Thomas Gaffin
{{Short description|Irish sculptor (1819–1869)}}
File:Church of St Mellanus, St Mellion - monument to William Coryton - geograph.org.uk - 3539960.jpg in St Mellion]]
Thomas Gaffin (1819–1869) was a 19th-century sculptor of Irish descent.
Life
File:Greatford, St Thomas à Becket church, Monument to John Willis.jpg]]
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.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.160
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.{{Cite web|url=https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1377086639|title=Thomas Gaffin - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951|website=sculpture.gla.ac.uk}}
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){{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91896835/jacob-henniker|title=Jacob Henniker (1780-1843) - Find a Grave...|website=www.findagrave.com}}
- 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturegrid.org.uk/search/1723114.html|title=[ Exeter Cathedral. Monument to Sophia Charlotte Hennis] - Culture Grid|website=www.culturegrid.org.uk}}
- 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){{Cite web|url=http://www.speel.me.uk/sculpt/gaffin.htm|title=Edward & Thomas Gaffin - Bob Speel's Website|website=www.speel.me.uk}}
- Memorial to Lt. George Ross Caldwell at Kew Church{{cite web | url=http://www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/kewch.htm | title=Kew Church St Anne Monuments - Bob Speel's website }}
Family
Not known.