Primrose Harley

Primrose Harley (1908–1978) was a painter and gardener.

She was born on Primrose Day 19 April 1908, at 25 Harley Street, St Marylebone, the London home of her parents Vaughan Harley (1864–1923) and Mary 'Ming' née Blagden (1869–1936).^[1] In 1936 she married Lt-Col John Alfred Codrington (1898–1991) a career soldier who had a lifelong interest in plants. They divorced in 1942 and she later married the landscape gardener Lanning Roper (1912–1983) in 1952 and worked with him on his landscaping projects.

Primrose died on 22 April 1978 at her home in Chelsea.

References

^ Brown, Jane C. "Roper [née Harley; other married name Codrington], Primrose (1908-1978), painter and gardener". Oxford Index. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 23 October 2016.(subscription required)

External links

2 artworks by or after Primrose Harley at the Art UK site. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

[1] Brown, Jane C. "Roper [née Harley; other married name Codrington], Primrose (1908-1978), painter and gardener". Oxford Index. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 23 October 2016.(subscription required)

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