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
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Stratford Martyrs
The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...
Other Subjects
Vavasor Powell
Non-conformist preacher. Born Radnorshire, Wales. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Lady Anne Agnes Erskine
Born Edinbugh, eldest daughter of the Earl of Buchan. There is a story about her coming across an outdoor gathering at Moorfields at which Rowland Hill (see Surrey Chapel) was preaching and him pic...
1 memorial
Count Zinzendorf
Religious and social reformer, born Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendork und Pottendorf in Dresden, Germany. As a student at the Halle Academy, he and other young nobles founded a secret society called T...
1 memorial
Saint Ethelburga / Aethelburh
Founder and Abbess of Barking. Probably used the manor in what is now Battersea Park. Sister of Saint Erkenwald. Died after 686.
1 memorial
Edith Martineau
Daughter of keen Unitarian Frederick Nettlefold and his wife Mary. Married Sydney Martineau (1863 – 1945, British Olympic fencer). From 1929 was the lay president of the General Assembly of Unitar...
1 memorial
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