Biography of Louis Francois Roubiliac 1702-1762

 Lyon, France Church of St Martin Orgar Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham St Giles' Church, Wrexham St Edmund's Church, Warkton Westminster Abbey Church of St Mary, Narford Church of St Mary, Southwick Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall St Martin in the Fields

Louis Francois Roubiliac 1702-1762 is in Sculptors.

On 31 Aug 1702 Louis Francois Roubiliac was born in Lyon, France [Map].

After 1730 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 27) worked as an assistant to Henry Cheere 1st Baronet (age 27).

In 1735 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 32) and Caroline Magdalene Hélot were married at Church of St Martin Orgar [Map].

After 1739 Adrien Carpentiers (age 26) was aquainted with Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 36).

After 01 Jan 1741. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (deceased). Flat Obelisk before which stands life sized carving of the deceased leaning on an Urn, in Roman dress, a putto holding a medallion of the Duchess Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. Sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 38).

On 08 Apr 1747 Mary Myddelton died. Monument in St Giles' Church, Wrexham [Map] sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 44).

Mary Myddelton: she was born to Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet and Frances Whitmore Lady Myddelton.

On 06 Jul 1749 John Montagu 2nd Duke Montagu (age 59) died without surviving male issue. Duke Montagu extinct. His estates were inherited by his daughter Mary (age 38) and her husband George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu (age 36) who changed his name to Montagu from Brudenell. Monument in St Edmund's Church, Warkton [Map]. Sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 46). Erected by his widow, Mary Churchill (age 59), the daughter of the 1st Duke of Marlborough, who stands at the left hand side of the monument.

From 1750 Nicholas Read (age 17) became an apprentice to Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 47); the only apprentice Roubiliac, who had vowed not to take apprentices, ever had.

In or before 1751 [his wife] Caroline Magdalene Hélot died.

In 1751 Andrea Soldi (age 48). Portrait of Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 48).

On 14 May 1751 Mary Churchill Duchess Montagu (age 61) died. Monument in St Edmund's Church, Warkton [Map]. Sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 48). Erected by her Daughter, Lady Mary Montagu. The monument is adorned with figures representing the three fates of Clotho-, Atropos- and Lachesis-, arranged to show the cutting of Mary's life thread, and Lachesis' dismay at it being cut short. Three putti also figure on the monument, one of whom holds the spindle from which the thread was cut.

Clotho-: Clotho- is one of the Three Fates. She spins the thread of human life.

Atropos-: Atropos- is one of the Three Fates. She cuts the thread of human life.

Lachesis-: Lachesis- is one of the Three Fates. She measures the thread of human life.

In Jan 1752 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 49) and Elizabeth Crosby of Deptford were married. She "a celebrated beauty", with £10,000. She died shortly after they were married of unknown causes.

After Jan 1752 Joseph Wilton (age 29) and his friend Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 49) travelled to Rome, Italy together.

After Jan 1752 [his former wife] Elizabeth Crosby of Deptford died.

In 1753 Roubiliac (age 50) completed another great sepulchral trophy in Westminster Abbey [Map] to Admiral Peter Warren.

After 04 Sep 1753. Church of St Mary, Narford [Map]. Monument to Andrew Fountaine (deceased). Dark marble sarcophagus with a white marble bust - a copy of an original by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 51) now in the Norwich Museum collection.

On 08 Dec 1754 Thomas Middleton (age 63) died. Monument in St Giles' Church, Wrexham [Map] sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 52).

Thomas Middleton: he and Arabella Hacker were married. Around 1691 he was born to John Middleton.

After 16 May 1758. Monument in the Church of St Mary, Southwick [Map] to George Lynn (deceased) commissioned by his widow Anne Bellamy attributed to Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 55). Grey and white marble with oval medallion of deceased suspended from broad flat obelisk; drapery below with figure of his wife seated female figure to right, leaning against Urn.

Anne Bellamy: In 1680 she was born to Edward Bellamy. In Aug 1734 George Lynn and she were married by which he came into possession of Frinton Manor. The difference in their ages was 27 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of George Lynn and Elizabeth Bellamy. On 31 Aug 1741 she died.

On 20 Apr 1759 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 61) died. Earl of Leicester and Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell extinct. Wenman Roberts aka Coke (age 42) inherited his estates.

On 31 Aug 1753 Edward Coke (age 34) died.

Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map] commissioned by wife and mother Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 58). Erected in 1760. Sculpted by Charles Atkinson. Gadrooned sarcophagus on pedestal with a carved and painted achievement above surrounded by extravagant mantling. Flanked by pair of composite columns supporting a dentilated pediment. Carved bust figures to the sides of the Earl and Countess by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 56).

Edward Coke: On 02 Feb 1719 he was born to Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester. On 01 Apr 1747 Edward Coke and Mary Campbell were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll. He the son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester.

In 1762 Adrien Carpentiers (age 49). Portrait of Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 59).

Before 11 Jan 1762 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 59) and Nicole Céleste Regnier (age 40) were married.

On 11 Jan 1762 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 59) died. He was buried in St Martin in the Fields [Map]. His funeral was attended by Joshua Reynolds (age 38) among many others. His apprentice Nicholas Read (age 29) took over his studio at 66 St Martin's Lane.

Around 1782 [his former wife] Nicole Céleste Regnier (age 60) died.