Blackmore , Sir , Charles , 1880-1967 , Knight , civil servant Honey , Constance Winifred , 1892-1944 , painter

Blackmore , Sir , Charles , 1880-1967 , Knight , civil servant Honey , Constance Winifred , 1892-1944 , painter

Sir Charles Blackmore was born in 1880. He entered the Imperial Civil Service and was posted to Northern Ireland, becoming the Secretary to the Northern Ireland Cabinet between 1924 and 1939. He was knighted in 1932. In 1967 he died, unmarried, at his home in County Down. Blackmore was a noted collector of antiques, many of which were destroyed when his home was gutted by fire in the 1930s.

Constance Winifred Honey was born in England in 1892. She moved to Australia as a child and trained as a painter at the National Gallery School, Melbourne. In 1911 she returned to London and lived there until her death in 1944.

Obituary of Sir Charles Blackmore: The Times Monday, May 15, 1967; pg. 12; Issue 56941; col E.

Information about C W Honey from http://www.daao.org.au/bio/constance-winifred-honey/ [accessed Sept 2011].