Evan Charteris
The Honourable Sir Evan Edward Charteris, KC (29 January 1864 – 16 November 1940) was a British biographer, historian, barrister and arts administrator. He published notable biographies of his friend John Singer Sargent and of Edmund Gosse.
Life
Evan Edward Charteris was the youngest child of
From 1914 to 1918 he rejoined the Army as a Staff captain.[2] He was made King's Counsel in 1919.[4]
He became chairman of the Trustees of the
On 9 August 1930 he married Lady Dorothy Margaret Browne, the elder daughter of Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare and Hon. Elizabeth Baring, and the widow of Lord Edward Grosvenor.[1]
He died at his residence, Jesmond Hill, Pangbourne, Berkshire.
Works
- (ed.) A short account of the affairs of Scotland: in the years 1744, 1745, 1746, 1907
- William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, his early life and times (1721-1748), 1913
- William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and the seven years' war, 1925
- John Sargent: with reproductions from his paintings and drawings, 1927
- The Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse, London, 1931
References
- ^ a b "thepeerage.com". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ a b c The Times, 18 November 1940, p. 9
- ISBN 978-0091660604.
- Who Was Who
- ^ a b Announcements, Nature 141 (19 March 1938), p. 509
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