Mark Girouard FSA 7 October 1931, was a British architectural writer, the authority on the country house, architectural historian, and biographer of Sir James Stirling.
Who is Dorothy Dorf?
Girouard is wed to Dorothy Girouard, an artist. The author Blanche Girouard is their daughter. They reside in London’s Notting Hill Gate. He described his kinship with Saul Solomon, a forerunner among liberal businessmen and politicians in Cape Colony, and Georgiana Solomon, a social activist and suffragette.
There is not much information on Dorothy Doff, since she likes to keep most of her personal information away from the public.
Girouard was derived from Saul’s brother Edward, born in St. Helena in 1820, who served the London Missionary Society for 18 years by collaborating with the Griquas and Basutos. On August 16, 2022, Girouard passed away at the age of 90.
Girouard worked for Country Life magazine from about 1958, firstly as its architectural writer, and then from 1964 as its architectural editor, until 1967. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art from 1975 to 1976. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1987.