Family connections.
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St. Nicholas church
Moreton, Dorset |
Located in Moreton, Dorset, is the parish church, St.
Nicholas.
1490 the church which had previously dedicated to St. Magnus
Martyr (Magnus was the Earl of Orkney from 1106 to 1115), to St. Nicholas. Nicholas the patron saint of sailors,
merchants, arches, repentant thieves, prostitutes, children, brewers,
pawnbrokers, unmarried people and students.
The church during 1776.
The church of today, is the result of building works when the church was
hit by a German bomb, 1940
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Thomas Edward Lawrence
1918 |
Buried in the churchyard are Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence
(“Lawrence of Arabia”), Lawrence died 1935.
Even thought he is buried at St. Nicholas; Lawrence is buried separate burial
ground.
Lawrence was the British
archaeologist, army officer, diplomat and writer.
He became renowned for his role during the
Arab Revolt (1916 – 1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915 – 1918)
against the Ottoman Empire.
It would be
until the release of the 1962 film,
Lawrence of Arabia, that Lawrence
had fame with the title Lawrence of Arabia.
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Portrait
Augustus John
1919, Tate Modern, London |
1919 artist Augustus John, painted Lawrence portrait which
is now in the Tate Modern. 1922 saw the completion of
Seven Pillars of
Wisdom, but it was until 1926 that it was published.
13th May 1935, Lawrence was killed in an accident
on his Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle, near his Dorset cottage Clouds Hill. A dip in the road obstructed the view of two
boys on their bikes, Lawrence who tried to swerve to avoid, lost control and
was thrown over the handlebars. Lawrence
died 6 days later in hospital aged 46.
Amongst the mourners included Winston Churchill, E. M.
Foster, Lady Astor (first woman MP in the House of Commons, 1919) and his younger
brother, Arnold.
Arnold Walter Lawrence, who was a British authority on
classical sculpture and architecture.
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Youth
Kathleen Scott, 1922/23 |
Lawrence was the model used by Kathleen Scott, wife of
Captain Scott of the South Pole, for her statue of “
Youth”, December
1922.
Today, the statue is erected at
the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.
After his brother’s death, 1935, Lawrence gave Cloud
Nines to the National Trust. Today it
is a museum.
Also buried at St. Nicholas is Laurence Whistler.
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Laurence Whistler
photographed 1950
by
Howard Coster |
Sir Alan Charles Laurence Whistler. The British poet and
artist, who works was particular glass engraving.
Whistler’s early works include a casket for
the Queen Mother.
He also produced a
wedding present for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, 1947, a glass goblet
with engraved with the words from Thomas Campion’s 1613 poem written for the
marriage of James I’s daughter, Elizabeth of Bohemia to Frederick V, Elector
Palatine.
Whistler also replaced the stain glass windows, at St.
Nicholas. The church boost 11 of his
windows, a further 12th was made, Forgiveness, featuring
Judas. The window is only display in the
local museum.
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Self-portrait
Rex Whistler, 1934 |
Whistler’s, older brother was Reginald John “Rex”
Whistler.
Rex Whistler was the a British painted, designer and illustrator,
who served with the Welsh Guards during the Second World War, and he was killed
July 1944.
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Mural
Rex Whistler Restaurant
Tate Modern, London |
Rex Whistler noted works include mural finished when he was aged
22 for the Tate café.
The café is now
known as the
Rex Whistler Restaurant.
His other notable works included the 58-foot ‘Sea-scape Fantsy’ at Plas
Newydd, Isle of Anglesey., ancestral home of the Marquess of Anglesey. He was also commissioned to produced posters and
illustrations for Shell Petroleum and the
Radio Times.
Rex Whistler also created designs for Wedgewood,
his drawings based on the Devon village of Clovelly.
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Lady Caroline Paget
National Trust
Plas Newydd,
Isle of Anglesey |
His works also include portraits of the London society known
as the “Bright Young Things”, including Edith Sitwell and Cecil Beaton. Also Caroline, Lady Duff, the English socialite and actress, born Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline Paget.
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Self-Portrait in Welsh Guards uniform
1940 |
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Rex Whistler was
eager to join the army, he was commissioned into the Welsh Guards, ranked as
Second Lieutenant.
His also role was the
burial officer of his regiment.
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Rex Whistler headstone
Banneville-la-Campagne War
Cemetery |
After he was killed July 1944, Rex Whistler is buried at
Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
His brother, Whistler, produced a memorial glass engraving
which was placed in the Morning Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral.
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