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