Enid Margaret Warne-Browne ‘E.W.B.’ (1893-1971), artist and illustrator

Born 5 August 1893, Hampstead, died March Quarter 1971, Penzance, Cornwall.

Daughter of Edith C Warne-Browne (1863-1954) and Alfred Joseph Warne-Browne (1854-1915), landscape and seascape artist. Sister of Constance Mabel Warne-Browne, later Morison (about 1888-1927) and twin of Ethel Mary Warne-Browne (1893-1978). Constance was born in Germany. The Helston Advertiser described her father as “a true Bohemian, with a highly developed artistic temperament.” and declared that “Mr Warne Browne loved the sea, and painted it with a sincerity and fidelity which ought to have secured for him a higher place in the world of art” [Cornwall Artists Index ‘Alfred Joseph Warne Browne’, accessed 2023.07.11].

Resident, with mother and sister, The Cottage, Kuggar Grade, Ruan Minor [Ruan Major and Grade civil parish] “Attending Household Duties” [1911 Census] and with her mother at Larksfield, Wantage Road, Wantage, Berkshire, “female, single, artist” [1939 England and Wales Register].

The illustrations are from the archives of Peter Scott & Co., knitwear manufacturers.

Sources: Birth: Sep Quarter 1893, Warne-Browne, Enid Margaret, Hampstead 1a 668; death, Mar Quarter 1971, Warne-Browne, Enid Margaret, Penzance 7a 211; 1911 Census Returns, Cornwall; 1939 England and Wales Register, Schedule Number: 188, Sub Schedule Number: 2, Enumeration District: DURL, Registration district: 118/2; Edith C Warne-Browne death Dec Quarter 1954, aged 91, Wallingford 6a 137.

[Illustrations: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA512/McLagan & Cumming Block File Book]

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Archivist, interests include Dr John Stewart Muir 1845-1938) of Selkirk, general practitioner, and Seton Paul Gordon (1886–1977), naturalist, author and photographer

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