Person Chantrey; Sir; Francis Legatt (1781 - 1841); sculptor Chantrey Francis Legatt Sir sculptor 1781 - 1841 British Male Jordanthorpe, in the parish of Norton, Derbyshire, England 07 April 1781 25 November 1841 Burial: Jordanthorpe, parish of Norton, Derbyshire, in a tomb contructed by himself

Education: Royal Academy (after 1802) Career: Apprenticed to a carver and guilder, Robert Ramsey (1754-1828) Sheffield; drew portraits and landscape; apprenticeship cancelled (1802) and went to try his fortune, first in Dublin and Edinburgh and finally in London; obtained employment as as Assistant Wood carver, and at soame time devoted himself to portrait painting, bust sculpture, and modelling in clay. First commission was a marble bust for Sheffield parish church (1805); he exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy from 1804, but from 1807 onwards devoted hiself mainly to sculpture and Joseph Nollekens (1737-18230, the neoc,lassical sculpton, showed recognition of his merits. His first imaginative work in sculpture was the model of the head fo Satan, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1808. Afterwards he executed for Greenwich Hospital four huge busts of Admirals Duncan, Howe, Vincent and Nelson, and led to his reputation spreading so quickly that his next bust, that of John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) the radical politician, procured him commisions to the Value of £2,000. visited Italy 91819). He died suddenly of heart failure; bequeathed money to the Royal Academy for the purchase of native works of art Freemason, initiated 5 April 1813, Lodge of Union No 218, subsequently No 166, London Honours: Kt 1835 Memberships: ARA (1816); RA (1818) Son of a carpenter and small farmer; married (1807) a well-to-do cousin Fellow 30/04/1818 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316 The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, ;Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' (2010), page 19 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 7 Apr 1781 - 25 Nov 1841 NA3509 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes abac79ee-608e-44b8-965e-1a71dc56bf7a