OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 22816, 26 November 1937, Page 12

OBITUARY

MR PHILIP DE LASZLG (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, November 22. Mr Philip de Laszlo, the Hungarianborn portrait painter who became a naturalised British subject in 1914, died to-day; aged 68. Mr do Laszlo painted King Edward VII. and many other notables. [Mr Philip Laszlo de Lombos was born in Budapest in 1869, and was a naturalised British subject. He was educated at an industrial art school and at the National Drawing School in Budapest, then went to Munich, where ho ' worked under A. Liezenmayer, and also studied at Julian’s in Paris. Later he worked under Lefebre and Benjamin Constant. He had painted many notables. His portrait of Prince Hohenlohe obtained a gold; medal at the Paris Salon of 1899, and in the following year he won a second gold medal for a portrait of Pope Leo XIII. Among his works were portraits of King Edward VII., Queen Alexandra, the ex-Kaiser, Signor Mussolini, President Hoover, President Coolidge, and Mr Andrew Mellon, the former Secretary of the United States Treasury. Ho was a success at 19, when he started touring Europe, paiutjng notables, and the list of his honours and decorations from foreign nations fills many lines of his biographical notice in ‘ Who’s Who.’ He was ennobled by the Emperor of Austria and the King of Hungary, and received the M.V.O. from Britain. He married in 1900 the sixth daughter of the late Mr H. Gtfonness, of Dublin, and had five sons.] LADY BRUGE PORTER Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 25. The death has occurred of Lady Bruce Porter, wife of Sir Bruce Porter. She was born in Auckland, being the daughter of the Rev. D. Bruce, and was Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. LEADING CHARITY WORKER. LONDON, November 25. (Received November 26, at 10 a.m.) Lady Bruce Porter was among England’s leading charity workers, notably Dr Barnardo Homes and Toe H. She was also one of the founders of the unique Women’s Automobile Club. MISS LILIAN BAYLIS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 25. (Received November 26, at'll a.m.) The death has occurred of Miss Lilian Baylis. [Miss Lilian Baylis was lessee and manager of the Old Vic. Theatre since 1898. She was a child violinist and concert entertainer in England and South Africa in her early youth.]