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Luard is a surname, and may refer to: * Arthur Luard, Arthur John Hamilton Luard (1861−1944), British cricket player * Bertram Luard-Selby (1853−1918), British organist and composer * Caroline Mary Luard (nÊe Hartley) (d. 1908), British murder victim * Charles Luard, Charles Camac Luard (1867–1947), British army officer * Constance Luard, Constance Mary Luard (nÊe Wilson) (1881−1955), British tennis player * Edward Chauncey Luard (1856−1900), British plantation, planter and philately, philatelist * Elisabeth Luard, Elisabeth Baron Luard (nÊe Longmore) (born 1942), British food writer * Evan Luard, David Evan Trant Luard (1926–1991), British Labour Party (UK), Labour and Social Democratic Party (UK), SDP politician * Henry Richards Luard (1825–1891), British antiquarian * John Luard (1790–1875), British army officer * Kate Evelyn Luard (1872-1962), British nurse * Lowes Dalbiac Luard (1872−1944), British painter * Nicholas Luard, Nicholas Lamert Luard (1937–200 ...
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John Luard
Lieutenant-Colonel John Luard (1790–1875) was a British Army officer and author of ''History of the Dress of the British Soldier'' Life He was fourth son of Captain Peter John Luard of the 4th Dragoons, of Blyborough, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, and his wife Louisa, daughter of Charles Dalbiac of Hungerford Park, Berkshire, born on 5 May 1790. His seven brothers included Henry Luard, a banker (father of the antiquarian Henry Luard, Henry Richards Luard) and Robert (father of the organist Bertram Luard-Selby). He served in the Royal Navy 1802–1807, and on 25 May 1809 obtained a cornetcy without purchase in his father's old regiment. Luard served in the 4th Dragoons through the Peninsular War campaigns of 1810–1814, gaining a Military General Service Medal with clasps for the battles of battle of Albuera, Albuera, battle of Salamanca, Salamanca, and battle of Toulouse (1814), Toulouse. Afterwards he served with the 16th Light Dragoons as lieutenant at the battle of Waterlo ...
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Caroline Mary Luard
Caroline Mary Luard (''nÊe'' Hartley; 1850 – 24 August 1908) was the victim of an unsolved murder, known as the Seal Chart Murder, after she was mysteriously shot and killed at an isolated summerhouse in a heavily wooded area between Ightham and Seal Chart, Kent. Her husband, Charles Luard, later committed suicide. It has since been suggested that John Dickman, who was hanged for killing a passenger on a train in 1910, may have been involved in her death. Family Born in the last quarter of 1850, Caroline was the youngest daughter of Thomas Hartley JP (1802−1855) and Georgianna Elizabeth Rimington (1814–1878) of Gillfoot, Egremont, Cumberland. On 1 July 1875 she married Charles Edward Luard (1839−1908), son of Robert Luard of Ightham Mote, Kent (brother of John Luard), and his first wife, Mary Elmhirst (brother of Edward Elmhirst. They had two sons: * Charles Elmhirst Luard DSO (1876−1914), who married Dorothy Frances Barrett (1885−1978) and had one son, Charle ...
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Bertram Luard-Selby
Bertram Luard-Selby (12 February 1853 – 26 December 1918) was an English composer and cathedral organist. As an organist, he served in Salisbury Cathedral and Rochester Cathedral. As a composer, he wrote prolifically for the church, the concert-hall and the theatre. Family Luard-Selby was born at Ightham Mote, Kent, to Robert Luard-Selby (1800−1880) and his second wife Lewis Marianne Selby.''The Musical Times'', March 1908, p. 159 His father was the brother of Lt.-Col. John Luard and the uncle of the antiquarian Henry Richards Luard and Lt.-Gen. Richard George Amherst Luard. His half-brother Charles was married to Caroline Mary Luard, the victim of an unsolved murder. Life and works Luard-Selby studied the organ at the Leipzig Conservatoire under Carl Reinecke and was appointed organist at, successively, St. Barnabas, Marylebone, and Highgate School (1876); Salisbury Cathedral (1881); St John's Church, Torquay, 1884; and St. Barnabas, Pimlico, 1887. He was appointed or ...
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Luard Family
The Luard family is an English family of Huguenot origin associated with Blyborough in Lincolnshire and Witham in Essex that was involved in several areas of public life.Johanna Merz, ''The Luards of Blyborough Hall'' (2014). Members include: * Arthur John Hamilton Luard (1861−1944), English cricket player and army officer, great-nephew of John * Bertram Luard-Selby (1853−1918), British organist and composer, nephew of John, cousin of Henry and Richard * Caroline Mary Luard (nÊe Hartley) (d. 1908), British murder victim, whose husband was a half-brother of Bertram, nephew of John, and cousin of Henry and Richard * Charles Camac Luard (1867–1947), British army officer, son of Richard * Constance Mary Luard (nÊe Wilson) (1881−1955), British tennis player, whose husband was a nephew of Richard and cousin of Charles * Edward Chauncey Luard (1856−1900), British planter and philatelist, nephew of Henry * Henry Richards Luard (1825–1891), British antiquarian, nephew of J ...
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Edward Chauncey Luard
Edward Chauncey Luard (1856 — 22 September 1900) was a British planter in Demerara, British Guiana (now Guyana). He was influential among the planter community in British Guiana and was a member of the Court of Policy for East Demerara. He led the campaign to introduce a ballot into the colony's constitution in 1895. A noted philatelist, Luard's collection of the stamps of British Guiana included examples of the " cottonreel" issues, some of which are now part of the Royal Philatelic Collection. Early life and family Edward Luard was the eldest son of William Charles Luard (brother of the antiquarian Henry Richards Luard) of Llandaff, South Wales, and Julia Jane Chauncey, and was christened in 1856 at Saint John's Church, Cardiff. In 1886 he married Lucy Amelia Winter, daughter of Nathaniel Winter, of Blenheim Plantation, Leguan, and had four daughters.'' The Argosy'' (Demerara), 4 September 1886, p. 4. Career Luard arrived in British Guiana as a young man, working first ...
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Lowes Dalbiac Luard
Lowes Dalbiac Luard (27 August 1872 – 1944) was a British painter. Early life Luard was born in Kolkata, Calcutta, the son of Col. Charles Henry Luard of the Royal Engineers and grandson of Lt.-Col. John Luard. Educated in England, and having won a place at the University of Oxford to study mathematics at Balliol, he decided instead to study art, and in 1892 enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where his contemporaries included Augustus John and Ambrose McEvoy. He left the Slade in 1897 and then studied in Paris under Lucien Simon and Rene Menard. In 1901 he married Louisa Margaret Blackwell, and their daughter Veronica Mary (who later married Sir Maurice Lyell, a High Court Judge) was born the following year.Sir Bernard Burke, '' ...
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