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'''George Francis Miles''' (1852–1891) was a [[London]] artist who specialised in [[pastel]] portraits of society ladies. He was the son of the [[rector]] of [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]] in [[Nottinghamshire]], and grandson of [[Philip John Miles]] (1773–1845), an English merchant, politician and collector, who was elected [[Member of Parliament (UK)|MP]] for [[Bristol]] in 1820. |
'''George Francis Miles''' (1852–1891) was a [[London]] artist who specialised in [[pastel]] portraits of society ladies. He was the son of the [[rector]] of [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]] in [[Nottinghamshire]], and grandson of [[Philip John Miles]] (1773–1845), an English merchant, politician and collector, who was elected [[Member of Parliament (UK)|MP]] for [[Bristol]] in 1820. |
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Today, Frank Miles is best known for being a friend and house-mate (and many believe a lover) of [[Oscar Wilde]] whom he met in 1876. Miles introduced Wilde to [[Lillie Langtry]], and to his friend and patron |
Today, Frank Miles is best known for being a friend and house-mate (and many believe a lover) of [[Oscar Wilde]] whom he met in 1876. Miles introduced Wilde to [[Lillie Langtry]], and to his friend and patron [[Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower]], who later became the model for the worldly Lord Henry Wotton in Wilde's novel ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''. |
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In 1887, Miles was committed to an asylum near [[Bristol]], and he died in [[1891]] of what was diagnosed as 'general paralysis of the insane<ref>'General paralysis of the insane' was the usual euphemism for syphilis.</ref> (4 years), exhaustion and pneumonia'. |
In 1887, Miles was committed to an asylum near [[Bristol]], and he died in [[1891]] of what was diagnosed as 'general paralysis of the insane<ref>'General paralysis of the insane' was the usual euphemism for syphilis.</ref> (4 years), exhaustion and pneumonia'. |
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George Francis Miles (1852–1891) was a London artist who specialised in pastel portraits of society ladies. He was the son of the rector of Bingham in Nottinghamshire, and grandson of Philip John Miles (1773–1845), an English merchant, politician and collector, who was elected MP for Bristol in 1820.
Today, Frank Miles is best known for being a friend and house-mate (and many believe a lover) of Oscar Wilde whom he met in 1876. Miles introduced Wilde to Lillie Langtry, and to his friend and patron Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, who later became the model for the worldly Lord Henry Wotton in Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
In 1887, Miles was committed to an asylum near Bristol, and he died in 1891 of what was diagnosed as 'general paralysis of the insane[1] (4 years), exhaustion and pneumonia'.
In the 20th century, Miles achieved brief notoriety as being an unlikely suspect for Jack the Ripper theorists. The thin line of argument was that he lived on Tite Street near Sir Melville Macnaghten; a cousin was an equerry to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (another unlikely suspect); and the brother of Montague Druitt, yet another suspect, was in the same regiment that Miles had been in.
Notes
- ^ 'General paralysis of the insane' was the usual euphemism for syphilis.
References
- Neil McKenna, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde
- Donald Rumbelow, The Complete Jack the Ripper