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Mary Ellin Miles (1819 - 1884)

Mary Ellin Miles was an artist and glass painter. Despite being an amateur artist, her work was admired by John Ruskin and she designed and painted a series of windows in English churches during the mid-Victorian period.

Family

Mary Ellin Miles was the daughter of a clergyman, Rev. J. J. Cleaver, and in 1844 married her cousin, Robert Henry William Miles. The Miles family money was derived from the slave trade. In 1844 Robert and Mary moved to Bingham in Nottinghamshire where Robert had been appointed as Rector.

 'Amateur' Stained Glass

Stained glass made by non-professionals was quite widespread. Mary Miles made windows for churches in Nottinghamshire (Bingham) and Somerset (East Brent and