Sydney Courtauld JP (1840–1899) was a

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and Silk manufacturer, and part of the Courtauld family empire in

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Personal life

He was born on 10 March 1840 in Bocking,

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. He was the son of George Courtauld (1802–1861) and Susanna Sewell (1803–1888). He married Sarah Lucy Sharpe on 4 April 1865 at the Unitarian Chapel, Islington, London. Children from the marriage included: *Sir William Julien Courtauld 1st Bt. JP (16 June 1870 - 1940) *Sydney Renée Courtauld (1873–1962) * Samuel Courtauld (27 May 1876 – 1 December 1947) * Catharine Courtauld (1878–1972) *

John Sewell Courtauld Major John Sewell Courtauld, (30 August 1880 – 20 April 1942) was an English Conservative Party politician. Family John Sewell Courtauld (known as "Jack") was a member of the Courtauld family. The family came to England as Huguenot refuge ...

MC MP (30 August 1880 – 20 April 1942) * Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC (27 February 1882 – 1967) He was a Justice of the Peace for Essex. He built a house called Bocking Place in Braintree, Essex between 1885 and 1887. The architect was Ernest Flint. It was one of the first buildings in Essex equipped with electric lighting. He was a horticulturalist and was the first person who managed to get the orchid ''Masdevallia costaricensis'' (now renamed ''Masdevallia marginella'') to flower in England.The Orchid Grower’s Manual, Benjamin Samuel Williams, London 1894. He donated the Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens to the people of Braintree on 26 November 1888. Sydney Courtauld died on 20 October 1899 in Gosfield, Essex.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Courtauld, Sydney 1840 births 1899 deaths Sydney English horticulturists English justices of the peace People from Bocking, Essex English businesspeople British textile industry businesspeople English people of French descent