Sir Aubrey Edward Henry Dean Paul, 5th Baronet (19 October 1869 – 16 January 1961) was a captain in the

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and a descendant of the

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Life

A descendant of

Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Baronet Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Baronet (December 1775 – 16 January 1852), of Rodborough, was an English landowner, banker, painter, and occasional author. Most of Paul’s works as a painter were landscapes and paintings of horses. In 1821 he was crea ...

(1775–1852), he was fifth of the Paul Baronets, of Rodborough, and father of Brenda Dean Paul, one of the ‘

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’.Philip Hoare, ‘Paul, Brenda Irene Isabelle Frances Theresa Dean (1907–1959)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 He was brother to Mabel Louisa Dean Paul. In 1901, he married Irene Regina, daughter of

Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew :pl:Adam Tadeusz Wien ...

and Isabelle Bessie-Hampton. The couple had been introduced by

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. Lady Dean Paul, now adopted British nationality, but continued to publish works as "Irène Wieniawska". They had three children: * Aubrey Donald Fitzwarren Severin Dean Paul (1902–1904) * Brenda Dean Paul (8 May 1907 – 26 July 1959) * Sir Brian Kenneth Dean Paul, 6th Baronet Paul of Rodborough (18 May 1904 – 5 August 1972), leighrayment.com; accessed 15 January 2018. Sir Aubrey and his wife performed in a number of concerts together, Aubrey performing as a

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under the pseudonym of ''Edward Ramsay'', a combination of his father's first name and his mother's surname. His wife, a pianist, performed under her own pseudonym of

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Religion

The 5th Baronet converted to Roman Catholicism in 1914 and the couple's daughter was educated at convent schools. His wife maintained a Bohemian lifestyle and the couple separated in 1922.

References

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1869 births 1961 deaths