Editing John Frost (Chartist) (section)

==Early life==
John Frost was born in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Monmouthshire]], where his father, also named John, kept the "Royal Oak Inn", in Thomas Street<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newportpast.com/nmg/chartists/ |title=Birthplace of John Frost – The Royal Oak, Thomas Street, Newport |publisher=Newportpast.com |access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> (a [[blue plaque]] honouring Frost's birthplace is located on the side of the old Post Office in the High Street, marking the approximate street location). John was mainly brought up as an orphan by his grandfather, a [[Shoemaking|bootmaker]]. He was apprenticed to a [[woollen]] [[Drapery|draper]] in Bristol and was later a shopman in London. Frost's political affiliations were greatly influenced by [[Thomas Paine]] and [[William Cobbett]]. John and Sarah Frost worshipped at [[Baptist Church|Hope Baptist Chapel]], situated behind the present day Commercial Street and Skinner Street and their eight children were all baptised there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.ac.uk/research/ResearchGroups/swchir/Pages/swchir.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715093842/http://www.newport.ac.uk/research/ResearchGroups/swchir/Pages/swchir.aspx|url-status=dead|title=University of Wales, Newport Chartism Day, Chartist Walk, 7 June 2008|archive-date=15 July 2012}}</ref>

Frost's mother Sarah died early in his childhood and he was brought up by his grandparents. He was apprenticed as a bootmaker to his grandfather and left home at the age of sixteen to become a draper's apprentice and tailor, first in [[Cardiff]], then [[Bristol]] and later London. He returned to Newport in 1806 to start his own business, which became prosperous. He married a widow Mary Geach in 1812 and over the course of eleven years they had eight children. He was held in great esteem and affection for his appealing character and was commended for being "studious, quiet and obedient."<ref>{{Citation|last=Rudé|first=G.|title=Frost, John (1784–1877)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/frost-john-2071|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref>