The Courtauld Family is an English business family of

Huguenot The Huguenots ( , ; ) are a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, ...

origin, active during the 17th–20th century.

Members

* Augustin Courtauld (1655–1706),

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and

goldsmith A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Modern goldsmiths mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, they have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), plat ...

. Arrived in London sometime between 1686–1687, fleeing

persecution Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these term ...

in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron. ** Augustin Courtauld (c.1685/1686–c.1751), goldsmith, son of Augustin Courtauld. ** Pierre Courtauld (1690–1729),

silversmith A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''goldsmith'' are not exact synonyms, as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are (or were, at least) largely the same but differed in that t ...

, son of Augustin Courtauld. **Samuel Courtauld, I (1720–1765), silversmith, son of Anne Bardin and Augustin Courtauld; married Louisa Courtauld (née Ogier; 1729–1807), silversmith. *** Samuel Courtauld, II (1752–1821), silversmith and

merchant A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...

, son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I. *** George Courtauld (1761–1823),

industrialist A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who is a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or ser ...

, silk weaver and founder of ″George Courtauld & Co″ (later,

Courtaulds Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals. It was established in 1794 and became the world's leading man-made fibre production company before being broken up in 1990 into Courtauld ...

), son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I; married Ruth Minton. **** 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″. *****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

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, 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),

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and

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, daughter of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe ****** Samuel Courtauld, (1876 – 1947)

and founder of

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, 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),

and

known for the restoration of the

Cutty Sark ''Cutty Sark'' is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of desig ...

, 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 The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scien ...

(1883 – 1967),

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and philanthropist, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Lady Virginia Courtauld (née Peirano; 1885 – 1972).

Other members

* Augustine "August" Courtauld (1904 – 1959),

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, 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) * Mah-Jongg (–1938) a

ring-tailed lemur The ring-tailed lemur (''Lemur catta'') is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of fiv ...

owned by Lady Virginia Courtauld and Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRGS. * Peter Taylor, expanded ″George Courtauld & Co″ alongside his cousin Samuel Courtauld (c.1793 – 1881) as ″Courtauld & Taylor″. ** Peter Alfred Taylor MP, politician,

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and

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, son of Peter Taylor; married Clementia Taylor (née Doughty; 1810–1908), English women's rights activist and radical. Partner of ″Courtauld & Taylor″ from 1840. * 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)

References

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