Richard Lockwood Boulton (c. 1832–1905) was an English sculptor who founded the firm Messrs R. L. Boulton & Sons. It was centred in
Cheltenham, England, and built monuments made of iron and stone in the United Kingdom.
[Richard Lockwood Boulton]
from ''Mapping Sculpture''. Retrieved 19 March 2016
Biography
Family
Boulton was born around 1832 in
Thornton Dale, North Yorkshire. His father, Richard Boulton, was born around 1792 and was also a stonemason. Around 1822, his older brother, William Boulton, was born. William went on to run his own masonry business in
Southwark. Richard Lockwood Boulton started training as a stonemason and then began working with his brother. In 1855, he left his brother's business and moved to Birmingham where he married Martha Mary Dutson (born 1834 in Herefordshire). They had five children, including Lockwood Dutson (1857–1927), Thomas Dutson Boulton (1860–1932), Gilbert Dutson (1866–1936) and Martha Miriam Dutson (born 1867). Lockwood Dutson, Thomas Dutson and Gilbert Dutson all followed their father by becoming sculptors and stonemasons. In 1861, Lockwood Dutson worked on
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Bles ...
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[ and Gilbert Dutson made the statues in St Cuthbert's Church, Earls Court.
In August 1873, Boulton's wife, Martha Mary, died. By 1876, he was remarried, to Fanny Cowley. With her he had five more children: Frank Cowley (born 1877), Bertha (born 1879), Evelyn M. (1880), Richard William and Phyllis. Frank Cowley joined his half-brothers in the masonry firm.][R L Boulton & Sons]
from BTSarnia. Retrieved 19 March 2016
Cheltenham
Around 1870, Boulton moved to Cheltenham. In 1871, he had moved his workshop to London Road in Charlton Kings
Charlton Kings is a contiguous village adjoining Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. The area constitutes a civil parish of 10,396 residents (2011).
Landscape
Charlton Kings is situated in the west foothills of the north-south Cotswol ...
. Later, the workshop was on Bath Road in Cheltenham.[R. L. Boulton & Sons (1838-)]
from Imaging the Bible in Wales Database. Retrieved 19 March 2016. At one stage he was employing 21 people in the firm, which included Herbert Henry Martyn.[
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R. L. Boulton and Sons
In 1893, Boulton retired and his sons took over the business. On 23 January 1905, Boulton died in Bournemouth and was buried next to his first wife in the churchyard of St Mary's Church in Charlton Kings. His sons continued running the firm. There is no record of its existence after 1972.[
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Works
Various works by the firm R. L. Boulton & Sons include:
* St Ann's Church, Stretford, brasswork (1863)
* St Michael's Cemetery, Sheffield, altar (1863)
* Church of St Cynllo, fittings, Llangynllo, Ceredigion (1869)[
* St Gregory's Church, Cheltenham, carvings (1876)
* St Mary's Church, Warrington, fittings (1877)
* St Anno's Church, Llananno, Powys screen (1880)][
* St Michael and All Angels Church reredos, Aberystwyth (1890)][
* Neptune Fountain, Cheltenham (1892)][
* St Dominic's Convent, altar, North Adelaide, Australia (1892)
* St Alban's Church, Warrington, fittings (1893)
* St Catherine's Church, Littlehampton, altar (1904)
* Boer War Memorial, Cheltenham (1907)][
* Church of St John the Evangelist, Poulton-le-Fylde, reredos and ]altar
An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...
(1913)
* Christ Church, altar, Aberbeeg
The small village of Aberbeeg () lies in both the county borough of Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is part of the community of Llanhilleth. The two main tributarie ...
, Wales (1913)
* Edward VII statue, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham (1914)[
* Cheltenham Town Hall, statues of King Edward VII and King George V, Cheltenham (1916)
* London and North Western Railway War Memorial
* St Paul's Church, north chapel, Cheltenham (1932)][
* Statues of Aesculapius, Hygeia and Hippocrates in ]Pittville Pump Room
The Pittville Pump Room was the last and largest of the spa buildings to be built in Cheltenham.
The benefits of Cheltenham's mineral waters had been recognised since 1716, but not until after the arrival of Henry Skillicorne in 1738 did seriou ...
, Cheltenham (1965)[
*Sculptures for Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, Bombay (now Maharashtra Police Headquarters)
File:The screen, Llananno church, Radnorshire.jpg, St Anno's Church, Llananno, Powys, screen
File:St. Mary's Church, Buttermarket Street, Warrington Interior View 5.jpg, St Mary's Church, Warrington
File:Boer War Memorial, Cheltenham - geograph.org.uk - 884729.jpg, Boer War Memorial, Cheltenham
File:CheltFountain.jpg, Neptune Fountain, Cheltenham
File:Saint Non's Chapel - Innenraum 1.jpg, Our Lady and St Non's Chapel, St David's
File:Mumbai 03-2016 33 Maharashtra Police building detail.jpg, Sculptures for Alfred Sailors' Home, Bombay (now Maharashtra Police Headquarters)
]
References
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English sculptors
English male sculptors
19th-century British sculptors
English stonemasons
British metalsmiths
1832 births
1905 deaths
19th-century English businesspeople