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Reverend Laurence George Bomford 1847-1926. Talented British landscape painter and theologian, the son-in-law of the celebrated British artist Nathaniel Everett Green. Primarily a landscape artist, Bomford painted romantic late Victorian Views of many of the home counties of England usually signing his work with initials. Many of his paintings are inscribed with place names and dates. Reverend Laurence George Bomford was born at Tyne Hallon on 6th August 1847. He was the son of Samuel Bomford and Francis Jane Winter and was originally educated at Cheltenham College. He married Anne Goold Green the daughter of the respected British landscape artist Nathaniel Everett Green  in 1874. His earlier work was heavily influenced by Green with light colouring and rather free brushwork. Bomford, at the age of 36 decided to become a clergyman and entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge University from where he gained a degree in Theology. After years spent as curate of Saint Andrew-the- less in Cambridge and various appointments at Trowbridge he finally settled at Colney Heath in Hertfordshire where he remained Vicar for 20 years. He died in 1926