Walter Prideaux

For the English rower, see Walter Prideaux (rower).
Walter Prideaux

Prideaux (left) and John Hollins from a painting by Hollins
Born 1806
Died 1889
Residence Faircrouch, Wadhurst, Sussex[1]
Nationality English
Occupation Lawyer
Known for Poetry
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Williams
Children four

Walter Prideaux (1806-1889) was a poet and lawyer.[2] Prideuax rose to be clerk to Goldsmiths' Hall.[1]

Biography

Walter Prideaux was born 15 April 1806 to Sarah and Walter Prideaux.[3] He was born at Bearscombe near Kingbridge and Loddiswell. In 1812 his father sold Bearscombe and moved to Plymouth to establish a bank.

Walter Prideaux - lawyer John Hollins ... who painted this William Milbourne James - Lord Chief Justice Robert Holland ... who funded the trip Charles Green the Aeronaut Thomas Monck Mason - entrepreneur Use a cursor to explore or press button for larger image & copyright
A Consultation prior to the Aerial Voyage to Weilburgh, 1836 A painting by John Hollins[1] The people can be identified using a cursor.
  1. ^ John Hollins, National Portrait Gallery, London, accessed May 2009

Prideaux is shown in a painting where discussions are taking place for a journey in a balloon by Charles Green, Thomas Monck Mason and Robert Hollond. The three travelled a record distance of 500 miles in 18 hours. Prideaux was included in the painting with the artist, John Hollins, and William Milbourne James.

In 1840, Prideaux's poems were published as Poems of Chivalry, Faery, and the Olden Time[4]

Prideaux died in 1889.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 West Country poets, 1896
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Monck Mason, National Portrait Gallery, accessed May 2009
  3. ↑ Kingston family, accessed May 2009
  4. ↑ Poems of Chivalry, Faery, and the Olden Time, Walter Prideaux, 1840, accessed May 2009