MINTON

Herbert (2 son of Thomas Minton, potter 1765–1836). b. Stoke on-Trent 4 Feb. 1793; ed. at Audlem school, Cheshire; partner with his father at Stoke 1817–28; re-entered the busine 1836 and took as partners John Boyle and Mr. Hollins; Colin Minton Campbell became a partner 1849; introduced manufacture of hard porcelain, parian, semi transparent porcelain, encaustic tiles, azulejos or coloured enamel tiles, mosaics, Delia Robbia ware, majolica and Pali y ware; employed 1500 hands in 1858; lived at Harts hill near Stoke many years, where he built and endowed a church and schools 1842; the school of art at Stoke was erected by public subscription as a memorial to Minton. d. Belmont, Torquay 1 April 1858. bur. at Harts hill. Account of a visit to the works of Minions, Stoke-upon-Trent (1884); Digby Wyatt’s On the influence exercised on ceramic manufactures by H. Minton (1858); Fortunes made in busine , iii 63–115 (1887).