Sophy Gray
South African architect (1814-1871) · South Africa · On the map · Architects · Died at 57
Sophy Gray or Sophia Gray, was a diocesan administrator, artist, architect, horsewoman and the wife of Cape Town bishop Robert Gray.
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About this person
Born at Easington in Yorkshire, the 5th daughter of county squire Richard Wharton Myddleton of Durham and Yorkshire, she died at Bishopscourt, Cape Town on 27 April 1871 and was buried in the graveyard of St Saviour's in Claremont. Day 1930 wrote "the constant companion of travels, the untiring amanuensis and accountant, the skilful designer of churches, the brightness and stay of his home life at Bishopscourt."
