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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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William Betts

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William Betts (1790-1867)

Married Elizabeth Hayward Ladd ( -1847)

1815 Birth of son Edward Ladd Betts

c.1836 On behalf of Hugh McIntosh, negotiated terms for the contract on the North Midland Railway[1]

1843 Of Southfield House, Leicester.[2]

1867 August 14th. Died

1867 October 31st. Probate. Formerly of Bevois Mount, Southampton and late of Sandown, Kent. Proved by Edward Ladd Betts, his son, and George Giles of Westfield, Bonchurch in the Isle of Wight, Civil Engineer, Robert Gowse of Brentwood, M.D., and Thomas Smith Rowe of Margate.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and ..., Volume 1, edited by A. W. Skempton
  2. Reading Mercury - Saturday 08 July 1843