Courtauld Family


The Courtauld Family is an English business family of Huguenot origin, active during the 17th-20th century.

Members

  • Augustin Courtauld, cooper, vintner and goldsmith. Arrived in London sometime between 1686-1687, fleeing Huguenot persecution in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
  • * Augustin Courtauld, goldsmith, son of Augustin Courtauld.
  • * Pierre Courtauld, silversmith, son of Augustin Courtauld.
  • *Samuel Courtauld, I, silversmith, son of Anne Bardin and Augustin Courtauld; married Louisa Courtauld, silversmith.
  • ** Samuel Courtauld, II, silversmith and merchant, son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I.
  • **George Courtauld, industrialist, silk weaver and founder of ″George Courtauld & Co″, son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I; married Ruth Minton.
  • ***Samuel Courtauld, silk throwster, son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton. Expanded ″George Courtauld & Co″ alongside his cousin Peter Taylor as ″Courtauld & Taylor″.
  • ****Louisa Ruth Lowe, adopted daughter of Samuel Courtauld
  • ***Catherine Courtauld, daughter of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton
  • ***George Courtauld, son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton; married Susanna Sewell
  • ****George Courtauld JP, son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell
  • *****Katherine Courtauld, daughter of George Courtauld and first wife Mina Courtauld ; partner of Mary Gladstone
  • *****Samuel Augustine Courtauld JP, son of George Courtauld and second wife Susanna Elizabeth Courtauld
  • *****Elizabeth Courtauld, pioneer physician, daughter of George Courtauld and Susanna Elizabeth Courtauld
  • ****Samuel Augustine Courtauld, son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell
  • ****Louis Courtauld, son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Elizabeth Robinson
  • ****Susanna Ruth Courtauld, daughter of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Lewis Barrett Solly
  • ****Sydney Courtauld JP, son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Sarah Lucy Sharpe
  • *****Sir William Julien Courtauld, 1st Baronet, JP, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe
  • *****Sydney Renée Courtauld, Suffragette and philanthropist, daughter of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe
  • *****Samuel Courtauld, industrialist and founder of Courtauld Institute of Art, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey
  • ******Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld, daughter of Samuel Courtauld and Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey; married Rab Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
  • *****Catharine Dowman, Suffragette and philanthropist known for the restoration of the Cutty Sark, daughter of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Captain Wilfred Harry Dowman
  • *****John Courtauld, Conservative Party politician, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe
  • *****Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRGS, patron and philanthropist, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Lady Virginia Courtauld.

    Other members

  • Augustine "August" Courtauld, Arctic explorer, son of Samuel Augustine Courtauld and cousin of Samuel Courtauld ; married Mollie Courtauld (née Montgomerie; later Lady Butler of Saffron Walden