Editing John Everett Millais (section)

==Early life==
[[Image:Millais 2.jpg|thumb|242x242px|Photo of Millais, {{Circa|1854}}]]
Millais was born in [[Southampton]], England, in 1829, of a prominent [[Jersey]]-based family. His parents were John William Millais and Emily Mary Millais (née Evermy). Most of his early childhood was spent in Jersey, to which he retained a strong devotion throughout his life. The author [[Thackeray]] once asked him "when England conquered Jersey".  Millais replied "Never! Jersey conquered England."<ref>cited in Chums annual, 1896, page 213</ref> The family moved to [[Dinan]] in Brittany for a few years in his childhood.

His mother's "forceful personality" was the most powerful influence on his early life. She had a keen interest in art and music, and encouraged her son's artistic bent, promoting the relocating of the family to London to help develop contacts at the Royal Academy of Art. He later said "I owe everything to my mother."<ref>J. N. P. Watson, ''Millais: three generations in nature, art & sport'', Sportsman's Press, 1988, p.10</ref>

In 1840, his artistic talent won him a place at the [[Royal Academy Schools]] at the still unprecedented age of eleven. While there, he met [[William Holman Hunt]] and [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] with whom he formed the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]] (known as the "PRB") in September 1847 in his family home on [[Gower Street (London)|Gower Street]], off [[Bedford Square]].