Ingrid Roscoe

Dame Ingrid Mary Roscoe, DCVO DStJ FSA (27 May 1944 – 28 June 2020)[1] was a writer on English art and Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 2004 to 2018.[2]

Dame
Ingrid Roscoe
DCVO DStJ FSA
Ingrid Roscoe, Inspecting the 3rd Battalion (Duke of Wellington's) of the Yorkshire Regiment (31 March 2007) in Halifax
Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
Assumed office
2004-2018
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byJohn Lyles
Succeeded byEdmund Anderson
Personal details
Born
Ingrid Allen

(1944-05-27)27 May 1944
Died28 June 2020(2020-06-28) (aged 76)
NationalityEnglish

Biography

Ingrid Roscoe was born at Rugby School, Warwickshire in 1944 to Arthur Allen and Else, who had married after only meeting three times. Her father died during Ingrid's childhood. Her mother subsequently married Brigadier Kenneth Hargreaves who would become the last Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1970 and then the first Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 1974 to 1978.[3] She had eight grandchildren and was the patron of numerous groups.

Academic career

Roscoe abandoned an English degree at the University of Nottingham to marry Marshall Roscoe at the age of 19 and had three children. She subsequently studied at the University of Leeds, completing a BA in Fine Art and Cultural Studies in 1985 and a PhD in 1990. Her doctoral thesis on Peter Scheemakers was published by the Walpole Society.[4]

Roscoe remained at Leeds University in the 1990s as a Lecturer in British Sculpture in the Department of Fine Art.

Publications

Roscoe was editor-in-chief and co-author of A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660–1851, published in November 2009.[5] The book is an update of Rupert Gunnis's Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 (originally published 1953).[6][7]

Honours

Roscoe was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of West Yorkshire in 1994 and was the north of England's first female Lord Lieutenant when she became Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire in 2004. She retired in 2018.[2][8]

She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 1993.[9]

She was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) the University of Huddersfield in 2007.[10]

She was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) by Leeds Metropolitan University in 2008.[11]

On 15 July 2010 she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) by the University of Leeds.[1][12][13]

She was made a Dame of Justice of the Order of St John (D.StJ) in 2012.[14]

She received an Honorary Fellowship from Bradford College in 2014.[15]

Roscoe was appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[16]

She served as the Honorary Colonel of the University of Leeds Officers' Training Corps.[17]

References
  1. "Roscoe, Dame Ingrid (Mary)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2019 (2020 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 29 June 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Pantry, Lindsey (29 June 2020). "Tributes to long-serving former Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dame Ingrid Roscoe". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. Witherow, John, ed. (15 August 2020). "Swedish art expert and a first female lord-lieutenant". The Times. No. 73, 239. p. 77. ISSN 0140-0460.
  4. University of Leeds - Ingrid Mary Roscoe - Para three Archived 23 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660–1851, ISBN 978-0-300-14965-4
  6. Laing, Alastair (2017). "19: A Plurality of Pluras". In Bianchi, Paola; Wolfe, Karin (eds.). Turin and the British in the age of the Grand Tour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-1-107-14770-6.
  7. Bilby, Diane (2002). British sculpture 1470 to 2000: a concise catalogue of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. V&A. pp. xv.
  8. The University of Leeds, obituary, published 30 June 2020
  9. "Dame Ingrid Roscoe — BA History of Fine and Decorative Arts 1985; PhD 1990; Hon LLD 2010". The University of Leeds. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  10. "Honorary awards are a recognition of national and international success". The University of Huddersfield. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  11. "HONORARY GRADUATE DIRECTORY" (PDF). Leeds Beckett University. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  12. The University of Leeds, obituary, published 30 June 2020
  13. "Honorary graduates: 1904 to present". The University of Leeds. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  14. "The Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dr Ingrid Roscoe, received the award from HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge". The University of Huddersfield. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  15. Young, Chris (27 November 2014). "Local weatherman, blogging bishop and Chamber president among those given Honorary Fellowships". The Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  16. "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B4.
  17. "Dame Ingrid Roscoe — BA History of Fine and Decorative Arts 1985; PhD 1990; Hon LLD 2010". The University of Leeds. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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