Sheelah Ruggles-Brise
Born in Ireland, died at 162 Ebury Street, London.
Sheelah Ruggles-Brise | |
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| Born | Sheelah Maud Emily Chichester 17 February 1878 |
| Died | 11 March 1953 (aged 75) Arthurstown, County Wexford, Ireland |
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| Children | Arthur Essex Edgeworth Reade Sheelah Violet Edgeworth Reade |
| Relatives | Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway (grandfather) Harriet Stewart, Countess of Galloway (grandmother) Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore (grandfather) |
Sheelah Maud Emily Ruggles-Brise (née Chichester; 1878–1953) was a British author and antiquarian. She is the author of Sealed Bottles (1949),[1] a book study of English glass wine bottles carrying applied seals, it was published by Country Life in London and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York.[2][3] It's frequently cited in peer-reviewed archaeological literature, including in Post-Medieval Archaeology.[4][5]
Between at least 1926 and 1933, Reade served as Chairman of the International Council of Girl Scouts and Guides, the predecessor body to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). In May 1926, in her capacity as chairman, she called on President Coolidge at the White House alongside other Girl Guides leaders attending the annual convention in New York. [6]
Family
Sheelah was the daughter of Hon. Francis Algernon James Chichester son of Arthur Herbet Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore and Lady Emily Octavia Stewart, daughter of Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway.[7]
She married Essex Reade agent of Baring Brothers, on 11 April 1901. They had two children, Arthur Essex Edgeworth Reade DSO MC, who served in the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War;[8] and Sheelah Violet Edgeworth Reade, who married Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham, son of Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose. [9]
Following Essex Reade's death in 1908, she married Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise KCB, founder of the Borstal system, on 6 June 1933.[10]
Publications
- Sealed Bottles. Country Life Ltd., London; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949.
References
- ↑ "17th and 18th Century Bottle Seals Excavated at Ferryland, NL". www.heritage.nf.ca. Archived from the original on 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
- ↑ Ruggles-Brise, Sheelah (1949). Sealed Bottles. London: Country Life Ltd.
- ↑ "Sealed Bottles, First edition 1949". AbeBooks. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ Jeffries, N. (2015). "Mid 17th- and 19th-century English wine bottles with seals in London's archaeological collections". Post-Medieval Archaeology. 49 (1). Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1179/0079423615Z.00000000075.
- ↑ Jeffries, N. (2015). "Mid 17th- and 19th-century English wine bottles with seals in London's archaeological collections". Post-Medieval Archaeology. 49 (1). Taylor & Francis: 131–155. doi:10.1179/0079423615Z.00000000075.
- ↑ "Girl Scouts' leaders met President Coolidge during their annual convention in New York". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. 11 May 1926.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage. 2003. p. 1160.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage. 2003. p. 1160.
- ↑ "Campsea Ashe Church - Memorial Trail". www.campseaashechurch.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Lord Jenkin of Roding". Retrieved 2026-07-19.