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Agnes Poynter (MacDonald)

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Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: June 12, 1906 (62)
Kensington, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. George Browne MacDonald and Hannah MacDonald
Wife of Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet
Mother of Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter, 2nd Baronet
Sister of Mary Rawlinson Macdonald; Henry James Macdonald; Alice Brown Kipling; Caroline Elizabeth Macdonald; Georgiana (Georgie) Burne-Jones and 5 others

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About Agnes Poynter

Agnes Poynter (MacDonald)

Agnes was a talented pianist and thought to be the best looking of the sisters. She and her sister Georgiana received attention from prospective suitors who were friends of her brother and members of the Birmingham Set. She eventually married the future president of the Royal Academy Edward Poynter during 1866 in a double wedding with her quieter sister Louisa. Poynter appeared to be a manic depressive and he would paint continuously until finally collapsing when a work was finished. He was unemotional and it was Agnes who supplied the affection in their household. Her husband later produced paintings of two of her sisters. She, Jane Morris and her sisters Louisa and Georgiana are thought to be the inspiration for figures of Burne-Jones' 1864 painting Green Summer. Agnes is thought to have died during 1906 from cancer despite an operation in 1903.

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Agnes Poynter's Timeline

1843
September 17, 1843
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
November 6, 1843
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
1867
September 26, 1867
Bloomsbury, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1906
June 12, 1906
Age 62
Kensington, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom