Samuel Cundy
Active: 1838 - 1867
Function: Stone mason, marble mason, statuary
History or description: Samuel Tansley Cundy (1816-67) was born in London. He was the son of James Cundy (born c.1793 active until 1841), sculptor and 'statuary' (according to the baptism record of Samuel). James also worked as a builder and was a nephew of Thomas Cundy (c.1790 and active until c.1861), architect. Samuel's grandfather was Thomas Cundy, architect, builder and surveyor of the Grosvenor Estates in Belgravia.
Samuel executed a number of works in London and St Albans, the latter under the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. He was a master mason and employer in the early 1850s however his business evidently suffered a reversal of fortunes because he was listed as a bankrupt in the 'London Gazette' of May 1857. However, Cundy continued to work and was employed as superintendent of the Abbey Works in St. Albans, Hertfordshire c.1861.
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 4
Period Start: 1851
Locations
Address Park Cottage Stanwell London England | View on map
1841 (Circa)
Living here with his father, James Cundy (1793- sculptor and builder
Address Victoria Road St. Albans England | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Business located at 29 Candys Works Lower Belgrave Place London England | View on map
1851
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Master Mason Employs 4 Men'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
Samuel Cundy 'Mason' and James Cundy 'Builder'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Superintendent of Abbey Works'
Listed under Stone Masons Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1384
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Mason and Statuary'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 328-9 (there are separate entries for Samuel Cundy and Samuel Tansley Cundy)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
Class: HO107; Piece 718; Book: 14; Civil Parish: Stanwell; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 4; Folio: 4; Page: 1; Line: 25; GSU roll: 438825
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1478 folio 396 page 13
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 829 folio 74 page 3
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Samuel Tansley Cundy
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 50
District: St George Hanover Square
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 165
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
London Metropolitan Archives, SAINT GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE: HANOVER SQUARE, WESTMINSTER, Transcript of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1816 Jan-1816 Dec, DL/T Item, 089/011
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1384
The London Gazette
Issue number: 22002, 15 May 1857, p. 1755
Citing this record
'Samuel Cundy', 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_1229550615, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
