Alderman Sidney Sanders, JP
Oil portrait by Miles de Montmorency of Alderman Sidney Sanders, JP. 1940s.
Front facing portrait of Alderman Sidney Saunders showing his head and upper body. He is presented facing the viewer, with white hair parted to the side, and wearing a grey suit, blue shirt and blue stripy tie. The background is brow/black.
Alderman Sidney Sanders, JP (1871–1942) was a prominent civic figure in Wandsworth and Streatham. He served as Alderman and Chair of the Wandsworth Borough Housing Committee. He was deeply involved in local governance and community welfare, particularly during World War II, when he acted as Senior District Warden for Streatham, personally assisting victims of air raids until his death in 1942.
In business, Sanders co-founded Sanders & Co. in 1905, a jewellery firm that later merged with James Walker Ltd, which he expanded into the second largest multiple retailer of jewellery and silverware in Britain. The company’s headquarters, Century House, opened in 1938 on Streatham High Road. His legacy continued through his son, Gerald Sanders, and the firm remained active until its acquisition by H. Samuel in 1984.
Artist Biography
Miles Fletcher de Montmorency (1893–1963) Miles de Montmorency was a British painter and the 17th Baronet Morres of Knockagh, County Tipperary. Son of Hervey Lodge de Montmorency and husband of stained glass artist Rachel de Montmorency, he studied at Dover School of Art, the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art, and the Royal Academy Schools. He exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy and with war artists, and was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1935, later serving as its honorary librarian. He authored A Short History of Painting in England.
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