Thomas Gaffin

Thomas Gaffin (1819–1869) was a 19th-century sculptor of Irish descent.

Monument to Sir William Coryton in St Mellion

Life

Monument to John Willis in St Thomas à Becket church, Greatford

He was born in Swinford, County Mayo in Ireland, the son of Edward Gaffin (1780–1855), a sculptor and stone mason. The family left Ireland and moved to London around 1800. He specialised in ornate graves for the rich and famous; most of his work is in the south of England.^[1]

From 1841 to 1860 he lived at 17 Kensington Place and from then until his death lived at 6 Bessborough Place. He had offices at 63 Regent Street. He died on 24 October 1869 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. His will left £16000.^[2]

Works

• Monument to Sir Richard Neave at South Weald (1814)
• Monument to the Duke of Richmond in Chichester Cathedral (1819)
• Monument to Sophia St John at Coltishall (1827)
• Monument to Jemima Harvey at Langley Marish (1827)
• Monument to William Torriano at Stanstead Mountfitchet (1828)
• Monument to Pownoll Pellew, 2nd Viscount Exmouth at Christow (1833)
• Monument to Sarah Winfield at Tyringham (1834)
• Monument to John Monck in St Mary's Church in Reading (1834)
• Monument to John Willis in Greatford (1834)
• Monument to William Coryton in St Mellion (1836)
• Monument to James Digby in Bourne, Lincolnshire (1836)
• Monument to the Hon. Emily Wingfield at Adlestrop (1837)
• Monument to Lady Sarah Wandesford at Ulcombe (1838)
• Monument to Caroline Dashwood in Stanford-on-Soar (1840)
• Monument to Rear Admiral Major Jacob Henniker in Hartfield (1843)^[3]
• Monument to Herbert Barrett Curteis MP in Wartling (1847)
• Monument to Lord Clyde in Westminster Abbey (1863)
• Monument to Sophia Charlotte Hennis in Exeter Cathedral^[4]
• Monument to Edmund Beynham at Carshalton Parish Church
• Monument to Sir Thomas Reade at Congleton (1849)
• Monument to Sir Joseph Bazalgette Sr. in Wimbledon Parish Church (1849)^[5]
• Memorial to Lt. George Ross Caldwell at Kew Church^[6]

Family

Not known.