Person    | Male  Born 4/6/1841  Died 17/9/1917

Edwin Waterhouse

Categories: Commerce

Accountant. Born Liverpool to wealthy Quaker parents, brother to Alfred Waterhouse.

With Samuel Lowell Price and William Hopkins Holyland he founded the accountancy firm, Price Waterhouse. President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants 1892-4. Father of Nicholas.

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Edwin Waterhouse

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E. Waterhouse

Edwin Waterhouse, eminent accountant, worked in this building, 1899 - 1905. ...

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Ray Green

Ray Green

First Chairman and Trustee of the Jubilee Market Traders Committee.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
donkeys of Covent Garden

donkeys of Covent Garden

100,000 costermongers' donkeys worked in and around the market.  The picture source says: "In the 1860s there were as many as 2,000 donkey barrows on a Saturday morning in Covent Garden Market."

Animal, Animals, Commerce

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Alexander James Avery

Alexander James Avery

At the ever useful Pubs History we learn that the 1899 Post Office Directory lists Alex Jas Avery as the publican of White Hart pub in Kennington Lane. Other names are given for 1895 and for 1899 s...

Person, Commerce, Property

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Pimlico Tavern & Pimlico Pleasure Gardens, Hoxton

Pimlico Tavern & Pimlico Pleasure Gardens, Hoxton

It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'.  There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink, Music / songs, Theatre

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First postmarks in the world

First postmarks in the world

Inked date stamps were at first called 'Bishops marks' after their inventor, Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, 1660-1663.   The post office was receiving complaints about late arrival of the post. ...

Concept, Commerce

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