Details of Sculptor

Surname

Shout

Alternative Surname

First Name

Benjamin

Initial of Surname

S

Year of Birth/Baptism

Flourished

Year of Death

1811

Biographical Details

Benjamin Shout was the uncle and partner of Robert Shout. He and his nephew were in business together by 1785, when their tradecard described them as ‘Sculptors and Masons’. Benjamin appears to have had the freehold on both of the firm’s yards, at 13 Eagle Street, St Andrew, Holborn, and at nearby 18 High Holborn. Benjamin had a number of business interests including a part share in a family shipping business, and he carried on trade as an ‘oilman’ from premises at Queen Street, Holborn.
He died early in 1811, leaving the premises in Eagle Street to his wife, Elizabeth, and arranging for his half share of the business, including all the ‘stock of manufactured and unmanufactured’ goods and materials, to be converted by Robert Shout into shares for his wife and his son, Benjamin.
In the following list, monuments to those who died before 1811 are assumed to be products of the partnership of Robert and Benjamin.
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Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 350-1; Clifford 1992, 46
Archival References: Tradecard, Banks coll, BM, 106.27
Will: PROB 11/1521/303, proved 11 April 1811