Patron of the arts and Communist Party member. Born as Lesley Stewart McIntyre. Married William, the later Earl Jowitt, in 1913 thus becoming Viscountess Jowitt in 1940. See Boris Anrep for details about the mosaics he created for their home.
This soft-focus photo shows her as a beautiful young woman which you can contrast with a photo of the Jowitts in the 1940s.
Sources include: National Gallery.
Her birth year is variously given as 1888,1889.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lady Lesley Jowitt
Muralist. Married to Anna. Designed the Hackney Peace Carnival Mural but died suddenly from a heart attack, aged 39 before the painting began. He was also working on the Cable Street mural when he...
Landscape painter. Born Surrey Square, SE17. Little formal training. 1826 -1835 he lived in Shoreham, Kent which he painted as a pastoral paradise. Associated with William Blake and John Linnell, w...
Artists' colour manufacturer. Established by William Reeves (1739–1803). It has had a number of names, always including "Reeves" until ownership passed to Wilhelm Becker, through Colart Fine Art an...
Artist. Much of his work is of river scenes in east London, documenting navy shipbuilding, and dock construction. We can't find a picture of him, so have used his painting of the launch of H.M.S. T...
Mural artist. We think this is the same Anna Ferrie who was born January 1950 and was "pleased to have been able to work as a visual artist in the community and for the past 15 years I have co dire...
Greek Ambassador 1957 - 62. Poet and Nobel laureate (literature, 1963). Born Smyrna. Died Athens.
We found some information in The Morning Advertiser - a 2004 article: "Noble House becomes Pioneer Pub Company".
There is archaeological evidence that a church has existed on the site in Cheapside since Saxon times and the current building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Its famous bells feature in the ...
Artist with the London Wall (women's) mural collective/group. Active 1989. Source: Art UK.
Republic of Korea. Killed while serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) in the Korean War, July 1952 to August 1953.
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