Boehm

The earliest connection between Jospeph Edgar Boehm and Louise was possibly around 1869 when records report that he came to the notice of Queen Victoria. By 1871 he had been commissioned to produce several royal sculptures. From then until his death in 1890 there was a continuing relationship between the two. There has been speculation regarding the relationship which may have been no more than tutor and pupil or something much deeper. The ‘official’ records show that Boehm died in his studio whilst Louise was visiting him alone, having dismissed her lady-in-waiting. There are other versions of his death. The following letter clearly indicates a close link with the family.

Letter from Louise to Mrs Boehm signed Louise Lorne. Sent during the period that Louise was living at Dornden, her ‘small place in Kent’ and whilst the Boehm’s were living at 78 Cromwall Gardens

Signed L. L. The only letter I have located signed just with the letters L. L

The Boehm, later Boehm-Boteler Baronetcy, of Wetherby Gardens in the Parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, in the County of London, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 July 1889 for the sculptor Joseph Boehm. His son, the second Baronet, assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Boteler in 1918, which was that of his mother. The title became extinct on the second Baronet’s death in 1928  Source Wikipedea