Samuel Ruddock
Born 1827
Died 6 February 1903 (Circa)
Active: 1851 - 1892
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, stone carver, architectural sculptor, ecclesiastical sculptor
Born in Horbury, Yorkshire where he was baptised on 2 Sep 1827 in the church of St Peter and St Leonard. Samuel was based in Lambeth by 1851, working first as a stone carver and then as a sculptor. He exhibited thirty-four works at the Royal Academy between 1856 and 1892, primarily religious statues and statuettes but also some ideal works. His son Oliver Schofield Ruddock (1851-1916), was a student at the Royal Academy Schools and worked as a sculptor and then a manager of a cabinet works and wood working business. Samuel went blind by 1901 and was living with Oliver. He died in Wandsworth and was buried in Norwood Cemetery on 6 February 1903.
Locations
Address 51 Chelsham Road Clapham London | View on map
Oliver Schofield Ruddock also living here
Address 6 Meads Place Lambeth London | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 12 Price's Terrace Westminster Road London | View on map
1856 (Circa)
Address Grosvenor House Knightsbridge London | View on map
1857 (Circa)
Address 22 Bloomfield Terrace Pimlico London SW | View on map
1858 (Circa) - 1867 (Circa)
Address 5 West Street Pimlico London | View on map
1868 (Circa) - 1892 (Circa)
Address 38 Cambridge Terrace Lambeth London SE | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 47 Fentiman Road Lambeth London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1856 - 1892
Exhibited 24 times, thirty-four works in all (primarily religious statues and statuettes but also some ideal works)
Personal and Professional Connections
Mother/father/parent of Oliver Schofield Ruddock
Worked with George Walker Milburn
Milburn is said to have worked in the studio of Samuel Ruddock. (Based on information submitted by Simon Spier).
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor' and his son, Oliver (born c.1852) 'Student RA'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Architectural Sculptor' also his son Oliver
Occupation given in London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
At his son Oliver Schofield Ruddock's baptism on 23 November 1851 at All Saints', Lambeth Samuel gave his occupation as 'Stone Carver'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Stone Carver'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1571 folio 379 page 14
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 671 folio 11 page 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 602 folio 40 page 13
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 463 folio 129 page 20
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
London Metropolitan Archives, Lower Marsh All Saints, Register of Baptism, P85/ALL2, Item 001.
London, England, Deaths and Burials 1813-1980
2010
London Metropolitan Archives, Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth, Transcript of Burials, 1903 Jan-1905 Jan, DW/T Item, 0957; Call Number: DW/T/0957.
Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1880
p. 1812
Citing this record
'Samuel Ruddock', 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_1296503715, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
