Gotch, Rosamund Brunel |
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BORN 27 Feb 1864, Cranbrook, Kent - DIED 22 Jan 1949, Oxford, Oxfordshire: 20 St Giles BIRTH NAME Horsley, Rosamund Brunel GRAVE LOCATION Oxford, Oxfordshire: Wolvercote Cemetery, Banbury Road |
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Rosamund Brunel Horsley was the daughter of the painter John Calcott Horsley and his second wife Rosamund Haden, a sister of the surgenon and etcher Seymour Haden. She was named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who had married her aunt Mary Elizabeth Horsley. On 15 December 1887 she married the neurophysiologist Francis Gotch from Oxford. They lived at 89 Bunbary Road in Oxford. She worked as an illustrator and she created illustrations for "A Manual of Cheirosophy" (1900) by Edward Heron-Allen. Later she designed many stage costumes for the Royal College of Music's Parry Theatre. This included costumes for three opera's by Vaughan Williams, who became a friend. Another friend was Hugh Allen. In 1934 she edited a collection of letters of Fanny and Sophia Horsley from between 1833 and 1836. She died in Oxford in 1949 and was buried in the grave of her husband at Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford. Family • Husband: Gotch, Francis (1887-1913, London: St. Margaret's Church, Westminster) Related persons • wrote about Graham, Maria |
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 The grave of Francis Gotch at Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford, Oxfordshire. Picture by Androom (09 Nov 2025) |
Sources • Rosamund Brunel Gotch - Wikipedia (EN) |
