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Robert Thornton Shiells | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 1833 |
| Died | 24 May 1902 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Robert Thornton Shiells (14 February 1833 - 24 May 1902) was a Scottish painter and architect.[1][2]
Life
[edit]1861 census - 7 Upper Gilmore Place, Edinburgh[3]
1871 census - 8 Lonsdale Terrace, Edinburgh[4]
1881 census - 4 St. Margaret's Road, Edinburgh[5]
1891 census - 6 Duddingston Park, Edinburgh[6]
His father was William Shiells (30 March 1799 - 12 March 1847), a brewer from Haddington, East Lothian.
His mother was Eliza Cooper (c. 1800 - 1837). William and Eliza married on 25 April 1825 in Yester in East Lothian.
Robert Thornton Shiells was born on 14 February 1833 in Haddington.[7][8]
He married Flora Dunlop Tait (c. 1842 - 10 December 1922) from Edinburgh.[9] They married on 18 March 1864 at 9 Hope Park Terrace in Edinburgh.[10]
He was sequestrated in 1894.[11]
Their son was the artist William Thornton Shiells (12 January 1875 - 17 July 1940).[12]
Art
[edit]Death
[edit]He died on 24 May 1902 at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh.[14] He is buried at the Grange cemetery in Edinburgh.[15]
Works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1080/records/1330704
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1104/records/3214968
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1119/records/3718135
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1108/records/4685829
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60143/records/18477999
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1080/records/1330704
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/81848395/person/352094940979/facts
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60144/records/3115214
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000575/18941117/106/0006
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/81848395/person/352094935590/facts
- ^ https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB48250
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19020528/199/0014%7C
- ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/110960089@N08/11342145313
Category:1833 births
Category:1902 deaths
Category:Scottish male painters