Difference between revisions of "Thomas Sopwith (1838-1898)"
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1838 Born the son of [[Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879)]] | 1838 Born the son of [[Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879)]] | ||
1888 Civil engineer and managing director of the Spanish Lead Mines Company of Linares in southern Spain. Birth of his son [[Thomas Sopwith (1888-1989)]]. | 1888 Civil engineer and managing director of the Spanish Lead Mines Company of Linares in southern Spain. Birth of his son [[Thomas Sopwith (1888-1989)]], his 8th child and only son. | ||
1898 Died aged 59 as a result of a shooting accident on the Isle of Lismore. <ref>[[The Engineer 1898/08/05]], p133.</ref> | 1898 Died aged 59 as a result of a shooting accident on the Isle of Lismore. <ref>[[The Engineer 1898/08/05]], p133.</ref> |
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Thomas Sopwith (1838-1898) Mining Engineer, of 6 Great George Street, Westminster, S.W.
1838 Born the son of Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879)
1888 Civil engineer and managing director of the Spanish Lead Mines Company of Linares in southern Spain. Birth of his son Thomas Sopwith (1888-1989), his 8th child and only son.
1898 Died aged 59 as a result of a shooting accident on the Isle of Lismore. [1]
1898 Obituary [2]
He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution on the 1st March, 1864, and was transferred to Membership on the 7th December, 1869
Died after the accidental discharge of a gun on the 30th July 1898.