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Susan Jellicoe

Lady Susan Jellicoe(néePares;[1]30 June 1907 – 1 August 1986) was an English plantswoman, photographer, writer, and editor who worked in collaboration with her husband, the landscape architectSir Geoffrey Jellicoe.[2]Her main interest was in landscape and garden design.

Susan Jellicoe

Life

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Susan Jellicoe (christened Ursula but known as Susan or Sue) was born inLiverpoolon 30 June 1907, the third child of Margaret "Daisy" Ellis (néeDixon; 1879–1964) andSir Bernard Pares, KBE(1867–1949), a historian and academic known for his work onRussia.[2]

She was educated atSt Paul's Girls School,Hammersmith,and theSorbonne,Paris. On 11 July 1936, she married the landscape architectGeoffrey Jellicoe.[2]During the war she served in theMinistry of Information department that countered enemy propaganda,working on the analysis ofaerial reconnaissance photography.[2]

From 1945, she worked with her husband, designing planting schemes and taking the photographs for his architectural practice. She was an honorary associate of theLandscape Instituteand helped found theInternational Federation of Landscape Architecture(IFLA).[3]

In 1985, she was awarded an honorary degree by theUniversity of Sheffieldfaculty of Landscape Architecture.[3]

Writing and editorship

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Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe wrote three books together:Modern Private Gardens(1968),Water: The Use of Water in Landscape Architecture(1971) andThe Landscape of Man(1975).

With Lady Margery Allen, she co-wroteThe Things We See: Gardens(1953),The New Small Garden(1956) andTown Gardens To Live In(1977). She was also co-author ofThe Oxford Companion to Gardenswith Geoffrey Jellicoe, Patrick Goode and Michael Lancaster (1986).

With DameSylvia Croweand Sheila Haywood, she contributed research and photographs toThe Gardens of Mughal India: A History and a Guide(1972). From 1961 to 1965, Jellicoe editedThe Observer'sGardening Panel. She was editor of the Landscape Institute magazineLandscape Designfor 20 years.[3]

Planting design

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  • 1956 Planting for Harvey's Store Roofgarden, Guildford, Surrey
  • 1957–59 Planting for Water Gardens,Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire
  • 1959 Planting for Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire
  • 1980–86 Planting for Sutton Place Garden, Surrey

Photography

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The Susan Jellicoe Photographic Collectionis held by the Museum of Rural English Life at theUniversity of Readingalongside theGeoffrey Jellicoe Collection.

References

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  1. ^"Lady Susan Jellicoe"(PDF).landscapeinstitute.org. 1986-08-01.
  2. ^abcdMatthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23)."The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/40519.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40519.Retrieved2019-12-06.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
  3. ^abc"A Tribute to Susan Jellicoe",Landscape Design,October 1986.
  • Taylor, Philip M. “The Foreign Office and British Propaganda during the First World War.”The Historical Journal23, no. 4 (1980): 875–98.JSTOR2638730.
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