UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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Edmund Henry Whitmore, ??-??

Nationality: British
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Identity:

Edmund Henry Whitmore, nephew of General Sir Edmund Augustus Whitmore, KCB, was married to Eva. Eva Whitmore lived at Lower Slaughter Manor until her death at age of 82 in 1944.

Life:

Edmund Henry Whitmore, who appears to have known JW in the 1880s, may have been the Edmund H. Whitmore whose play Sixes and sevens: a misunderstanding was performed at the Garrick Theatre on 29 December 1894 under the management of John Hare.

Bibliography:

Times, London, Thursday 29 January 1891, p. 8; Annual Review, 1890, p. 204; Kelly's Directory of Chelsea, Pimlico, Belgravia 'Buff Book', London, 1887; Kelly's Chelsea, Pimlico, Belgravia Directory, London, 1886-87; Times, London, Friday 21 April 1944, p. 1.