Richard Lockwood Boulton

Richard Lockwood Boulton (c. 1832–1905) was an English sculptor who founded the firm Messrs R. L. Boulton & Sons. It was centred in Cheltenham, England, and built monuments made of iron and stone in the United Kingdom.

Biography Family Boulton was born around 1832 in Thornton Dale, North Yorkshire. His father, Richard Boulton, was born around 1792 and was also a stonemason. Around 1822, his older brother, William Boulton, was born. William went on to run his own masonry business in Southwark. Richard Lockwood Boulton started training as a stonemason and then began working with his brother. In 1855, he left his brother's business and moved to Birmingham where he married Martha Mary Dutson (born 1834 in Herefordshire). They had five children, including Lockwood Dutson (1857–1927), Thomas Dutson Boulton (1860–1932), Gilbert Dutson (1866–1936) and Martha Miriam Dutson (born 1867). Lockwood Dutson, Thomas Dutson and Gilbert Dutson all followed their father by becoming sculptors and stonemasons. In 1861, Lockwood Dutson worked on Worcester Cathedral,

Cheltenham Around 1870, Boulton moved to Cheltenham. In 1871, he had moved his workshop to London Road in Charlton Kings. Later, the workshop was on Bath Road in Cheltenham. At one stage he was employing 21 people in the firm, which included Herbert Henry Martyn. St Alban's Church, Warrington, fittings (1893) St Catherine's Church, Littlehampton, altar (1904) Boer War Memorial, Cheltenham (1907) Edward VII statue, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham (1914) Cheltenham Minster, reredos, Cheltenham (1916) Our Lady and St Non Chapel statue, St Davids, Pembrokeshire Statues of Aesculapius, Hygeia and Hippocrates in Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham (1965) Sculptures for Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, Bombay (now Maharashtra Police Headquarters)