WOOLNER, Henry
Henry Woolner was born at 15 Mary Street, Hampstead Road, St Pancras, London on 29 December 1837 and baptised at St Pancras on 12 August 1838, son of Thomas Woolner (1805-24 December 1868), a letter carrier who was born in Hull, and his second wife Sarah née Stone (1807-20 September 1891), who died at Otley, Suffolk in 1891 aged 84. In 1841 they were living at Mary Street, St Pancras and in 1851 were still living at Mary Street, with 45 year old Thomas, a letter carrier for the G.P.O., with 43 year old Sarah, who was born at Thames Ditton, Surrey and Thomas's children Thomas Woolner 25, a sculptor, Sophia 23, who were both born at Hadleigh, Suffolk, Henry 13, Clive 11, Sarah 8, Mary Ann 6, Alfred 3 and Charlotte S. 1, who were all born at St Pancras and by 1861 they had moved to 27 Rutland Street, St Pancras. Henry was a student at Somerset House 1856-1861, the art college prior to South Kensington Royal College of Art a pupil of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828-9 April 1882) and Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821-6 October 1893). Henry was headmaster of Coalbrookdale School of Art 1863-1876 and in 1871 a 33 year drawing master living at Hodge Bower, Madeley, Shropshire with his sister Charlotte. From 1876 Henry was principal of Stoke-on-Trent College of Art and Henry Woolner of Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, married at St Mary's Church, Westerfield near Ipswich on 8 August 1877, Catherine Esther Cooper, (bapt. 22 September 1850-1929) only surviving child of the late John Cooper, a maltster, of Witnesham near Ipswich and his wife Emma née Cutting and shortly afterwards they moved to Suffolk. In 1881 Henry, now a landowner, examiner to the science and art department and a captain of auxiliary artillery, was living at Hintlesham, near Ipswich with his wife Catherine and three children Alfred Cooper (13 May 1878–7 January 1936) the Sanskrit scholar, Winifred 1, who were both born at Etruria Hall, Staffordshire, and newly born Gwendolen (1880-1891) who was born at Hintlesham. In 1901 Henry was a 62-year-old Inspector for the Board of Education living at Stanley House, London Road, St Mary Stoke, Ipswich with his 50-year-old wife Catherine Esther with three children Alfred Cooper 22, a student at Trinity College, Oxford, Harold Sterling 19, who was born at Hintlesham, and Enid Catherine 7, who was born at Ipswich, daughter Winifred had married William Flindell Bird. Henry Woolner died at Crane Hill, Ipswich on 25 July 1902, aged 64 and his wife died at Sunnyside Road, Epping in 1929.