Oliver Schofield Ruddock
Born 1851
Died 12 March 1916
Active: 1871 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architectural sculptor, manager of wood working manufactory and saw mill
Born in Lambeth, London, he was baptised at All Saints', Lambeth on 23 November 1851. His father was Samuel Ruddock (born c.1828 in Horbury, Yorkshire), stone carver. Oliver was a student at the Royal Academy Schools c.1871-4. He died in Norfolk.
Wealth at death: £816 0s. 10d.
Probate date: 13 April 1916
Locations
Address 51 Chelsham Road Clapham London | View on map
Samuel Ruddock also living here
Address 38 Cambridge Terrace Lambeth London SE | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 5 West Street Pimlico London | View on map
1875 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Address 47 Fentiman Road Lambeth London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 47 Chelsham Road Clapham London | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address Wistaria Cottage Snettisham | View on map
1916
He was living here at the time of his death
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1875 - 1880
Exhibited 3 times, three works in all (a religious statue, a bust and an ideal work)
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1874
Awarded a silver medal for the best model from life in 1874. See 'Annual Report, 1874', (1877), p. 26.
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
'Student RA' and his father, Samuel Ruddock (born c.1828) 'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Architectural Sculptor' also his father, Samuel
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Manager, Cabinet Works, Saw Mill' and his father Samuel was blind
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Manager of Wood Working Manufactory' [possibly working for army and navy but text is unclear]
Sources
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
2001
RG13 piece 463 folio 129 page 20
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2261 RG78PN77 RD26 SD4 ED11 SN321
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Oliver Schofield Ruddock
Probate Date: 13 Apr 1916
Death Date: 12 Mar 1916
Death Place: Norfolk, England
Registry: London, England
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
London Metropolitan Archives, Lower Marsh All Saints, Register of Baptism, P85/ALL2, Item 001.
Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1880
p. 1812
Citing this record
'Oliver Schofield 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=msib4_1256238137, accessed 30 Mar 2023]
