The plaster for ‘Fisherman and Nymph’ had been exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1922. It was cast in bronze and is now in the lake at Coombe Abbey Country Park.[2]
He produced carvings in 1924 for the War Memorial building at Felsted School,[15][16] and the memorial reredos at St James Church, Emsworth.[17]
In 1932 at Eaton Socon he did much work on the rebuilding of the church after a fire, including "a rood screen, choir benches, parclose screens, roofing, and the organ case, all in Suffolk oak. The stone carving includes many symbolical corbel groups and portraits. Among the faces are those of the Bishop of St Albans, the Archdeacon of Bedford, the vicar of Eaton Socon, the churchwardens, the architect, the clerk of the works, and the builders' foreman."[18]
He worked on the Great Hall at University College London, in 1932 and carved decorations for the Mocatta Theatre, including the relief portraits in bronze of Mr. Mocatta and Mr. Gustave Tuck.[19]
He carved the new pulpit for St Stephen's Church, St Albans. He also produced some bronze door handles for the Jockey Club, Newmarket, and at Ascot the carved heads of the arches of the Royal Pavilion.[1]
He married Ellen Celia Hobbs in 1909 at St Matthew's Church, Willesden.[2] They had three children, Frederick (b 1911), Philip (b 1913) and Celia (b 1927), all born in Willesden. Philip became a sculptor like his father and is best known for The Coventry Boy,[22] while Frederick became a renowned theatre lighting expert.[23] In 1911 the family were living in Harlesden. Later he had a studio at 8A Gunter Grove, off the Fulham Road.[3] In 1936 he lived on Pebworth Road, Wembley. He died on the 17 June 1936 at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[24] His grandfather was the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham.[25]
