Richard Fothergill (ironmaster)
Richard Fothergill (1758–1821) was an ironmaster in South Wales and the founder of the Fothergill dynasty of ironmasters.[1][2]
His sons were Richard Fothergill II (1789–1851),[3] Thomas Fothergill (1791–1858), and Rowland Fothergill (1794–1871). His daughter, Ann, married in 1877 Sir Rose Lambert Price, bart.[1]
His grandson Richard Fothergill III (1822–1903) was an ironmaster and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.[4]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b Watkin William Price (1959). "Fothergill family, iron-masters, etc.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Richard Fothergill. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Married Charlotte, daughter of Charles Elderton.
- ^ Mair, Robert Henry. (1870) Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. 1870. London: Dean & Son, p. 107.
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