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| ====== William Augustus Murray Prior ====== | ====== William Augustus Murray Prior ====== |
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| William was baptised at [[wp>Bray,_Berkshire\Bray]] in Berkshire on 19 January 1825.((notes written in Thomas Prior’s prayer book, possession J Godden)) His baptism as a three-year old is further confirmation that his parents were [[wp>Evangelical_Anglicanism|evangelical Anglicans]].\\ | William was baptised at [[wp>Bray,_Berkshire|Bray]] in Berkshire on 19 January 1825.((notes written in Thomas Prior’s prayer book, provenance: J Godden.)) His baptism as a three-year old is further confirmation that his parents were [[wp>Evangelical_Anglicanism|evangelical Anglicans]].\\ |
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| William M-P became an ensign ((lowest rank of commissioned officer in infantry regiments)) in the [[wp>59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot]]. His regiment is confirmed by some loose blank pages, originally part of a book, with the inscription ‘W.A. Murray Prior. 59th Regt.” He died at Portsmouth from a gunshot wound on 5 February 1844 – presumably an accident when training. His brother TLM-P wrote in a prayer book he owned that William died when he was 22 years, 2 months and 17 days old – a precision which suggests profound grief. William, like his father, was a career soldier - but also an artist. The seriousness with which William took his art is seen by a very large, thick, heavy album in which he collected his sketches and examples of art.((In possession of Geoffrey M-P)). I have a smaller volume engraved ‘Bruges 1841’ containing lithographs of sketches of life in Bruges. There is also a reputed self-portrait of William.((Provenance: Geoffrey M-P to Tom A. M-P.)) | William M-P became an ensign ((lowest rank of commissioned officer in infantry regiments)) in the [[wp>59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot]]. His regiment is confirmed by some loose blank pages, originally part of a book, with the inscription ‘W.A. Murray Prior. 59th Regt.' He died at Portsmouth from a gunshot wound on 5 February 1844 – presumably an accident when training. His brother TLM-P wrote in a prayer book he owned that William died when he was 22 years, 2 months and 17 days old – a precision which suggests profound grief. William, like his father, was a career soldier - but also an artist. The seriousness with which William took his art is seen by a very large, thick, heavy album in which he collected his sketches and examples of art.((Provenance: Geoffrey M-P)). There is also a smaller volume engraved ‘Bruges 1841’ containing lithographs of sketches of life in Bruges.((Provenance: J. Godden)) There are also two reputed self-portraits of William and one believed to be his painting of his mother.((Provenance: Geoffrey M-P to Tom A. M-P.; T.A. & M.T. M-P)) |
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| ===== Some more of William's Art ===== | ===== Some more of William's Art ===== |