Lady Beatrix Stanley

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Stanley and her daughter Barbara posing for the cover of Country Life (Magazine)
The Lady Beatrix Stanley Iris

Lady Beatrix Stanley,

botanical artist who drew plants native to Chennai,[clarification needed] India, and consequently has multiple flower strains named after her, most notably an iris and snowdrop,[1][2] such as Galanthus ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’, a double snowdrop, which was named after her in 1981.[3]

Life

Stanley was born in 1877 to

Madras in the British Raj. Stanley's body of watercolour work was created during her residency in India, in Ootacamund.[3] She studied the plants and gardening practises in the local climate with local fauna, as well as British plants which had been imported.[7][8]
The family returned to the UK in 1934.

Stanley also wrote about horticulture, including the article “Gardening in India,” published in the May 23, 1931 edition of The Gardener’s Chronicle.[5] She also became editor of an RHS publication, The New Flora and Fauna, 1938 through 1940.[5]

In 1938 Stanley's husband died. Stanley herself died six years later at their family home of Sibbertoft Manor, Market Harborough.[2]

Stanley's daughter Barbara married Major Sir Charles James Buchanan. Through their descendants the bulbs that Stanley was so passionate about continue to be grown at the historic Hodsock Priory. The property and Stanley's watercolours are owned by Stanley's great-grandson, Andrew Buchanan.[5][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "RHS and Moorcroft collaborate on beautiful new line of art pottery – Brands Magazine". Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituary: Lady Beatrix Stanley; Gardening at Home and in India". The Times. 4 May 1944.
  3. ^ a b "More information about George's aristocratic Iris". RCHS. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ Remmé, Richard. "Lady Beatrix Taylour (1877-1944) » Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Genealogy Online". Genealogy Online. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Lady Beatrix Stanley |". Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ Country Life. 1907.
  7. ISBN 978-1-4665-7387-1
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  8. ^
    ISBN 978-81-8475-871-9
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  9. ISBN 978-1-78500-450-6
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