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Dame Agnes Jekyll | |
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Born | Agnes Lowndes Graham
[1] 12 October 1861
Largs,
North Ayrshire, Scotland |
Died | 28 January 1937 | (aged 75)
Occupation(s) | Artist, writer and philanthropist |
Dame Agnes Lowndes Jekyll, DBE, GCStJ ( née Graham; 12 October 1861 – 28 January 1937) was a Scottish-born British artist, writer and philanthropist. The daughter of William Graham, Liberal MP for Glasgow (1865–1874) and patron of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she was educated at home by governesses, and later attended King's College London.
Agnes Lowndes Graham married Herbert Jekyll (later Sir Herbert Jekyll, KCMG), a soldier, public servant and wood-carver, and brother of the noted garden designer, writer and artist, Gertrude Jekyll. They lived at Munstead House in Surrey.
Their children were:
Agnes Jekyll was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1918 for her public works. She first published Kitchen Essays (1922) in The Times, reprinted in 2001 by Persephone Books. [2] [3]