| Courtauld Family | |
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| English business family of Huguenot origin | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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The Courtauld Family is an English business family of Huguenot origin, active during the 17th–20th century.[1]
Members
- Augustin Courtauld (1655–1706), cooper, vintner and goldsmith. Arrived in London sometime between 1686 and 1687, fleeing Huguenot persecution in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.[2]
- Augustin Courtauld (c.1685/1686–c.1751), goldsmith, son of Augustin Courtauld.[3][2]
- Pierre Courtauld (1690–1729), silversmith, son of Augustin Courtauld.[4]
- Samuel Courtauld, I (1720–1765), silversmith, son of Anne Bardin and Augustin Courtauld; married Louisa Courtauld (née Ogier; 1729–1807), silversmith.[5][6][2]
- Samuel Courtauld, II (1752–1821), silversmith and merchant, son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I.[7]
- George Courtauld (1761–1823), industrialist, silk weaver and founder of ″George Courtauld & Co″ (later, Courtaulds), son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I; married Ruth Minton.[8]
- Samuel Courtauld (c.1793 – 1881), silk throwster, son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton. Expanded ″George Courtauld & Co″ alongside his cousin Peter Taylor as ″Courtauld & Taylor″.[2]
- Louisa Ruth Lowe (née Harris), adopted daughter of Samuel Courtauld
- Catherine Courtauld (1795–), daughter of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton
- George Courtauld (1802 – 1861), son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton; married Susanna Sewell (1803-1888)
- George Courtauld JP (1830 – 1920), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell
- Katherine Courtauld (1856 – 1935), daughter of George Courtauld and first wife Mina Courtauld (née Bromley); partner of Mary Gladstone (1856 – 1941)
- Samuel Augustine Courtauld JP (1865 – 1953), son of George Courtauld and second wife Susanna Elizabeth Courtauld (nee Savill)
- Elizabeth Courtauld (1867 – 1947), pioneer physician, daughter of George Courtauld and Susanna Elizabeth Courtauld (nee Savill)
- Samuel Augustine Courtauld (1833 – 1854), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell
- Louis Courtauld (1834–), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Elizabeth Robinson
- Susanna Ruth Courtauld (1838–), daughter of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Lewis Barrett Solly
- Sydney Courtauld JP (1840 – 1899), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Sarah Lucy Sharpe (1803 – 1888)
- Sir William Julien Courtauld, 1st Baronet, JP (1870 – 1940), son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe
- Sydney Renée Courtauld (1873 – 1962), Suffragette and philanthropist, daughter of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe
- Samuel Courtauld, (1876 – 1947) industrialist and founder of Courtauld Institute of Art, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey
- Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld (1902–1954), daughter of Samuel Courtauld and Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey; married Rab Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (1902 – 1982)
- Catharine Dowman (née Courtauld; 1878 – 1972), Suffragette and philanthropist known for the restoration of the Cutty Sark, daughter of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Captain Wilfred Harry Dowman (1879–1936)
- John Courtauld (1880 – 1942), Conservative Party politician, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe
- Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRGS (1883 – 1967), patron and philanthropist,[9][10] son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Lady Virginia Courtauld (née Peirano; 1885 – 1972).[11]
- George Courtauld JP (1830 – 1920), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell
- Samuel Courtauld (c.1793 – 1881), silk throwster, son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton. Expanded ″George Courtauld & Co″ alongside his cousin Peter Taylor as ″Courtauld & Taylor″.[2]
Other members
- Augustine "August" Courtauld (1904 – 1959), Arctic explorer, son of Samuel Augustine Courtauld and cousin of Samuel Courtauld (1876 – 1947); married Mollie Courtauld (née Montgomerie; later Lady Butler of Saffron Walden} (1907 – 2009)
- Peter Taylor, expanded ″George Courtauld & Co″ alongside his cousin Samuel Courtauld (c.1793 – 1881) as ″Courtauld & Taylor″.[2]
- Peter Alfred Taylor MP, politician, anti-vaccinationist and radical, son of Peter Taylor; married Clementia Taylor (née Doughty; 1810–1908), English women's rights activist and radical. Partner of ″Courtauld & Taylor″ from 1840.[2]
- Rab Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (1902 – 1982) politician, widower of Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld (1902–1954); second husband of Lady Mollie Butler of Saffron Walden (née Montgomerie, formerly Courtauld;1907–2009), widow of Augustine "August" Courtauld (1904–1959)
See also
- Mah-Jongg (–1938) a ring-tailed lemur owned by Lady Virginia Courtauld and Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld.[11]
References
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld family (English silversmiths, industrialists, and patrons, active 17th-20th centuries)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Gerstein, Alexandra (2019). "Silver, Silk and Industry : The Courtauld Businesses, 1708 to 1946". In Serres, Karen (ed.). Courtauld Collection : A Vision for Impressionism. Paris, London: Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paul Holberton Publishing. ISBN 978-1-911300-58-8.
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld, Augustine (English goldsmith, ca. 1686-ca. 1751)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld, Pierre (English silversmith, 1690-1729)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld, Samuel, I (English silversmith, 1720-1765)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld, Louisa Perina (British silversmith, ca. 1729-1807)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld, Samuel, II (English silversmith and merchant, 1752-1821)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld, George (English silk weaver, born 1761)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Union List of Artist Names. "Courtauld, Stephen Lewis (British patron, 1883-1967)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- The Library of Congress (2017). "Courtauld, Stephen, Sir". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF). Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- Treger, Louisa (2020). "Lady Virginia Courtauld : Who was Eltham Palace's 20th-century lady of the house?". English Heritage. Swindon. Retrieved 3 May 2025.