William Brindley
Born 9 September 1832
Died 10 February 1919
Active: 1851 - 1901
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, stone carver, architectural sculptor, stone and marble merchant, business owner
Born in Ripley, Derbyshire. He died in Hampshire where he had moved c.1901. Brindley initially worked for William Farmer as a stone carver, they went into partnership in the late 1860s. Brindley continued the business after Farmer's death in 1879. There are further details of the company's history in the record for Farmer and Brindley.
Wealth at death: £59,912 5s. 8d.
Probate date: 2 June 1919
Locations
Address 69 Westminster Bridge Road London | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 67 Westminster Bridge Road London | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1882 (Circa)
Address Denmark Hill London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address Easter Court St. John's Road Bournemouth | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Household included family and friends as guests and five servants
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1881 - 1882
Exhibited twice, 2 works per year.
Speaker at The Architectural Use of Coloured Marbles (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Institutional and Business Connections
Partner in Farmer and Brindley
1868 (Circa) - 1919
Brindley originally worked for William Farmer as a stone carver. They became partners in the late 1860s and Brindley continued to run the company after Farmer's death in 1879
Personal and Professional Connections
Partner to William Farmer
1868 (Circa) - 1879
William Farmer originally employed Brindley as a stone carver, they became business partners in the late 1860s.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Architectural Sculptor' and his wife, Elizabeth, 'Sculptor's Wife'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor, Marble, Wood, Stone' employing a governess, coachman, parlour maid, cook, and two housemaids.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' employer
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1889, p.4.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
Class: RG 9; Piece: 2472; Folio: 53; Page: 16; GSU roll: 542976
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 657 folio 18 page 30
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 617 folio 4 page 1
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 1044; Folio: 125; Page: 34
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
ame: William Brindley
Probate Date: 2 Jun 1919
Death Date: 10 Feb 1919
Death Place: Hampshire, England
Registry: London
Citing this record
'William Brindley', 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=msib7_1253705223, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
