Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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George Horton

From Graces Guide

of Horton and Son, Steam Boiler Works, 63 Park Street, Southwark, London, S.E.

1843 Born in Lambeth son of Isaac Horton (1809-1872), engineer

1851 Isaac Horton 42, engineer, boiler maker, employing 80 men, lived in Lambeth with Elizabeth Horton 33, Isaac Horton 10, Elizabeth Horton 8, Fanny Horton 5, Thomas Horton 3, Daniel Horton 9 Months[1]

1871 Member of I Mech E[2]. Married Anna Maria Phillips[3]

1875 Black Lake, West Bromwich, belonged to Elizabeth Horton, Isaac Horton, George Horton, William Grandage Ramsden, and Edward Roberts, trustees under the will of Isaac Horton, deceased[4]

1881 George Horton 39, mechanical engineer, lived in Wandsworth with Anna M. Horton 39, Madoline P. Horton 6, Anna P. Horton 5[5]

1886 Resigned from Horton and Son and Wentworth and Sons; his sons Isaac and |Daniel, carried on the business as Steam Boiler Manufacturers, at No. 63, Park-street, Southwark, Surrey, under the style or firm of Horton and Son[6]

1896 resigned from I Mech E

1901 Died


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Sources of Information

  1. 1851 census
  2. Mechanical engineer records
  3. Marriage register in Clapham
  4. London gazette 26 November 1875
  5. 1881 census
  6. London Gazette 11 February 1887