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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. Belgian-British Army officer (1880–1963) This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO Lieutenant Colonel Carton de Wiart during the First World War Birth name Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart Born ...
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During the Second World War, Mann was an official war artist, painting portraits of officers such as Adrian Carton de Wiart and the Allied commanders. [1] [3] As well as being reproduced in magazines such as Time, these paintings were exhibited in London and then toured America. [4]
Carton de Wiart is the surname of a family of the Belgian nobility. Notable people with the surname include: Henry Carton de Wiart (1869–1951), 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium (1920–1921) Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1963), British general and cousin of Henry
Major-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (1880–1963) De Wiart came from a well-connected continental family and was appointed by Churchill as head of a military mission en route to Yugoslavia. He was captured when his Wellington aircraft from Malta crash-landed in the sea off the coast of North Africa in April 1941.
The most notable owner of Aghinagh House was Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, VC (May 1880 through June 1963), a renowned figure in British military history. [2] Sir Adrian is buried in the grounds of the church adjacent to Aghinagh House.
Adrien Broom (born 1980), fashion and fine art photographer specializing in images of young women; Zoe Lowenthal Brown (1927–2022), fine art photography, documentary photographic "visual essays", and portraiture. Esther Bubley (1921–1998), expressive photos of ordinary people, later specializing in children in hospitals and other medical themes