Richard Fothergill (1758–1821) was an
ironmaster in South Wales and the founder of the Fothergill dynasty of ironmasters.
His sons were Richard Fothergill II (1789–1851),
Thomas Fothergill
Thomas Fothergill D.D. (1715/6–1796) was an English cleric and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
Life
He was the son of Henry Fothergill of Westmorland, and brother of George Fothergill. He matriculated at The Queen's Colleg ...
(1791–1858), and
Rowland Fothergill (1794–1871). His daughter, Ann, married in 1877
Sir Rose Lambert Price, bart.
[
His grandson Richard Fothergill III (1822–1903) was an ironmaster and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.][Mair, Robert Henry. (1870) ]
Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. 1870.
' London: Dean & Son, p. 107.
Notes and references
External links
*http://www.saxonlodge.net/getperson.php?personID=I0153&tree=Tatham
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
1758 births
1821 deaths
British ironmasters
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