Edward Carter Preston
Born 7 July 1885
Died 2 March 1965
Active: 1910 - 1965
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, architectural sculptor, painter
Born in Liverpool. He was the son of Robert Preston (1857-1909), a labourer and brewer.
Wealth at death: £2,872 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 1 April 1965
Locations
Address 46 Garden Lane Bootle Liverpool | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 44 Langham Street Kirkdale Liverpool | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 88 Bedford Street South Liverpool | View on map
1938 (Circa) - 1965
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1938
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1938 (1 work)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Glass writer - apprentice' overwritten 'paint'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2969; Folio: 75; Page: 24; GSU roll: 6098079
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 3466; Folio: 48; Page: 37
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Edward Carter Preston
Probate Date: 1 Apr 1965
Death Date: 2 Mar 1965
Death Place: Liverpool, England
Registry: Liverpool, England
England, Select Births and Christening Records, 1538-1975
2014
Name: Edward Carter Preston
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1884
Baptism Date: 20 Aug 1884
Baptism Place: St Peter's Church, Liverpool, England
Father: Robert John Preston
Mother: Sarah Ellen
FHL Film Number: 93903
Reference ID: yr 1884-1885 p 78
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Joseph Sharples, ‘Preston, Edward Carter (1884–1965)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2015 [http://www.oxforddnb.com.ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/view/article/64393, accessed 7 Oct 2015]
Citing this record
'Edward Carter Preston', 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=msib1_1265279234, accessed 03 Jun 2023]