Barber, John (1734–1793), coalmaster and inventor, was born at Greasley Castle Farm, Nottinghamshire, and baptized at Greasley on 22 October 1734, the eldest son of Francis Barber (d. 1782), Nottinghamshire coalmaster, and his wife, Elizabeth Fletcher (d. 1787). His mother's father, ...
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Barber, John (1734–1793), coalmaster and inventor
H. S. Torrens
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Basset, John (1791–1843), writer on Cornish mining
W. H. Tregellas
revised by Philip Payton
Basset, John (1791–1843), writer on Cornish mining, was born on 17 November 1791 at Illogan, Cornwall, the son of the Revd John Basset (d. 1816), rector of Illogan and Camborne, and Mary Wingfield of Durham, his wife. He was baptized at Illogan church...
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Blackett, Sir William, first baronet (1621–1680)
Maker: Peter Cross
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Sir William Blackett, first baronet (1621–1680) by Peter Cross Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (The National Trust) / NTPL / Brenda Norrish
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Blackett, Sir William, first baronet (1657–1705), landowner and mine owner
Mark Blackett-Ord
Blackett, Sir William, first baronet (1657–1705), landowner and mine owner, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne on 5 April 1657. He was the eighth child and third surviving son of Sir William Blackett, also first baronet (1621–1680), and his first wife, Elizabeth (...
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Blackett, Sir William, first baronet (1621–1680), merchant and mine owner
Mark Blackett-Ord
Blackett, Sir William, first baronet (1621–1680), merchant and mine owner, was born on 1 May 1621 and baptized at Gateshead although his family was based at Hamsterley, 6 miles west of Bishop Auckland in the county palatine of Durham. He was the third son of ...
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Bowes, George (1701–1760), coal owner and landscape builder
Jennifer Gill
Bowes, George (1701–1760), coal owner and landscape builder, was born on 21 August 1701 at Streatlam Castle, near Barnard Castle, co. Durham, the third son of Sir William Bowes (bap. 1657, d. 1707), landowner, of Streatlam, and his wife, Elizabeth Blakiston (...
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Bowes, John (1811–1885), coal industrialist and art collector
Stafford M. Linsley
Bowes, John (1811–1885), coal industrialist and art collector, was born at 13 South Street, Chelsea, London, on 19 June 1811, the illegitimate son of John Bowes, tenth earl of Strathmore (1769–1820), and Mary (1787–1860), the daughter of George and Ann Milner of Stainton, co. Durham...
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Bradshaigh, Sir Roger, third baronet (bap. 1675, d. 1747), politician and coal owner
Richard D. Harrison
Bradshaigh, Sir Roger, third baronet (bap. 1675, d. 1747), politician and coal owner, was baptized on 29 April 1675, the first son of Sir Roger Bradshaigh, second baronet (c.1649–1687), of Haigh Hall, Lancashire, and his wife, Mary (d. 1733), the daughter and coheir of ...
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Bradshaigh, Sir Roger, first baronet (1628–1684), politician and colliery owner
John Langton
Bradshaigh, Sir Roger, first baronet (1628–1684), politician and colliery owner, was born at Haigh Hall, Haigh near Wigan in Lancashire, on 13 January 1628, the eldest surviving son of James Bradshaigh (1598–1631) of Haigh and his wife, Ann, fourth daughter of Sir William Norris...
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Bulmer, Sir Bevis (d. 1613), courtier and mining projector
Leslie Owen Tyson
Bulmer, Sir Bevis (d. 1613), courtier and mining projector, whose origins are shrouded in mystery, was a close friend of both Queen Elizabeth and James VI and I. Stephen Atkinson, his refiner of ores and a constant companion after 1587, wrote an account of ...
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Chalmers, George (1857–1928), mining engineer in Brazil
Marshall C. Eakin
Chalmers, George (1857–1928), mining engineer in Brazil, was born at Flushing, Cornwall, on 17 January 1857, the youngest son of Captain John Chalmers (1810–1870), an army officer who had served in Jamaica before retiring to Cornwall, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Goater (1820–1885)...
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Egerton, Francis, third duke of Bridgewater (1736–1803), canal promoter and colliery owner
K. R. Fairclough
Egerton, Francis, third duke of Bridgewater (1736–1803), canal promoter and colliery owner, was born on 21 May 1736 and baptized the following month at St James's, Piccadilly, London. He was the youngest of eleven children (and seventh son) of Scroop Egerton, first duke of Bridgewater...
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Egerton, Francis, third duke of Bridgewater (1736–1803)
Maker: Peter Rouw
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Francis Egerton, third duke of Bridgewater (1736–1803) by Peter Rouw, 1803 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Farrar, Sir George Herbert, baronet (1859–1915), mine owner and politician in South Africa
John Pinfold
Farrar, Sir George Herbert, baronet (1859–1915), mine owner and politician in South Africa, was born at Mill End, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, on 17 June 1859, the third son of Charles Farrar (1832/3–1896), general medical practitioner, and his wife, Helen, née Howard (1830/31–1921). When he was quite young his father, who did not take his medical practice very seriously, left the family rather dramatically by rowing away down the river towards the fens, where he spent the rest of his life. From then on ...
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Fletcher, Ralph (bap. 1757, d. 1832), coal owner and magistrate
A. J. Gritt
Fletcher, Ralph (bap. 1757, d. 1832), coal owner and magistrate, was born in Bolton, Lancashire, and baptized at St Peter's Church, Bolton, on 30 November 1757, the only son of John Fletcher (1727–1806), coal owner and farmer, and Mary Bolton (d. 1789)...
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Gibbs, William (1790–1875)
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William Gibbs (1790–1875) by unknown photographer, 1862–3 © reserved
