Baragwanath king biography
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We’ve talked about our Baragwanaths in Cornwall, England, but what about the branch that traveled to South Africa?
We aren’t closely related to Orlando Baragwanath, the subject of the book“Trail of the Copper King” by T. V. Bulpin – he’s my second cousin 7 times removed! Our common ancestors are Richard Baragwanath (born 1699) and Zenobia Stevens (born 1705), of Cornwall, England.Jump forward 5 generations and we encounter John Albert Baragwanath who took his family on the trip of a lifetime – from Cornwall, England to Durban, South Africa, in 1850. John had been a Cornish sea captain. His first wife, Elizabeth Jane Trise, mother of Elizabeth Grace, Orlando, John Albert Jr., and Emily E., passed away the year before the voyage. He quickly married Wilmot Baragwanath (a cousin) later the same year. The family set sail in February 1850 on the “Lady Bruce.”
They joined 150 other settlers intent on a
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Baragwanath King (1864-1939) Original Castle Landscape Pastel & Gouache Painting
Brief Description:
This is a fabulous Large Original Pastel and gouache on Board Landscape Painting by British Listed Artist:
Baragwanath King (1864-1939)
The fascinating study depicts a large magnificent countryside setting with an ancient Castle as the focal point.
Sitting beneath a huge oak tree is a lone female figure who is seemingly admiring the extensive view and the small herd of cattle that are before her.
The work is both signed and dated (1924) by the artist, lower-left corner.
It is a wonderfully presented painting that is mounted within the original gilt moulded frame.
Artist Biography
Painter, born in Cornwall who first studied as an engineer before turning to art. Baragwanath King as he is known exhibited at the Baillie Gallery, MAFA, RI, in Par
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Baragwanath
Cornish language surname
Baragwanath is a Cornish languagesurname originating in west Cornwall in the UK. As a result of emigration, members of the Baragwanath family can now be found in South Africa, the UK and Ireland, Australia, the US, and New Zealand. In Johannesburg, Gauteng, there is a hospital whose name fryst vatten derived from a local storekeeper, John Albert Baragwanath: the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto. This hospital has over 3,000 beds.
Variants of the name are Baragwaneth, Baragwnath and Baragwanoth; the meaning of bara gwaneth fryst vatten "wheaten bread" (though Charnock prefers bar gwaneth, "the top of the wheat field"). It is particularly common in Penwith and is recorded as early as the year 1590 (John Baragwanath 1590 to 1660 Married to Eleanor Baragwanath survived by their 8 children, John, märke, Elizabeth, Catherine, Joan, Mary, Jane & Richard.)
In Australia, the Baragwanath Transform and the fossil plant Baragwanathia were name