Henry Thomas Margetson
Active: 1861 - 1901
Function: Marble mason, sculptor
History or description: Henry Thomas Margetson was born in St Paul, Bristol almost certainly in 1833 (he was christened on 25 August that year). His father was James Margetson. Henry worked as a stone carver and sculptor (probably an architectural sculptor) in Bristol c.1860-70 and then London c.1873-90. According to Mitchell, Margetson was Thomas Earp's foreman at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, carrying out all the exterior and much of the interior sculpture and carving for the architect George Edmund Street. This means Margetson moved to London sometime around 1873 when construction began (though his move could have been earlier if Earp was already employing him on other projects). Margetson retired to Bristol and died there on 27 August 1909. He left effects valued at £2604 5s. 4d (probate granted on 31 January 1910).
Locations
Address 17 Victoria Place Clifton Bristol | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 108 Lambeth Road London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 212 Battersea Park Road London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address Combe Villa Stapleton Bristol | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1909
Died while living at this address
Located at 1 Nelson Place Bristol | View on map
1870
Associated People
Worked with Thomas Earp
Mitchell states that Margetson was Earp's foreman at the Royal Courts of Justice, London built between 1873-82.
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor employing 2 Men'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Stone Carver'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Carver'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist Sculptor' or possibly 'Artists' Sculptor' employed
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Retired Sculptor'
Listed under Stone Masons Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1870. The Seventy-Second Edition.
1870
Listed as Marble Mason and Sculptor
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 1734 folio 35 page 22
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 2557 folio 62 page 11
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 589 folio 13 page 19
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 420 folio 110 page 56
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2395 folio 122 page 37
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
2008
Name: Henry Thomas Margetson
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 25 Aug 1833
Christening Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Father's Name: James Margetson
Mother's Name: Mary
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Henry T Margetson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Year of Registration: 1909
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 76
DISTRICT: Bristol
COUNTY: Avon, Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 90
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Henry Thomas Margetson
Probate Date: 31 Jan 1910
Death Date: 27 Aug 1909
Death Place: Bristol, England
Registry: Bristol
Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1870. The Seventy-Second Edition.
1870
p.259
Thomas Earp: Master of Stone
1990
p. 79
Citing this record
'Henry Thomas Margetson', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib1_1221825394, accessed 06 Feb 2023]
