Philip Streatfeild
James Philip Sydney Streatfeild[1] (5 November 1879 – 3 June 1915) was an English painter, and bohemian. Born in Clapham his father was a bank clerk, and grandfather the vicar of East Ham, Essex, he studied at art college. A successful artist, he was acquainted with London society and was a friend of Robbie Ross, patron of the arts and a former lover of Oscar Wilde. He enlisted in the army in November 1914 but contracted tuberculosis and was invalided out in the spring of 1915.[2] He also was the lover of then 14 year old actor and later famed author Noel Coward in 1913.[3] Noel's social ascendancy began thanks to his teenage friendship with Philip Streatfeild. Before his death he asked wealthy socialite Mrs. Astley Cooper to take Coward under her wing. Young Noel became a frequent guest at her country estate. [4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hoare, Phillip. Noel Coward: A Biography. University of Chicago Press, 1998. ISBN 0-226-34512-2. (clarifies that this is correct spelling, noting that Coward spelled it incorrectly.)
- ^ Day, p. 33
- ^ http://bandofthebes.typepad.com/bandofthebes/2009/12/born-december-16-noel-coward.html3
- ^ Noel Coward: Biographical Sketch by John Kenrick, 2000
[edit] References
Day, Barry (ed). The Letters of Noël Coward, Methuen, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7136-8578-7
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