Samuel Faire 1849-1931 In loving Remembrance of Sara wife of /Sir Samuel Faire Born 22 December 1853 Died 2 July 1925. and Sir Samuel Faire Kt husband of the above born 18 October 1849 died 18 January 1931. and their eldest daughter / Evelyn Mary Stuart born 6 July 1879 / died 1 April 1956 Also Edward Alister Stuart dearly loved stepson born 17 July 1907 / died 28 February 1981. Although Samuel Faire was born in Derby, when he was young his family moved to Leicester, where he was educated at Mill Hill School, London Road. With his brother he founded the firm of Faire Brothers & Co boot and shoelace manufacturers. In time this was turned into a limited company with the elder brother as Chairman and Samuel as Deputy Chairman. Their fine warehouse still Rutland Street. In 1891 Samuel Faire was elected as a councillor for Knighton Ward and for several years was Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee. He was knighted in 1905 and became High Sheriff of the County in 1919. He was keenly interested in the Ragged School Mission, the Poor Boys and Girls Summer Camp, the YMCA and the societies for the blind and the crippled. He was an ardent supporter of amateur athletics and regularly attended the matches of the Leicester Tigers. His only son Clifford was killed in action fighting with the New Zealanders during World War I.

William Flint 1801-1862 In affectionate remembrance of William Flint Born 18 February 1901 Died 11 January 1862 The memory of the Just is blessed And of Ann his beloved wife Born 21 April 1810 Died 5th October 1876 Trusting in Jesus William Flint, after whom Flint Street is named, was the son of a school teacher. Articled to the architect William Parsons in 1818, his first main job was as clerk of the works to the building of St George's church in Rutland Street, which was designed by Parsons. Appointed Architect and Surveyor to the Borough in 1836, with his office at 18 Friar Lane, Flint had many pupils including Albert Sawday and Isaac Barradale. Local examples of Flint's work in Leicester include: Charles Street Methodist Chapel (1830), the New Hall (City Library), Belvoir Street (1831), Crescent Cottages, King Street (1836, restored 1973) and the Phoenix Fire Assurance Building, Welford Place (1842)

John Flower 1795-1861 In / affectionate / remembrance of / John Flower / who died November 19 1861 / aged 66 years. Blessed are they who live / and die like him. Loved with such love and with such sorrows mourn'd. John Flower was baptised in St Mary de Castro in October 1793. In 1806 he was apprenticed to a framework knitter. Fortunately his artistic talent came to the attention of Dr Alexander of Danets Hall who encouraged the young man, as did Mary Linwood, who in 1816 arranged for him to receive lessons from Peter de Wint in London. Although Flower's landscapes are characterised by their fidelity to nature with inimitable foliage, rock scenery and excellent colouring, his main forte was architecture. John Flower's pictures of buildings are without equal. Indeed, were it not for Flower's drawings (published in Views of Ancient Buildings in the Town and County of Leicester in 1826) we would not know as much as we do about how eighteenth-century Leicester looked. John Flower, who was known to many as 'The Leicester Artist', was an amiable and hospitable man who worked from a studio in Southgate Street. In 1851 he moved into his new house, in Regent Road, which had been designed by his friend Henry Goddard.

George Foxton 1804-1878 In loving memory of George Foxton late Alderman and mayor of Leicester 1872-3 Who died March 28 1878 aged 74 years We deeply mourn, Thy race is run Faith in honour, Thy will be done In affectionate remembrance of Eliza Foxton who died August 18 1888 in her 78th year Thy will be done. George Foxton, a civil engineer and surveyor, was born in Yorkshire. Some of the posts he held included that of Officer of the Grand Junction Canal Company, Surveyor of the Leicester and Welford Turnpike and Director of the Leicester Gas Company. He was elected as a Liberal councillor in 1866 and served the town as mayor in 1872. George Foxton, who was said to be a shrewd man of business possessed of sound judgement, lived in Prebend Terrace, 79 London Road.

Return to Welford Road Cemetery Index of Monuments Continue the tour