The Courtauld Family is an English business family of Huguenot origin, active during the 17th–20th century.
Members Augustin Courtauld (1655–1706), cooper, vintner and goldsmith. Arrived in London sometime between 1686 and 1687, fleeing Huguenot persecution in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron. Augustin Courtauld (c.1685/1686–c.1751), goldsmith, son of Augustin Courtauld. Pierre Courtauld (1690–1729), silversmith, son of Augustin Courtauld. Samuel Courtauld, I (1720–1765), silversmith, son of Anne Bardin and Augustin Courtauld; married Louisa Courtauld (née Ogier; 1729–1807), silversmith. Samuel Courtauld, II (1752–1821), silversmith and merchant, son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I. George Courtauld (1761–1823), industrialist, silk weaver and founder of ″George Courtauld & Co″ (later, Courtaulds), son of Louisa Courtauld and Samuel Courtauld, I; married Ruth Minton. Samuel Courtauld (c.1793 – 1881), silk throwster, son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton. Expanded ″George Courtauld & Co″ alongside his cousin Peter Taylor as ″Courtauld & Taylor″. Louisa Ruth Lowe (née Harris), adopted daughter of Samuel Courtauld Catherine Courtauld (1795–), daughter of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton George Courtauld (1802 – 1861), son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton; married Susanna Sewell (1803-1888) George Courtauld JP (1830 – 1920), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell Katherine Courtauld (1856 – 1935), daughter of George Courtauld and first wife Mina Courtauld (née Bromley); partner of Mary Gladstone (1856 – 1941) Samuel Augustine Courtauld JP (1865 – 1953), son of George Courtauld and second wife Susanna Elizabeth Courtauld (nee Savill) Elizabeth Courtauld (1867 – 1947), pioneer physician, daughter of George Courtauld and Susanna Elizabeth Courtauld (nee Savill) Samuel Augustine Courtauld (1833 – 1854), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell Louis Courtauld (1834–), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Elizabeth Robinson Susanna Ruth Courtauld (1838–), daughter of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Lewis Barrett Solly Sydney Courtauld JP (1840 – 1899), son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell; married Sarah Lucy Sharpe (1803 – 1888) Sir William Julien Courtauld, 1st Baronet, JP (1870 – 1940), son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe Sydney Renée Courtauld (1873 – 1962), Suffragette and philanthropist, daughter of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe Samuel Courtauld, (1876 – 1947) industrialist and founder of Courtauld Institute of Art, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld (1902–1954), daughter of Samuel Courtauld and Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey; married Rab Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (1902 – 1982) Catharine Dowman (née Courtauld; 1878 – 1972), Suffragette and philanthropist known for the restoration of the Cutty Sark, daughter of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Captain Wilfred Harry Dowman (1879–1936) John Courtauld (1880 – 1942), Conservative Party politician, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRGS (1883 – 1967), patron and philanthropist, son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe; married Lady Virginia Courtauld (née Peirano; 1885 – 1972).
Other members Augustine "August" Courtauld (1904 – 1959), Arctic explorer, son of Samuel Augustine Courtauld and cousin of Samuel Courtauld (1876 – 1947); married Mollie Courtauld (née Montgomerie; later Lady Butler of Saffron Walden} (1907 – 2009)
Peter Taylor, expanded ″George Courtauld & Co″ alongside his cousin Samuel Courtauld (c.1793 – 1881) as ″Courtauld & Taylor″. Peter Alfred Taylor MP, politician, anti-vaccinationist and radical, son of Peter Taylor; married Clementia Taylor (née Doughty; 1810–1908), English women's rights activist and radical. Partner of ″Courtauld & Taylor″ from 1840.
Rab Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (1902 – 1982) politician, widower of Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld (1902–1954); second husband of Lady Mollie Butler of Saffron Walden (née Montgomerie, formerly Courtauld;1907–2009), widow of Augustine "August" Courtauld (1904–1959)
See also Mah-Jongg (–1938) a ring-tailed lemur owned by Lady Virginia Courtauld and Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld.
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