Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

James Spedding

From Graces Guide

James Spedding (c1720-1788) of Whitehaven

1777 Death of his wife[1]

1779 Married(2) in Carlisle to Miss Harrington.[2]

1788 Died. '...at his house in Roper street, Whitehaven, in the 69th year of his age, James Spedding, Esq., many years principal engineer and steward to the late Sir William Lowther, Bart. and his successor, the present Earl of Lonsdale'[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. Newcastle Courant - Saturday 22 March 1777
  2. Newcastle Courant - Saturday 09 January 1779
  3. Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 02 September 1788