Biography of Matthew Noble 1817-1876
Church of St John the Baptist, Ashley
All Saints' Church, Nocton
St Mungo's Church, Simonburn
St Andrew's Church, Brigstock
St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford
Matthew Noble 1817-1876 is in Sculptors.
In 1851 the Census shows [his future wife] Frances Mary Claxton (age 23) living with John Francis (age 70) and described as a grand-daughter which suggest her mother Ann was the deceased daughter of John Francis (age 70). Her future husband Matthew Noble (age 33) is listed as a lodger.
On 29 Dec 1855 Matthew Noble (age 38) and Frances Mary Claxton (age 28) were married.
Around 1857 [his son] Herbert Noble was born to Matthew Noble (age 39).
1859. Church of St John the Baptist, Ashley [Map]. Monument to Thomas Kinnersley of Clough Hall in Staffordshire. Monument commissioned by his sister Elizabeth. Sculpted by Matthew Noble (age 41).
Thomas Kinnersley of Clough Hall in Staffordshire: Around 1782 he was born. On 04 Feb 1855 he died.
On 28 Jan 1859 Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon (age 76) died. He has a monument at All Saints' Church, Nocton [Map] sculpted by Matthew Noble (age 41). His son George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon (age 31) succeeded 2nd Earl Ripon, 2nd Viscount Gooderich of Nocton in Lincolnshire. Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon (age 25) by marriage Countess Ripon.
Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon:
On 17 Apr 1833 she was born to Henry Vyner and Mary Gertude Robinson.
On 08 Apr 1851 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon and she were married. He the son of Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon and Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart. They were first cousin once removed.
In 1871 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon was created 1st Marquess Ripon. She by marriage Marchioness Ripon.
On 28 Feb 1907 Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon died.
1868. St Mungo's Church, Simonburn [Map]. Memorial to Robert Lancelot Allgood and his wife Elizabeth Hunter. Sculpted by Matthew Noble (age 50).
Robert Lancelot Allgood: On 17 Sep 1794 he was born to James Allgood. Before 22 Feb 1822 Robert Lancelot Allgood and Elizabeth Hunter were married. On 25 May 1854 Robert Lancelot Allgood died.
Elizabeth Hunter: On 30 May 1792 she was born to John Hunter of The Hermitage and Medomsley. On 07 Sep 1864 she died.
After 10 Nov 1873. St Andrew's Church, Brigstock [Map]. Monument to Robert Smith aka (deceased) sculpted by Matthew Noble (age 56).
On 17 Jun 1874 Stephen Glynne 9th Baronet (age 66) collapsed and died outside Bishopsgate railway station. He was buried at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire, where he is commemorated by a recumbent effigy by Matthew Noble (age 57) in a tomb recess designed by John Douglas. He was unmarried. Baronet Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter in Oxfordshire extinct.
On 21 Jan 1876 [his son] Herbert Noble (age 19) died in a railway accident at Abbots Ripton. The Special Scotch Express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a collision, during a blizzard, with a coal train. An express travelling in the other direction then ran into the wreckage.
On 23 Jun 1876 Matthew Noble (age 59) died at his home 43 Abingdon Villas. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery.
In 1909 [his former wife] Frances Mary Claxton (age 81) died.
St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. Various monuments, mostly from previous chapel and church on this site, including: a small brass of a knight, Sir Robert Hesketh (d.1541) (on north wall of chapel); a large monumental slab of alabaster portraying Thomas Hesketh of Rufford (d.1463) and Margaret his wife, with their children and Hesketh coat of arms at their feet, and lettering round the margin including names; a large table monument with effigy of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet by Matthew Noble; at east end of south aisle a wall monument to Lady Sophia Hesketh (d.1817), by Flaxman, copiously lettered, and on north wall a tablet to Sir Thomas Hesketh (d.1778), with a verse by the poet Cowper.