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Frederick Richards Leyland

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Rosa bore a son named Frederick Richards Leyland Caldecott in 1883. Leyland had two further sons with his mistress Annie Ellen Wooster, Frederick Richards (b.1884) and Francis George Leyland Wooster (b.1890).
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in 1873. Under his direction the line expanded into transatlantic trade and by 1882 had 25 steamships. He retired from active business in 1888, leaving his son Frederick Dawson Leyland in charge.
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made his first move into shipping by leading a consortium which purchased the Leyland Line of the late Frederick Richards Leyland. In 1901, Ellerman sold this business to
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Dawson (1834–1910) on 23 March 1855, but they separated in 1879, possibly because of his liaison with his married mistress Rosa Laura Caldecott,
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Leyland served as an apprentice in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co, where he rose to become a partner. In 1867, he took on the tenancy of
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He and Frances had four children together: Frederick Dawson (b. 1856), Fanny (b. 1857), Florence (b. 1859, married
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is considered one of Whistler's greatest works. After Leyland's death, his widow sold
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Leyland died in 1892, one of the largest shipowners in Britain, and is buried in
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who had it dismantled and shipped to the United States. It is now in the
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designed Leyland's funerary monument, located in Brompton Cemetery
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Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Frances Leyland
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for £1.2 million, which was immediately folded into the
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Brompton Cemetery
51°29′5″N 0°11′26″W / 51.48472°N 0.19056°W / 51.48472; -0.19056
transatlantic trade
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

James McNeill Whistler
Speke Hall
Leyland Line
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Pre-Raphaelites
Albert Moore
The Beguiling of Merlin
Edward Burne-Jones
Arthurian
Merlin
Lady of the Lake
Jeckyll
Peacock Room
Charles Lang Freer
Smithsonian Museum
Freer Gallery of Art

The Peacock Room
James McNeill Whistler
Thomas Jeckyll
Brompton Cemetery
John Ellerman

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