Curriculum Vitae of Henry Thomas Bosdet
| Year | Age | Event |
| 1856 | Born Jan 7, Hampton Place, The Parade, St Helier, Jersey, to Thomas (master mariner) of Jersey & Sophia Mary Le Roy, of Guernsey | |
| 1859 | 3 | Mother Sophia died at sea, of typhus fever, aboard her husband’s barque “Ellen” (July 31st). Buried at St Saviours, Jersey, Sep 20th |
| 1861 | 5 | Father Captain Thomas Bosdet married Emmeline (Sophia’s sister) in St Clement Danes, Westminster (Mar 18th) |
| 1869 | 13 | Pupil at University College School, Gower Street, London (now at Hampstead), until 1871 |
| 1870 | 14 | |
| 1871 | 15 | Living at 23 Graham Road, Hackney, London |
| 1872 | 16 | Accepted as Probationer Student (Painting) at the Royal Academy of Arts (July 12th) (recommended by J Sparkes) |
| Living at 92 Sussex Road, Holloway, London | ||
| 1873 | 17 | Accepted as Student (Painting at the Royal Academy of Arts (January 10th) (recommended by J Sparkes) |
| 1874 | 18 | |
| 1875 | 19 | |
| 1876 | 20 | Presume moved on to 2nd student term & Upper School of the Royal Academy of Arts, after 3 years in Lower School |
| 1877 | 21 | |
| 1878 | 22 | |
| 1879 | 23 | Presume graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts |
| 1880 | 24 | |
| 1881 | 25 | |
| 1882 | 26 | Living at 54 Patschull Road, Camden |
| Supplied window to Ste. Marie du Catel Church, Guernsey (Crucifixion) | ||
| Teaching at Islington College of Art (Barnsbury School of Art, Barnsbury Hall). Mentioned in press report of prize giving. | ||
| 1883 | 27 | Appointed Curator of the Life School at the Royal Academy of Arts (Nov 20th) |
| 1884 | 28 | Mentioned in Islington College of Art school programme |
| 1885 | 29 | Exhibited an unnamed portrait at the Royal Academy of Arts |
| 1886 | 30 | |
| 1887 | 31 | |
| 1888 | 32 | |
| 1889 | 33 | |
| 1890 | 34 | |
| 1891 | 35 | Living at 1 Orchard Cottages, Charlton Road, Sunbury, Middlesex |
| 1892 | 36 | |
| 1893 | 37 | |
| 1894 | 38 | |
| 1895 | 39 | |
| 1896 | 40 | |
| 1897 | 41 | |
| 1898 | 42 | Married Julia Marion Reece Edwards (widow, 3 yrs his snr, born in Devon, daughter of dec'sed barrister) in Marylebone Reg Off (Jun 22) |
| Residing at 20 Newman Street, Marylebone. Witnesses Adelina Bosdet Webber & husband | ||
| Moved to Inglewood, Grove Park Terrace, Chiswick (until 1910) | ||
| Member of Jersey Society in London. Addressed Jersey Society in London on “Art Ancient and Modern” | ||
| 1899 | 43 | |
| 1900 | 44 | |
| 1901 | 45 | Letter dated July 15th from Ernst Crofts of Burlington House praising HTB’s long service as Curator of the Life School at the RA |
| 1902 | 46 | Joined Société Jersiase as overseas member (& remained a member for life) |
| 1903 | 47 | Appointed Curator of Life Drawing & Modelling from the Life (Evening Sculpture) Schools at the Royal Academy of Arts |
| Sporting Life of May 23rd commented on HTB’s recent window at Kingsclere Church, near Newbury | ||
| 1904 | 48 | Death of father Captain Thomas Bosdet, of cancer in Grouville at 82 years (August 31st). Buried in St Saviour’s Cemetery, Jersey |
| 1905 | 49 | Completed Great West Window, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland |
| 1906 | 50 | Completed Dean Farrar Memorial Window, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland |
| Visited Trinity Manor with Société Jersiase | ||
| 1907 | 51 | Painted the reredos for St Saviour’s Church, Jersey, depicting the Nativity of Christ |
| 1908 | 52 | Completed Fairless Memorial Window, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland |
| 1909 | 53 | Death of wife Julia Marion (February 2nd), aged 57. Buried in St Saviour’s Cemetery, Jersey |
| 1910 | 54 | |
| 1911 | 55 | Residing at Bishopswood Studio, Brigwood Road, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Hendon, London NW4 (until 1920) |
| Married 2nd wife Mary Catherine Brereton, daughter of Dr William Westropp Brereton, Professor of Surgery at Queen’s College, Galway | ||
| 1912 | 56 | Commissioned by Signeur of St Ouen’s Manor, Jersey, to design & install a series of windows in the Manor chapel |
| 1913 | 57 | |
| 1914 | 58 | |
| 1915 | 59 | |
| 1916 | 60 | Birth of only son, Harry Westropp, later killed in action in Normandy 1944, aged 28 |
| 1917 | 61 | Completed Charles Henderson Memorial Window, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland |
| 1918 | 62 | Death of stepmother Emmeline, aged 92, in Grouville, Jersey (April 10th). Buried in St Saviour’s Cemetery, Jersey |
| 1919 | 63 | |
| 1920 | 64 | Resigned from Chairmanship of Jersey Society in London |
| Bought Belle Vue Cottage, St Lawrence (May 8th) | ||
| Resigned Curatorship of Royal Academy Evening Schools due to ill health (July) (Curator since Nov 1883) | ||
| Returned to Jersey. Son Harry returned also (aged 4) | ||
| 1921 | 65 | |
| 1922 | 66 | |
| 1923 | 67 | |
| 1924 | 68 | |
| 1925 | 69 | Made will leaving property to 2nd wife Mary Catherine (nee Brereton) and then to his son Harry Westropp Bosdet (April 3rd) |
| Son Harry educated at the Jersey Modern School (1925-1927) | ||
| 1926 | 70 | |
| 1927 | 71 | Sold Belle Vue Cottage, St Lawrence (June 25th) |
| Moved to France | ||
| Son Harry educated at the Lycee of Aix-en-Provence (1927-1931) | ||
| 1928 | 72 | Living at 7 Cours d’Orbitelle, Aix-en-Provence |
| 1929 | 73 | Moved to 12 Cours Sextius, Aix-en-Provence |
| 1930 | 74 | Living at 12 Cours Sextius, Aix-en-Provence |
| 1931 | 75 | Moved to Jersey |
| Son Harry enrolled at Victoria College on Sept 17th (& remained there for 2 years) | ||
| 1932 | 76 | Family living with a relative, J H Bosdet, at Beechwood, St Peter, Jersey |
| 1933 | 77 | Rented Le Patrimoine, St Lawrence, Jersey |
| 1934 | 78 | Died May 23rd at Le Patrimoine, St Lawrence, of bronchitis and heart disease |