| 4. |  William George Constable  (3.William3, 2.Caroline2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 27 Oct 1887 in Derby, Derbyshire, England; was christened on 31 Mar 1904 in Derby, Derbyshire, England; died on 3 Feb 1976 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
- Group: John Constable Family Research
- Birth Registration: Between 1 Oct 1887 and 31 Dec 1887, Derby Registration District, Derbyshire, England; Vol. 7b, p. 538
- 1891 England Census: 1891, Derby, Derbyshire, England
- 1901 England Census: 1901, Derby, Derbyshire, England
- 1911 England Census: 1911, Hampstead, Middlesex, England
- 1940 Census: 15 Apr 1940, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Obituary: 7 Feb 1976, New York, New York County, New York; New York Times
Notes:
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Constable
William George Constable (born Derby, England, 27 October 1887, died Cambridge, Massachusetts, 3 February 1976, was an art historian and gallery director. He was the father of Medieval Historian Giles Constable.
Distantly related to the landscape painter John Constable, William George Constable was educated at Derby School, where his father was headmaster, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read history, law and economics. In 1909, he was awarded the Whewell Scholarship for International Law. After gaining a First in economics in 1910, he was awarded the McMahon Law Studentship by St John's for four years, then entered the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar in May, 1914.
From 1921, Constable attended the Slade School of Art in London, worked at the Wallace Collection. In 1923, he joined the National Gallery, where he stayed for eight years, the last two as assistant director, and became an art critic for the New Statesman and the Saturday Review. In 1931, he moved to the newly formed Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, having been recruited as its first Director by Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham. In 1935, he succeeded Roger Fry as Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge, while continuing as Director of the Courtauld. In 1937, he resigned both positions and in 1938 left England to become Curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He remained in the United States until his death in 1976.
Christened:
Ancestry.com. Derbyshire, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910
Name: William George Constable
Baptism Date: 31 Mar 1904
Baptism Place: St Peter's Church, Derby, Derbyshire, England
Father: William George Constable
Mother: Rumie Isabel Constable
FHL Film Number: 2082436
Group:
People Associated with the family of Dr. John Davidson Constable
Birth Registration:
William George Constable was born.
1891 England Census:
St, Werburgh
37 Gerard St.
William G S Constable Head M 30 Schoolmaster Public Elementary School Kent Plumstead
Remeliah J " Wife M 31 " Eynsford
William G " Son S 3 Derby
Elizabeth Hudson Serv S 22 General Servant Domestic "
1901 England Census:
St. Chad, p. 10
11 Vicarage Avenue
Constable, Will: Geo. Head M 40 Schoolmaster Kent Plumstead
---, Remeliah Wife M 40 " Eynsford
---, Will: Geo Son S 13 Derby
---, Violet R. Dau S 8 "
... 1 Servant
1911 England Census:
135 Constantine Road
...
William George Constable Boarder 23 Single Extension Lecturer in Economics and Law Student Derbyshire Derby
1940 Census:
Ward 8, ED 16-105, sheet 5E
163 Brattle Street
Constable, William G. Head M W 52 Md England AL 1935: London, England Curator of Painting - Museum Fine Arts
---, Olivia Wife F W 37 Md England AL "
---, John D. Son M W 12 S England AL "
---, Giles Son M W 10 S England AL "
... 2 servants
Obituary:
W. G. CONSTABLE, ART HISTORIAN, 88
William G. Constable, art historian and former curator of painting of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, died Tuesday night in Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 88 years old and lived in Cambridge. Mass.
Known in art circles simply as W.G., Mr. Constable served as curator of paintings at the Boston Museum from 1938 to 1957. He was a specialist on post-Renaissance Italian paintings and the English schools. He came to the Boston Museum from his native England, where he had been director of the Courtauld Institute of Art at Cambridge University.
He was a graduate of the Slade School in London. He became lecturer at the Wallace Collection in London, assistant director of the National Gallery and professor of art history at London University.
Mr. Constable was author or co-author of many art books, including "The Painter's Workshop," "16th and 17th Century Art in England," "John Flaxman" and "Richard Wilson." He wrote "Canaletto," which has been described as the definitive work on the Venetian master.
Surviving are his wife, the former Olivia Carson-Roberts; and two sons, Dr. John D. Constable and Giles Constable, a Harvard professor.
William married Olivia Lily Carson-Roberts between 1 Apr 1926 and 30 Jun 1926 in Kensington Registration District, Middlesex, England. Olivia (daughter of Arthur Carson-Roberts and Dora Davidson) was born on 25 Apr 1901 in Penwortham, Lancashire, England; died on 18 Sep 1987 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Dr. John Davidson Constable, M. D. was born on 21 Jun 1927 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 6 Jun 2016 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- 7. Giles Constable was born on 1 Jun 1929 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 17 Jan 2021 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.
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