Arthur Bryant Triggs
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Arthur Bryant Triggs was an Australian grazier and collector.
, the son of James Triggs, carpet agent, and his wife Celia Anne, née Bryant. His younger brother was Inigo Triggs
, the English country house architect and garden designer and author. The architect Inigo Jones
was a distant relative.
, becoming a wealthy New South Wales
grazier (known as The Sheep King) and collector of art, books and coins.....
Family life
Triggs was born in Chelsea, LondonChelsea, London
Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...
, the son of James Triggs, carpet agent, and his wife Celia Anne, née Bryant. His younger brother was Inigo Triggs
Inigo Triggs
Harry Inigo Triggs was an English country house architect and designer of formal gardens, and author.-Family life:Harry Benjamin Inigo Triggs was born in Chiswick, London, on 28 February 1876, to parents James Triggs, carpet agent, and his wife Celia Anne, née Bryant...
, the English country house architect and garden designer and author. The architect Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones is the first significant British architect of the modern period, and the first to bring Italianate Renaissance architecture to England...
was a distant relative.
Career
In 1887 Arthur immigrated to AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, becoming a wealthy New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
grazier (known as The Sheep King) and collector of art, books and coins.....
External links
- Australian Dictionary of Biography - Arthur Bryant Triggs
- Tracking A.B. Triggs and his collections article by Alan Ives, in "MARGIN: Life & Letters in Early Australia", Nov, 2003.