George percy jacomb hood biography of williams family

His grandfather, a yeoman farmer in Essex was born Robert Jacomb (), but was a cousin of William Hood, the last male member of his family, who left his.

Jacomb-Hood was born on 6 July at Redhill in Surrey , the fourth of nine children two of whom died in infancy of Robert Jacomb-Hood — and Jane Stothard Littlewood — His grandfather, a yeoman farmer in Essex, was born Robert Jacomb — , a cousin of William Hood, the last male member of his family, who left his estate at Bardon, Leicestershire to him on condition that he took the additional surname of Hood, the estate having been in the Hood family since the s.

He exhibited at the first exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art in London in Jacomb-Hood regularly produced illustrations for The Graphic who gave him a number of overseas assignments. In the magazine sent him to Greece and to Delhi in He accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales on their tour of India and was a member of George V 's personal staff on his tour of India.

He wrote an autobiography in , entitled With Brush and Pencil. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.

His grandfather, a yeoman farmer in Essex, was born Robert Jacomb (–), a cousin of William Hood, the last male member of his family, who left his.

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