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| 1874 |
Helped by Marion's father, the couple paid £2,000
for a lease of 89 years on 18 Stafford Terrace and set about furnishing it in the
fashionable artistic or 'aesthetic' style of the period. It was their home throughout
their 36-year marriage. |
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| 1875 |
Maud Sambourne was born in 1875. She was a good
little girl and grew up to be very pretty. She was devoted to her parents. |
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| 1878 |
Roy Sambourne was born in 1878. Roy, unlike his
sister, was an active, naughty little boy with no interest in schooling. His parents often
worried about him. |
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| 1887 |
The Sambournes undertook some major redecoration
of the house in the mid 1880s. The greatest alterations were the design and installation
of the southern bay window in the drawing room and the installation of a new fireplace in
the principal bedroom (see House tour).
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| 1898 |
Sambourne's daughter Maud married Leonard Messel
in 1898. |
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| 1902 |
Maud's daughter Anne was born in 1902. |
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| 1910 |
At the
end of his life, Sambourne's health gradually worsened. He died from heart disease
on 4th August 1910. |
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| 1914 |
Marion died in 1914 and Roy inherited the house.
Roy never made any alterations to the house or its furnishings.
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