Author: Flowers, Frederick
Biography:
FLOWERS, Frederick (1810-86: ODNB)
He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, one of three surviving sons of the Rev. Field Flowers (1772-1818) and his wife Mary Parker, who had married at Boston in 1796. He was educated at the grammar school in Louth, Lincs., and began the study of law at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1828. His playful Byronic poem Titus includes a dedicatory poem addressed to his brother William Henry. His only other publication appears to be a speech delivered on the occasion of a tragedy, Swing, performed in London in 1831. He was called to the bar in 1839 and became a judge on the midland circuit; in 1862 he was also appointed recorder of Stamford, Lincs. From his marriage to Ann Kirby in 1841 he had one son. From 1864 until his death he was police magistrate at Bow Street, London, and magistrate for several southern counties. He died at his home in Hornsey, London, on 26 Jan. 1886 and was buried at his father's last church, St. Nicholas, Partney, Lincs., where there is a memorial to him. (ODNB 25 Sept. 2021; findmypast.com 25 Sept. 2021; ancestry.com 25 Sept. 2021) HJ