
H 61 x W 76.5 cm
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Kenneth Martin (1905–1984)

Screw Mobile 1964
Kenneth Martin (1905–1984)
Steel, brass & electric motor
H 101.6 x W 25.3 x D 25.3 cm
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Mary Adela Martin (1907–1969)

Climbing Form 1962
Mary Adela Martin (1907–1969)
Wood, perspex & steel
H 68.4 x W 42.4 x D 5 cm
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Ambrose McEvoy (1877–1927)

Mrs Claude Johnson in Black 1922
Ambrose McEvoy (1877–1927)
Oil on canvas
H 125 x W 101 cm
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Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)

The Red Hat (Margaret Meninsky) 1919
Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 114.2 x W 76.2 cm
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Paul Ayshford Methuen (1886–1974)

Garden at Woodyates Manor, Dorset
Paul Ayshford Methuen (1886–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 54.5 x W 75 cm
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Henry Moore (1898–1986)

Mother and Child in Ladderback Chair 1952
Henry Moore (1898–1986)
Bronze
H 40 x W 38.5 cm
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Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)

Yalta 1945
Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 81.3 x W 109.2 cm
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Paul Nash (1889–1946)

The Rye Marshes, East Sussex 1932
Paul Nash (1889–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 58.8 x W 100.3 cm
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Philip Naviasky (1894–1983)

Girl in Grey 1919
Philip Naviasky (1894–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 56.5 x W 44.5 cm
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Geoffrey Nelson (1893–1943)

Cumberland Market c.1913
Geoffrey Nelson (1893–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 73 cm
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)

Asters
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 59 x W 44 cm
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Algernon Cecil Newton (1880–1968)

Dawn 1936
Algernon Cecil Newton (1880–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 75 cm
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Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)

1939–41 (winter landscape - Halsetown) 1939–1941
Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
Oil & pencil on board
H 22.3 x W 28 cm
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William Nicholson (1872–1949)

Miss Maude Nelke (d.1982) c.1914
William Nicholson (1872–1949)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
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Albert Julius Olsson (1864–1942)

Moonlight, Cornish Coast c.1906
Albert Julius Olsson (1864–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 76 cm
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Kate Elizabeth Olver (1881–1960)

Musicians 1936
Kate Elizabeth Olver (1881–1960)
Oil on cardboard
H 75 x W 74.5 cm
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Albert Harold Palmer (1911–1985)

Self Portrait 1977–1985
Albert Harold Palmer (1911–1985)
Oil on board
H 63.5 x W 49 cm
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Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)

Large Frog, Version II 1958
Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)
Bronze
H 68 x W 81.3 cm
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Victor Pasmore (1908–1998)

Triangular Motif c.1949
Victor Pasmore (1908–1998)
Oil & paper collage on canvas
H 60 x W 51 cm
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James McIntosh Patrick (1907–1998)

An Exmoor Farm 1937–1938
James McIntosh Patrick (1907–1998)
Oil on canvas
H 87 x W 130.2 cm
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Charles Maresco Pearce (1874–1964)

Le pavillon bleu 1926
Charles Maresco Pearce (1874–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 44.5 cm
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Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)

Martagon Lilies late 1920s
Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 44.5 x W 39.5 cm
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An Artist and His Family (The Rice Family)

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Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

An Artist and His Family (The Rice Family) 1920
Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 213 x W 172 cm
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Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944)

Esther Bensusan (1870–1951) 1893
Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 40.3 x W 35.5 cm
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Mary Potter (1900–1981)

Rising Moon 1942
Mary Potter (1900–1981)
Oil on canvas
H 45.7 x W 76.3 cm
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Bertram Priestman (1868–1951)

The Hill-Bound Village 1917
Bertram Priestman (1868–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 116 x W 148 cm
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Dod Procter (1892–1972)

Young Roman c.1928–1929
Dod Procter (1892–1972)
Oil on canvas
H 79 x W 57.4 cm
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William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881–1941)

Battersea Power Station, London c.1940
William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 68.6 x W 56.1 cm
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Anne Redpath (1895–1965)

Eileen c.1949
Anne Redpath (1895–1965)
Oil on canvas
H 81.8 x W 56 cm
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Bridget Riley (b.1931)

Around 1963
Bridget Riley (b.1931)
Emulsion on board
H 81 x W 91.5 cm
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William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)

Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple 1925
William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 47.2 x W 53.3 cm
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Self Portrait of the Artist at the Age of 16

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Albert Daniel Rutherston (1881–1953)

Self Portrait of the Artist at the Age of 16 1898
Albert Daniel Rutherston (1881–1953)
Oil on canvas
H 95.5 x W 65.5 cm
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Lionel Maurice de Sausmarez (1915–1969)

Dead Tree 1949
Lionel Maurice de Sausmarez (1915–1969)
Oil on canvas
H 45.5 x W 60.8 cm
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Rudolf Helmut Sauter (1895–1977)

Somewhere in England 1940
Rudolf Helmut Sauter (1895–1977)
Oil on canvas
H 77.5 x W 102 cm
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William Scott (1913–1989)

Painting 1959 1959
William Scott (1913–1989)
Oil on canvas
H 86.3 x W 111.8 cm
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Gottardo Guido Segantini (1882–1974)

Maloja, Switzerland 1925
Gottardo Guido Segantini (1882–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 99 cm
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John Amhurst Selby-Bigge (1892–1973)

Composition 1936
John Amhurst Selby-Bigge (1892–1973)
Oil on obeche (?) panel
H 38 x W 46 cm
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Daniel Sherrin (1869–1940)

Nature at Rest
Daniel Sherrin (1869–1940)
Oil on canvas
H 36.5 x W 49 cm
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Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)

The Idyll c.1931–1932
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 81.4 x W 85.2 cm
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Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)

Hyacinth 1920
Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 49.5 cm
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Charles Spencelayh (1865–1958)

His First Grief 1910
Charles Spencelayh (1865–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 30.5 x W 25.5 cm
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Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979)

Gwen Harter in a Red Bead Necklace 1920s
Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 108.5 x W 83 cm
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Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)

Nude, Portrait of Patricia Preece 1935
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 50.8 cm
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Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942)

Reverie (Miss Lillian Montgomery) c.1908
Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 67 x W 53 cm
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'Jimmy' James (Mr Ernest William James) (1886–1964)

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Albert George Stevens (1863–1927)

'Jimmy' James (Mr Ernest William James) (1886–1964) 1916
Albert George Stevens (1863–1927)
Oil on canvas
H 76.3 x W 60.5 cm
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Rowland Suddaby (1912–1972)

Coast Scene with a Lighthouse
Rowland Suddaby (1912–1972)
Oil on canvas
H 75.5 x W 83 cm
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John Tunnard (1900–1971)

Magnetic Field 1945
John Tunnard (1900–1971)
Oil on hardboard
H 55.2 x W 80.5 cm
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Kathleen Tyson (1898–1982)

The Royal Dock, Grimsby, Lincolnshire c.1937
Kathleen Tyson (1898–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 63 x W 77 cm
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Euan Uglow (1932–2000)

Curled Nude on a Stool 1982–1983
Euan Uglow (1932–2000)
Oil on canvas
H 77.7 x W 100 cm
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John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977)

Coast Defences (Seaford, East Sussex) c.1959–1962
John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977)
Oil on canvas
H 51.2 x W 76.5 cm
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Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)

Top of the World c.1942–1943
Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)
Tempera on canvas on wood
H 38 x W 53.5 cm
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Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850–1919)

The Quarry 1907
Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 87 x W 123 cm
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Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)

Woman at a Table late 1940s
Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 59 x W 49 cm
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Joseph Walter West (1860–1933)

Firelight and Pearl 1906 or before
Joseph Walter West (1860–1933)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 48 cm
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Anthony Whishaw (b.1930)

Autumn Burn 1980–1982
Anthony Whishaw (b.1930)
Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
H 122 x W 213 cm
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Norman Wilkinson (1878–1971)

The Pilot
Norman Wilkinson (1878–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 113 cm
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Terrick John Williams (1860–1936)

Morning Calm, Concarneau, France c.1930
Terrick John Williams (1860–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 81.5 cm
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Mary C. Wilson

Still Life with Roses c.1945
Mary C. Wilson
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 38.5 cm
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Erich Wolfsfeld (1884–1956)

Beggar
Erich Wolfsfeld (1884–1956)
Oil on canvas
H 101 x W 66 cm
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Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)

The Cossack Hat c.1911
Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 201 x W 135 cm
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Richard Wyndham (1896–1948)

Still Waters
Richard Wyndham (1896–1948)
Oil on canvas
H 49.5 x W 60 cm
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Bryan Wynter (1915–1975)

Sandspoor V 1962
Bryan Wynter (1915–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 183 x W 122 cm
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Erich Wolfsfeld (1884–1956)
Conroy Maddox (1912–2005)
Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)
Terrick John Williams (1860–1936)
Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Lionel Maurice de Sausmarez (1915–1969)
John Amhurst Selby-Bigge (1892–1973)
Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850–1919)
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