Sydney HUMPHRIES

Background

HUMPHRIES, Sydney was born on August 7, 1862 in Kidderminster. Son of John Humphries, late of Blakebrook House.

Education

Privately; m.

Career

Mary Elizabeth, est daughter of the late Robt. Win. Rankine, Justice of the Peace, of Cunnoquhie, Fife, and 4 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh. Conservative Unionist.

Works

• book

  • Oriental carpets : runners and rugs and some Jacquard reproductions

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • Oriental carpets : runners and rugs and some Jacquard reproductions

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • Oriental Carpets Runners & Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions
  • Oriental Carpets, Runners, and Rugs, and some Jacquard reproductions. [With twenty-four coloured plates.]
  • Oriental Carpets, Runners, and Rugs, and some Jacquard reproductions. With twenty-four coloured plates.
  • Oriental Carpets Runners & Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions

Membership

Clubs: Grosvenor; Union, Birmingham.

• Clubs: Grosvenor; Union, Birmingham.

Interests

• Landscape gardening and archery. Interested in books and bindings, music, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Visited the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, India, and Italy.

Connections

Father:

John Humphries