| 词条 | Kate Ker-Lane |
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Catherine Ker-Lane (née Rowles; bapt. 31 March 1861[1] – 14 July 1939) was a successful society dressmaker and businesswoman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who traded as Madame Kate Ker-Lane's Court Dress Emporium in Kensington, London, but was noted for the poor conditions in which her staff worked. Early lifeKer-Lane was born in Bisley, Gloucestershire, in 1861,[2][2] to Henry Rowles, a miller, and his wife, Harriet, who were both also born in Bisley. At the time of the 1861 census, the family were living in France Lynch near Stroud,[3] and in 1871 at Barton St Mary, Gloucestershire.[4] By 1881 they were living in Bisley[5] again and her father was a "farmer of 36 acres".[6] First marriageIn 1881 she married Thomas Samuel Lapington at St Michael's parish church in Gloucester and became Kate Lapington.[7] In June 1886,[8] according to Kate, her husband abandoned her and two months later she sued for divorce on the grounds of his cruelty, adultery, and desertion. The case was heard in 1889 after sufficient time had elapsed to prove the abandonment. The suit was undefended and the marriage dissolved.[9] CareerIn 1905 she was visited by a factory inspector who recorded that she employed 43 needlewomen and machinists at her small premises at 3 Kensington High Street, all women, eleven on the top floor, sixteen on the third, twelve on the second, one on the first, two at ground level and one in the basement. The inspector reported "This is a very dangerous case, there is hardly any light on the stairs and in some places no handrails".[10] She later had a shop known as Madame Kate Ker-Lane's Court Dress Emporium at 29 Kensington High Street. She was regularly written about in positive terms by London American News.[11] In 1921 she was operating from 46 Hogarth Road, Earls Court, London. SW5, which was also her address at the time of her death. In 1922, a dress made by Ker-Lane was worn by Lady (Robert) Balfour at court. The Times described it as "a black velvet gown, embroidered with a running design of thistles in cut jet and bugles: under-bodice of Brussels lace. jet train. lined with satin beauté; ornaments. diamonds and sapphires."[12] Soon after, Mrs Crookshank wore a Ker-Lane dress to court which was described as "Brussels point lace over pale gold tissue: train of white satin, embroidered in hand-worked lattice design of flowers in gold thread. Ornaments: diamonds and pearls."[13] Death and legacyKer-Lane died, single, on 14 July 1939 at Thatched Cottage, Green Lane, Hardwicke, Gloucestershire.[14] Her home address at the time of her death was 46 Hogarth Road, Earls Court. She left an estate of £2,071 and probate was granted in London to Thomas Marshall Sinclair, company secretary, and Reginald Victor Rowles, company director.[15] References1. ^Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913 2. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NZ5-K4Z Kate Rowles England and Wales Birth Registration Index.] FamilySearch. Retrieved 2 August 2017. {{subscription required}} 3. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7LD-R4J Catherine Rowles England and Wales Census, 1861.] FamilySearch. Retrieved 2 August 2017. {{subscription required}} 4. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5BQ-TJN Catherine Rowles England and Wales Census, 1871.] FamilySearch. Retrieved 2 August 2017. {{subscription required}} 5. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27J-6K6M Kate Rowles England and Wales Census, 1881.] FamilySearch. Retrieved 2 August 2017. {{subscription required}} 6. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27J-6K8Y Henry Rowles England and Wales Census, 1881.] FamilySearch. Retrieved 2 August 2017. {{subscription required}} 7. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DTS-XNM Thomas Samuel Lapington England and Wales Marriage Registration Index.] FamilySearch. Retrieved 2 August 2017. {{subscription required}} 8. ^The Law Times, Vol. 86, p. 7. 9. ^Law Reports 1889. 10. ^Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane. British History Online. Retrieved 31 July 2017. 11. ^"Female Entrepreneurs in Kensington’s History: We've Come a Long Way Baby". Sarah Goldsmith, The Kensington Magazine, February 2015, p. 8. 12. ^"Their Majesties' Court", The Times, 10 June 1922, p. 11. 13. ^"Last Night's Court", The Times, 23 June 1922, p. 13. 14. ^"Deaths", The Times, 17 July 1939, p. 1. 15. ^1 [https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar/GetImgSrc?filePath=%2F1939%2FL%2F002605_lantsbery_1939.Png Probate Calendar, 1939.] External links{{commons category|Kate Ker-Lane}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ker-Lane, Kate}} 9 : British businesspeople in retailing|1939 deaths|1861 births|English businesspeople in fashion|People from Bisley, Gloucestershire|English fashion designers|English women in business|19th-century English women|20th-century English women |
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