Egerton Coghill

Coghill was born in Castletownshend, County Cork, the second son of Irish painter Sir John Joscelyn Coghill, 4th Baronet, and his wife the Hon. Katherine Frances, daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket. Victoria Cross recipient Nevill Coghill was his elder brother[1] and Edith Anna Somerville his cousin. He left a career in engineering to pursue one in the arts, studying in Düsseldorf and the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1883-84 he lived at Barbizon near Fontainebleau, then traveled to England where he became a member of the New English Art Club. Coghill exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Liverpool Autumn Exhibitions at the Walker Art Gallery. He returned to his native land and settled in his home town of Castletownshend. Many of his paintings feature the landscapes of County Cork.[2]

Coghill was succeeded as baronet by his eldest son Marmaduke Coghill, a soldier in both World Wars.[3] His second son was Nevill Coghill,[1] a professor at Oxford University, while a younger son was the actor Ambrose Coghill.