Thomas Stirling Lee [SEP] date of death
Thomas Stirling Lee
Thomas Stirling Lee (London 16 March 1857 – 29 June 1916 London) was an English sculptor, specialising in reliefs and portrait heads.
Early life.
Lee was born in Lambeth, London on 16 March 1857, the son of John Swanwick Lee, a surveyor. He was educated at Westminster School and then served as an apprentice in the studio of John Birnie Philip.
Lee studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1876–80, where he won both a Gold Medal and a Travelling Scholarship.
church of All Souls, Haley Hill, Halifax, founded by Akroyd in 1856.
His apprentices included Thomas Stirling Lee.
Family.
He married Frances Black in 1853. They had ten children, including a daughter, Beatrice (also called 'Beatrix' or 'Trixie'), who married James McNeill Whistler in 1888. Their daughter Ethel married the writer Charles Whibley. Birnie's youngest daughter Rosalind Birnie Philip acted as Whistler's companion, secretary and house-keeper after Beatrice's death, and was appointed