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James Philip Sydney Streatfeild〔(Hoare, p. 32 ), confirms that this is the correct spelling, noting that Coward misspelled it in his memoirs.〕 (5 November 1879 – 3 June 1915) was an English painter and bohemian descended from the historic Streatfeild family. Streatfeild was born in Clapham, where his father was a bank clerk. His grandfather was the vicar of East Ham, Essex. He studied at art college. A successful artist, he had a studio off the Kings Road in London. It has been suggested he received training under Henry Scott Tuke. He painted portraits of industrialists, the occasional actress and young children.〔Hoare, Philip. ("Something mad about the boy" ), ''The Independent'', 11 April 1998, accessed 7 January 2014〕 He was acquainted with London society and was a friend of Robbie Ross, patron of the arts and a former lover of Oscar Wilde.〔Day, p. 33〕 In 1914, Streatfeild became a mentor to, and a lover of, the then-14-year-old actor and later famed author Noël Coward.〔Hoare, pp. 33–34〕 Coward's social ascendancy began thanks to Streatfeild who, before his death, asked wealthy socialite Mrs Astley Cooper to take Coward under her wing.〔Evangeline Julia Marshall, an eccentric society hostess (1854–1944), married Clement Paston Astley Cooper, grandson of Sir Astley Paston Cooper. She inherited Hambleton Hall in 1899, and there she entertained rising talents in the artistic world, including Streatfeild, the conductor Malcolm Sargent and the writer Charles Scott Moncrieff, as well as the young Coward. See Callow, Simon. ("Englishman abroad", ) ''The Guardian'', 19 April 2006, accessed 8 February 2009; ("Evangeline Julia Marshall" ), The Peerage, accessed 8 February 2009; and ("History" ), Hambleton Hall website, accessed 8 February 2009〕 Mrs Astley Cooper continued to encourage her late friend's protégé, who remained a frequent guest at her estate, Hambleton Hall.〔Hoare, pp. 39–43〕 Streatfeild enlisted in the army in November 1914 but contracted tuberculosis and was invalided out in the spring of 1915.〔 Streatfeild died from tuberculosis in June 1915 at age 35.〔 ==See also== *Uranian 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Streatfeild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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