Sculptor. Born Hampstead. Spent much of his life in Esher with Grapes House being his home and studio. Specialised in portraits of Queen Victoria who favoured him.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Francis John Williamson
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Queen Victoria statue - Croydon
{On a bronze plaque on the front of the plinth:} Victoria regina et imperatri...
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Samuel Nixon
Sculptor. Possibly born and brought up in London. Died at his home, Kennington Place, Kennington Common.
Thomas Milnes
Sculptor. Born near Doncaster. He sculpted some lions for Nelson's column but they were rejected and those by Landseer used instead. Milnes's lions were used by Titus Salt at Saltaire. (Date of bir...
Mortimer Brown
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Died Budleigh Salterton, Devon where he had lived since 1925.
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Henry Peter, Lord Brougham
Born in Edinburgh. Died in Cannes, France, where, despite the plaque in Grafton Street, he apparently spent much of his last 30 years, indeed he seems to have effectively created Cannes. As a young...
Edward Blake
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Lord Cheylesmore
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
{On the large stone plaque at the centre of this sombre memorial:} Major-General Lord Cheylesmore, GBE, KCMG, KCMO, Grenadier Guards. Bo...
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