Details of Sculptor

Surname

Maile family

Alternative Surname

First Name

of London

Initial of Surname

M

Year of Birth/Baptism

Flourished

Year of Death

Biographical Details

C Maile fl after 1786
Richard Maile †1850
George Maile fl 1850
The family was probably related to Richard Maile, though that mason made no provision for a continuation of the family business in his will. A ‘C Maile’ had a yard in the New Road from 1786, and supplied a chimneypiece for Ryston, then being rebuilt for Mr E R Pratt by Sir John Soane (11). Robert Mylne, the architect, noted in his diary, ‘Called at Mr. Maile’s and directed alterations on a chimney-piece of Dressing Room at Argyll House, Aug. 21 1786’ (GPC, quoting a diary coll Miss Mylne).
‘Maile and Son of New Road, London’ signed a number of tablets in the 19th century (3-9). Richard Maile, ‘Statuary and Mason of St Pancras’ died in 1850. He is presumably the ‘R Maile’ who signed a tablet in Carmarthen (4). In his will he left his leasehold house and premises ‘with the show room and workshop’ in Keppel Row, New Road, to his son, George Maile (PROB 11/2116/290-1). Matthew Johnson was one of his executors. George Maile signed a standard New Road monument with a draped urn to Anthony Musgrave (9). The firm continued to produce memorial plaques as late as 1952.
Literary References: Dale-Jones and Lloyd 1989, 52
Archival References: GPC