Dame Agnes Lowndes Jekyll, ( Graham; 12 October 1861 – 28 January 1937) was a Scottish-born British artist, writer and
philanthropist. The daughter of
William Graham, Liberal MP for
Glasgow
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(1865–1874) and patron of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she was educated at home by governesses, and later attended
King's College London.
Family
Agnes Lowndes Graham married Herbert Jekyll (later Sir Herbert Jekyll, KCMG), a soldier, public servant and wood-carver, and brother of the noted garden designer, writer and artist,
Gertrude Jekyll. They lived at Munstead House in
Surrey.
Their children were:
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Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg, GBE, DStJ (1887–1973); married first, in 1911, to the Hon.
Francis McLaren, M.P. (killed 1917 in the Great War); secondly, in 1922, to Colonel B. C. Freyberg, V.C., later
Lord Freyberg
Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952.
Freyb ...
(1889–1963), and had issue by both husbands.
# Pamela Margaret (1889–1943); married 1908 the Right Hon.
Reginald McKenna
Reginald McKenna (6 July 1863 – 6 September 1943) was a British banker and Liberal politician. His first Cabinet post under Henry Campbell-Bannerman was as President of the Board of Education, after which he served as First Lord of the Admir ...
(died 1943), and had issue.
# Francis Walter Jekyll (1882-1965). He is commemorated on the
Jekyll family memorial at
Busbridge Church
Busbridge Church or St John the Baptist Church, is an evangelical Anglican Church in Busbridge, Godalming, England. Busbridge Church is part of a joint benefice with Hambledon Church , Surrey, England.
Damehood
Agnes Jekyll was created a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1918 for her public works. She first published ''Kitchen Essays'' (1922) in ''
The Times
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'', reprinted in 2001 by
Persephone Books
''Persephone Books'' is an independent publisher based in Bath, England. Founded in 1999 by Nicola Beauman, Persephone Books reprints works largely by women writers of the late 19th and 20th century, though a few books by men are included. Th ...
.
Kitchen Essays
' at Persephone Books; accessed 28 November 2014.Busbridge
Busbridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England that adjoins the town of Godalming. It forms part of the Waverley ward of '' Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe''. It was until the Tudor period often record ...
churchyard
File:Herbert Jekyll gravestone in St John the Baptist's church, Busbridge.jpg, Herbert Jekyll's gravestone
References
External links
''The Guardian'' reference accessed 28 November 2014.
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1861 births
1937 deaths
Alumni of King's College London
British philanthropists
British writers
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
People from Godalming
Place of birth missing
Wives of knights