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Eliza Isabella Winstanley, 1788-1857

Nationality: Scottish
Date of Birth: 1788
Place of Birth: Bahamas
Date of Death: 1857.08.19
Place of Death: Preston, Lancashire

Identity:

She was the daughter of Alicia Clunie and Daniel McNeill and was AMW's half-sister. She married twice: 1. Robert Wellwood and lived at Wellwood Lodge, Brunsfield Links, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2. John Winstanley and lived in Preston, Lancashire. She never had any children.

Bibliography:

Scottish Genealogy, Register of Proclamations in 1825, p. 315; Robin Spencer, 'Whistler's Early Relations with Britain and the Significance of Industry and Commerce for his Art,' The Burlington Magazine, London, April 1994, vol. 136, pp. 212-24.