Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree - George Vemply Burwood


 

George Vemply Burwood was born at Lowestoft, Suffolk on 12 August and baptised at St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft on 6 October 1844, son of George Burwood, a fisherman, and his wife Mary Ann. Young George married firstly at Ipswich in 1868, Eliza Miller (1844-1874), by whom he had a daughter Rosa and a son Arthur (a third child, Sidney Robert did not survive beyond two years of age); and secondly at Cuckfield, Sussex in 1875, Martha Cox, by whom he had a further eleven children. In February 1876 George Vemply Burwood of Kirkley, near Lowestoft, was a general cooper, fish label manufacturer and steam sawyer. Burwood was proficient in working with wood, especially at model-building and it was this capability which sparked his taking up painting, initially as a ship's portraitist working in watercolour and oils. George was commissioned to make a model for Princess Alexandra which is now housed in the Lowestoft Museum along with other Burwood models and paintings. In 1881, the family were living at Lindfield Cottage, Mariner’s Score, Lowestoft where George was ‘a cooper & marine modeller’ and, although not a member, exhibited at Ipswich Fine Art Club from Lindfield Cottage 1882-1885 including 'Smack 'Lahloo' returning from Sea' (1882), 'Scarborough Castle and North Bay by Moonlight', 'Herring Fishing off Lowestoft, Moonlight', 'Lighthouse and Pier, South Bay, Scarboro', 'Lowestoft and Yarmouth, Fishing Boats in a Storm', 'Scarborough Castle and South Bay, from the Nab Rock' (1884), 'To the Rescue-Wrecks on Lowestoft South Beach-Moonlight' and 'On a Lee Shore, Lowestoft South Beach, Looking North' (1885). His diorama of 'Lahloo' was exhibited at the International Fishing Exhibition 1881 and won a silver medal. Burwood was still living at Lindfield Cottage, Mariner’s Score, Lowestoft 1891-1911 being described as a ‘marine artist & sculptor’. George Vemply Burwood died at Lowestoft in 1917, aged 72.

                                    Wildflower LT557 by George Vemply Burwood. 
                                     On display at the Lowestoft Maritime Museum

Genealogy:  George Vemply Burwood (1844-1917) married Marth Cox (1851-1935) and their daughter Alice Ethel Burwood (1892-1962) married John Edward Smith; their daughter Iris Ethel Patricia Smith (1914-1981) married Eric Charles Vickery and their daughter Joy Doreen Vickery (1939-2013) married Michael John Adams and their son David John Adams (1958-2023) married Sarah Louise Allerton (1971 -     ).  Sarah Louise Allerton's father was Roger G Allerton (1944 -     ).  Roger G Allerton's mother was Mary Emma Thacker (1919-1999) and her father was Bertie Edward Thacker (1844-1040) and his father was Samuel Thacker (1854-1947) and his mother was Phoebe Cole (1820-1903) and her mother was Lydia A Cotton (1794-1876) and her father was John Cotton (1766-1832) and his mother was Elizabeth Foster (1732-1780) and her father was Thomas Forster (1710-    ).  Thomas Forster's son was Samuel Forster (1740-1815) and his son was William Foster (1778-1854) and his son was Isaac Forster (1801-1890) and his son was Thomas Forster (1837-1888) and his daughter was Caroline Forster (1864-1906) who was married to George William Welch-Adams.


Some of his most famous works of art are shown below:

St Margaret's Church 1885

Square Rig Sail Ship 1887

Seascape, Fishing Boats by Moonlight 1884



The Lowestoft Trawler 'LT356' 1892





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