Lancelot Bayly was a painter of distinction and one of the better-known watercolourists of his time working in Ireland, writes Tom Duffy
Lancelot Bayly, a watercolourist who painted during the first half of the 20th century, was also a successful author, musician, photographer and botanist, as well as a passionate world traveller. He was born at Bayly Farm, Ballinaclough, outside Nenagh, Co Tipperary, on 16 October 1869. His family belonged to the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland – his ancestors over a number of generations had served with the military. The Bayly estate in Tipperary was located at Bayly Farm and nearby Debsborough. Lancelot was the only son of Lancelot Gilbert Alexander Bayly (1842–1871) and Frances Catherine Luby (1844–1905). His father died when Lancelot was only two years old and his sister Edmee was born four months later. Shortly afterwards, Frances Bayly moved to Dresden with her two young children.
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