Walter Prideaux
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Walter Prideaux | |
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 Prideaux (left) and John Hollins from a painting by Hollins | |
| Born | 1806 |
| Died | 1889 (aged 82–83) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Poetry |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Williams |
| Children | four |
Walter Prideaux (1806–1889) was an English poet and lawyer.[1] He rose to be clerk to Goldsmiths' Hall.[2]
Walter Prideaux was born 15 April 1806, at Bearscombe near Kingsbridge and Loddiswell, one of the six sons[3] of Walter Prideaux (d. 1832) of Kingsbridge and Plymouth, a partner in the Devon and Cornwall Bank, a Quaker associated with the Plymouth Brethren, having in 1812 sold Bearscombe[citation needed] and moved to Plymouth.[4] It is not clear what relation he was to the ancient gentry family of Prideaux seated variously at Orcheton, Modbury; Adeston, Holbeton; Thuborough, Sutcombe; Soldon, Holsworthy; Netherton, Farway; Ashburton; Nutwell, Woodbury; Ford Abbey, Thorncombe all in Devon, and at Prideaux Place, Padstow, and Prideaux manor, Luxulyan, in Cornwall. The wife of Walter Prideaux (Senior) was Sarah-Ball Hingston, a daughter of his partner Joseph Hingston (1764-1835) (Senior), merchant,[5] of Dodbrooke (adjacent to Kingsbridge) in Devon, by his first wife Sarah Ball (d.1790), a daughter of Joseph Ball of Bridgwater in Somerset.[6][7]
