Social Victorians/People/Godwin

Also Known As

• Family name: Godwin
• Edward William Godwin

Demographics

• Nationality:

Family

• Beatrice Birnie Philip Godwin (1857–1896)
• Edward William Godwin (26 May 1833 – 6 October 1886)
  1. Edward Godwin
• Ellen Terry (), not married to each other
  1. Edith Craig (1869–1947)
  2. Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966)
• James Whistler ()

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Acquaintances

• Walter Sickert

Friends

• James Whistler
• Ellen Terry

Clients

• Oscar Wilde
• Princess Louise

Organizations and Social Networks

• Liberty & Co., designs (1870s–1880s)
• Designed houses for Bedford Park, although not many were built

Timeline

1877, Whistler commissioned Godwin to build him a house, the White House, on Tite Street in Chelsea.

1868–1874, Edward Godwin and Ellen Terry had an affair.

1876 on, Edward Godwin designed houses for Bedford Park, Chiswick.

1888 August 11, Beatrice Godwin and James Whistler married.