Born Bath. His father was American and the family moved there in 1836. He trained in art and became a designer and producer of stained glass windows. He returned to England in 1845 and set up in Cambridge. A few years later he entered the university and was ordained as a priest in 1854. 1878 as vicar of St Johns, Stratford he was Treasurer of the committee that had the Stratford Martyrs Memorial erected. Died Bath.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Revd. W. J. Bolton
Creations i
Stratford Martyrs
The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...
Other Subjects
Rev. Stephen Charles Rees-Jones
LMA refers to this man in association with leases for Holy Trinity School, 1915 - 26, giving his address as 45 Thornhill Road (the vicarage). Kelly's Directory helpfully informs that from 1926 he h...
Ernest W. Beard
From the building society that funded the Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple. Advertised in the Hendon & Finchley Times in the 1920s and 30s.
Frederick Field-Richards
Priest. Born Hackney, the eldest son of Frederick Richards and grandson of Anne Richards. Arrived in Newlyn in 1869 as a lay helper. Through his efforts the bridge and east window to St Peter's Ch...
Rev. John Newton
A slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist. Born Wapping. Began his ecclesiastical career at Olney in Buckinghamshire where he wrote the words to 'Amazing Grace' and published the hymn in a ...
Frederick Denison Maurice
John Frederick Denison Maurice was born 29 August 1805 in Normanston near Lowestoft. He was the founder of the Working Men's College and an organizer of the Christian Socialist movement. He died,...
Previously viewed
Muses - Polyhymnia
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Diana Mitford as Polyhymnia the muse of sacred poetry. At the time the mosaic was made Diana's fascist leanings were possibly not yet app...
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
Born Yorkshire. Opposed Henry VIII's self-appointment as head of the Church of England. Result: decapitation on Tower Hill.
Lord Northcliffe - Hampstead
NW3, Vale of Health, Rose Cottage
Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe, 1865 - 1922, newspaper founder and editor, lived here, 1870 - 1873. Erected by the Heath and Hampste...
Sebastian Earl
We really don't know if the Sebastian Earl who unveiled the stone at the Hornsey YMCA is the rowing businessman with the same name but the dates look right and it's an unusual name. Our colleague, ...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them