page_title: Hugh Squier
hierarchical_section_title: Hugh Squier
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of a portrait of Hugh Squier (1625-1710), benefactor of South Molton, who founded a Free Scool in South Molton in 1684. By unknown artist. Purchased in 1796 by South Molton Town Council from a certain Mrs May, and today hangs from the chain of office of the Mayor of South Molton. In 1799 a large oil on canvas copy (74cm * 60cm) was made by a certain Mr Whitby and now hangs in the Mayor's Parlour of the Guildhall, South Molton. In 1910 a stone bust of Hugh Squier based on either the miniature or the copy painting was placed in an aedicule on the facade iof the Guildhall, where it remains today. (Source: Morey, Gertrude, Hugh Squier of South Molton, 1625-1710; A Note of his Founding of the Free School in South Molton, his Will and his Benefactions to the Town, published in Devon Historian, Vol. 23, 1981, pp.7-11, pp.10-11)
context_page_description: Hugh Squier of Petty France, Westminster, was a wealthy merchant best remembered as a generous benefactor to the town of South Molton in Devon, the place of his birth, where in 1684 he founded a "free school".
context_section_description: Hugh Squier (1625-1710) of Petty France, Westminster, was a wealthy merchant best remembered as a generous benefactor to the town of South Molton in Devon, the place of his birth, where in 1684 he founded a "free school".
caption: Contemporary miniature portrait of Hugh Squier, by unknown artist. Purchased in 1796 by South Molton Town Council from a certain Mrs May, and today hangs from the chain of office of the Mayor of South Molton[1]
exif: {}