Designer of stained glass. Robert Newbery's letterhead styled him as 'Artist in Stained Glass, Mural Decoration and Monumental Brasses' (1914). His studio was located at 27 Fitzroy Square, London, and his work is exceptionally well-represented in south and west Wales during the period from 1895 until the early 1920s, with smaller numbers of windows being made into the early 1930s. It is not clear how involved he was in the making of his own stained glass, and a single known example of a window designed by him was made (and signed) by Charles Powell.
The large amount of stained glass by him in the southern half of Wales may be partly accounted for by family connections in Haverfordwest, and the patronage of the first baron Merthyr, W.T. Lewis.
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| Signature from Peter's Commission about 1901 Church of St Peter, Lampeter, Ceredigion east wall of the south aisle (window number: sIV) | |
| Signature from Works of Mercy about 1902 Church of All Saints, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire north wall of the north aisle |
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 10, 158–9.
Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 89.
John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), pp.99-100.
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