James Hellyer
Born 1828 (Circa)
Died 9 December 1881
Active: 1851 - 1871
Country of birth and death: England
Wood carver, ship's carver
Born in Southsea, Hampshire. He belonged to a family of wood carvers specialising in ship carvings, James Hellyer and Sons of London and Portsmouth. Among the known members of the business were his father, James Edward Hellyer Senior (1787-1872), his brother, Frederick (1822-1906) and his nephew, James Edward Hellyer Junior (1846-1914) as a ship's carver.
Hellyer and Sons exhibited a group of seventeen carved figures on a pedestal at the Great exhibition of 1851. The firm is described as 'designers' in the exhibition catalogue. It is presumed that the London side of the firm was primarily being run by the younger generation around 1850 because Frederick Hellyer and his brother, James, were living in Essex and therefore near the business address for Hellyer and Son. Whereas their father, James Edward Hellyer Senior, was based in Hampshire and seems to have worked as a carver for the Admiralty from about 1855-71. It is not clear how long Frederick and James worked together in London. Certainly by 1871 James was working back in Hampshire.
He died in Fareham, Hampshire.
Wealth at death: £968 0s. 2d.
Probate date: 29 March 1882
Locations
Address Five Thorn Cottage Widley Fareham England | View on map
1841 (Circa)
Address Albion House Road Side Poplar England | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address Belmont Cottages Romsey Road Millbrook England | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as Hellyer & Son
1851 (Circa) - 1871 (Circa)
Seems to have worked for the firm in London around 1851 but was working back in Hampshire by 1871
Personal and Professional Connections
Aunt/uncle of James Edward Hellyer Jnr
Daughter/son/child of James Edward Hellyer Snr
Sister/sibling of Frederick Hellyer
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Carver &C' also his brother Frederick's occupation
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Ship's Carver'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
HO107 piece 390 folio 6/3 page 1
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 1556; Folio: 484; Page: 9; GSU roll: 174788-174789
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 1199 folio 4 page 2
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: James Hellyer
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Year of Registration: 1881
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 53
District: Fareham
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 333
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
ame: James Hellyer
Probate Date: 29 Mar 1882
Death Date: 9 Dec 1881
Death Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Registry: Winchester
Citing this record
'James Hellyer', 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/person.php?id=ann_1286898754, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
