Biography
Roy was an Indian artist and illustrator who lived with the Edes in Hampstead during the 1930s. See Dorothy Elmhirst, letter to H.S. Ede, 29 Oct 1935, Papers of Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst, DWE/A/2/A1/1.
The homeless artist Abani Roy lived with the Edes for several years and Ede continued to support him throughout his life; on 26 December 1970, Ede wrote to Leonard Elmhirst to ask for a contribution towards the purchase of the leasehold on a flat in London for the artist. H.S. Ede, letter to L.K. Elmhirst, 26 December 1970, Leonard Knight Elmhirst Papers LKE/G/1/F/1.