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Before 1844 [his father] Charles William Greaves and [his mother] Elizabeth Greenway were married.
On 4th July 1846 Walter Greaves was born to Charles William Greaves and Elizabeth Greenway at 31 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
Around 1859. Walter Greaves [aged 12]. "The Waterside Entrance to Cremorne Gardens, London".
1860 -1880. Walter Greaves [aged 13]. "Old Battersea Bridge [Map] by Night". Sketch for 'Old Battersea Bridge'.
Around 1862. Walter Greaves [aged 15]. "Hammersmith Bridge [Map] on Boat-race Day".
1863 -1868. Walter Greaves [aged 16]. "Chelsea Regatta".
In 1863 Walter Greaves [aged 16] and his brother Henry met James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 28]. They became his studio assistants, pupils and close friends for over 20 years.
1874. Walter Greaves [aged 27]. "Old Battersea Bridge [Map]".
Before 1880. Walter Greaves [aged 33]. Portrait of James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 45].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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1900. Walter Greaves [aged 53]. "Plumbago Factory".
Note 1. Plumbago being graphite for which a patent for the production of crucibles for the melting of metal had been issued to the Morgan brothers in 1856 who founded the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, making crucibles in a small factory in Battersea, London.
1900. Walter Greaves [aged 53]. "Kew Bridge [Map]".
On 28th November 1930 Walter Greaves [aged 84] died of pneumonia in the West London Hospital, Hammersmith. He was buried in the Charterhouse graveyard at Little Hallingbury in Essex.