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HJ Obituaries Vols 1-49
HJ Obituaries Vols 50-74
HJ Obituaries Vols 75-84
HJ Obituaries Vols 85-94
HJ Obituaries Vols 95-104
HJ Obituaries Vols 105-119
HJ Obituaries Vols 120-134
HJ Obituaries Vols 135-150

 

HJ Obituaries Vols 1 - 49

Vol. No HJ Date Page No. Name Address Occupation B/F
Vol 4 Feb 1862 85 Mr Breese Sen.   1st BHI Secretary B
Vol 5   48 James Adams Esq. St John’s Square   B
Vol 5   74 Mr P MacDonald 61 St John’s Square HJ Printer B
Vol 5   94 Mr Cooper Calthorpe St Watch manufacturer B
Vol 5   94 W. Connell Cheapside Chronometer maker B
Vol 5   143 Mr George Bruton 9 Spencer St Clerkenwell Enameller B
Vol 6   56 Mr Robert Miller Royal Exchange Clockmaker B
Vol 6   71 Thomas Cole     B
             
Vol 6   92 Mr Richard Roberts Manchester Engineer/ Horologist B
Vol 7   102 Frederick William Knight   Engraver B
Vol 9 Sept 1866 11 Mr Josiah Shalcross   Escapement maker B
Vol 9 March 1867 84 Thomas Hewitt Ashby St, Clerkenwell Marine chronometer maker B
Vol 9 July 1867 132 Thomas Swift 40, Essex-St

Islington

Lever pallet maker B
Vol 10 Nov 1867 34 Louis-Urbain Jurgensen Copenhagen Watchmaker F
Vol 10 Dec 1867 37 Valentine Knight Thornycroft, Leatherhead,

Middlesex

!st President of BHI & dialmaker F
Vol 10 Aug 1868 140 G E Mylne 9 Upper Chadwell St, Clerkenwell Watchmaker F
Vol 11 Nov 1868 29 Mr William Rowlands   Watch case maker

Memoir

F
Vol 11 April 1869 87 John Richard Lund 41, Lee Park, Lee Chronometer manufacturer F
Vol 11 April 1869 88 Mr R R Hux   Hon. Treasurer of BHI F
Vol 11 April 1869 88 C R Weld New-Bridge-Hill nr Bath Author of the Official Report on Horological Instruments at Paris exhibition F
Vol 12 May 1870 107 Mr Theodore Gordon 26 Great James St, Bedford Row HJ Editor Escapement maker F
Vol 13 June 1871 118 Samuel May   Escapements, watches & chronometers B
Vol 14 June 1872 113 Thomas Tompion   "Father of Clockmaking" Memoir F

M

Vol 14 June 1872 113 George Graham   Memoir F

M

Vol 16 Sept 1873 4 Charles MacDowell Jermyn Street, St James’s Helix Lever inventor F
Vol 16 May 1874 128 Mr Robert Haswell 49, Spencer St, Clerkenwell Tools, materials and lever escapements F
Vol 17 Nov 1874 32 Mr C J Klaftenberger 157, Regent St Vice Pres. Of BHI watchmaker B
Vol 17 June 1875 160 Mr William Farmer Offord Rd Editor of ‘Clerkenwell News’ 1st Hon member of BHI F
Vol 18 Nov 1875 48 Sir Charles Wheatstone   Hon member of BHI adjudicator B
Vol 18 Jan 1876 80 Mr Adolf Ferdinand Lange   Watch manufacturer F
Vol 18 Aug 1876 166 Mr W Hislop   Founder of BHI 1st Chairman F
Vol 18 Aug 1876 166 Mr Thomas Charles Scotchford   Pallet maker B
Vol 22 Feb 1880 84 Mr J.F.Cole   Practical horologist B
Vol 23 Dec 1880 56 Mr Eiffe Ashford,

Kent

Chronometer maker B
Vol 24 Mar 1882 98 Mr John Fletcher Lombard St

Leadenhall St

Pinion maker

Chronometer escapement maker

M
Vol 24 Mar 1882 98 Mr Richard Webster Cornhill Retail watchmaker M
Vol 26 April 1884 103 Louis Breguet   Watchmaker M
Vol 27 Feb 1885 84 William Sills   Chronometer Finisher F letter
Vol 27 April 1885 112 Mr Lee   Clerk of BHI B
Vol 28 Nov 1885 32 Mr James Clare   Watch name engraver B
 

 

Vol 28

 

 

Dec 1885

 

 

59

 

 

Mr Thomas Nelson

   

 

Chronometer Escapement maker & manufacturer of marine chronometers

 

 

B

Vol 28 Dec 1885 59 Mr Peter Birchall   Chronometer maker B
Vol 28 Dec 1885 59 Mr Thomas Cogden   Chronometer maker B
Vol 28 Dec 1885 59 Mr Charles Flint   Watch manufacturer B
Vol 28 Jan 1886 76 Mr Daniel Desbois High Holborn Watch maker B
Vol 28 Feb 1886 96 Andreas Hohwii Amsterdam Chronometer maker B
Vol 28 Mar 1886 105 Mr James Stoddart   Hon. Sec. Of BHI Watch manufacturer B
Vol 28 Mar 1886 105 Mr C J Whelan Great Sutton St Watch material dealer B
Vol 28 May 1886 Mr William Leeson Coleshill, Birmingham Turret Clock B
Vol 28 June 1886 157 Mr "Tom" Baxter Goswell Rd   B
Vol 29 Jan 1887 78 & 92 Mr John McClennan   Watchmaker B
Vol 29 Mar 1887 107 Mr David Keys Craven St, Strand Watch manufacturer B
Vol 29 April 1887 124 Mr A A Klaftenberger Regent St Watchmaker B
Vol 29 April 1887 124 Mr Willliam Webb High St, Islington Chronometer maker B
Vol 29 June 1887 158 Mr C R Harle Wynyatt St, Clerkenwell Watch case maker B
Vol 29 Aug 1887 186 Mr Edward Huntziker New York Material Dealer B
Vol 30 Sept 1887 11 The Hon. E N Welch New England USA Founder & Pres of EN Welch Manufacturing Co B
Vol 30 Oct 1887 23 Mr Alvan Clark Massachusetts USA Optician B
Vol 30 Oct 1887 24 Frederick Krupp Prussia Metal Founder B
Vol 30 Jan 1888 75 Prof Balfour Stewart Manchester Director of Kew Observatory B
Vol 30 July 1888 173 Mr David Spencer Coventry Bequethed £20,000 to Coventry Technical Institute B
Vol 30 July 1888 173 Mr Herman Bush Hessle Rd, Hull   B
Vol 31 Nov 1888 46 Mr William Parker Clerkenwell Gold Chain maker B
Vol 31 Dec 1888 59 Mr L H Keller USA US agent for HJ B
Vol 31 Feb 1889 91 Mr Charles V Woerd   Mechanical Superintendant of Waltham Factory B
Vol 31 Feb 1889 91 Mr Seth W Hale New York USA Pres of Jewelers’ Circular Company B
Vol 31 Mar 1889 108 Mr Charles V Woerd   See Feb 1889 F
Vol 31 April 1889 122 Me E D Johnson Highbury, New Park Founder & Vice Pres of BHI B
Vol 31 May 1889 140 Mr Walter Prideaux   Clerk of Goldsmiths B
Vol 31 Aug 1889 185 Mr George Larner Cooke   Watchmaker B
Vol 32 Mar 1890 111 Mr Abraham James Clarke Spencer St Partner in William Clarke & Sons B
Vol 32 April 1890 128 Mr Thomas S Preston Prescot Chronometer & watch movement B
Vol 32 May 1890 139 Sir James Tyler   Subscriber to Watch & Clockmakers’ Benevolent Institute B
Vol 32 May 1890 140 Mr Gabriel London Watchmaker B
Vol 32 June 1890 149 N P Stratton   London agent of Waltham Watch Company B
Vol 32 June 1890 151 Mr Henry Delolme Rathbone Place Watch manufacturer/ importer B
Vol 32 Aug 1890 181 Frank Lee   Student B
Vol 32 Aug 1890 185

192

Victor Kullberg   Marine chronometer maker F
Vol 33 Sept 1890 12 Sylvain Mairet Montmirail Watchmaker F
Vol 33 Dec 1890 56 Mr Henry Richards   Watchmaker B
Vol 33 Jan 1891 72 Mr William Houghton     B
Vol 33 Feb 1891 82 John Adrien Philippe   Watch manufacturer M
Vol 33 Feb 1891 84 Mr John Hampden     B
Vol 33 Feb 1891 84 Mr C J Curzon   Assistant teacher of BHI B
Vol 33 Mar 1891 98 Mr Gustav Boley Esslingham, Wurtemberg Tool maker B
Vol 33 May 1891 126 Henry Hindley York Clockmaker M
Vol 33 May 1891 127 Gustave Boley See Mar 1891 Tool maker F
Vol 33 May 1891 132 Julio Vivas Peru Student at BHI B
Vol 33 June 1891 145 Mr David Glasgow Junr   Editor of a trade journal B
Vol 34 Oct 1891   Mr John Wycherley Southport Balance making F
Vol 34 Jan 1892 76 Mr Charles N Thorpe Philadelphia USA Pres of Keystone Watch Case Co. B
Vol 34 Jan 1892 76 Mr James Scovell Adams   1st Secretary of BHI B
Vol 34 Feb 1892 88 Mr W B Box Clerkenwell Watch manufacturer B
Vol 34 Feb 1892 88 Sir George Biddell Airy   Astronomer-royal B
Vol 34 Feb 1892 88 Professor Adams   Lowndean Chair of Astronomy- Cambridge B
Vol 34 Feb 1892 88 Mr James Bracebridge Clerkenwell Head of Watch manufacturers B
Vol 34 Feb 1892 88 Mr F W Knight   Watch Engravers B
Vol 34 Mar 1892 106 William Smith Liverpool Gold & Silver Worker B
Vol 34 Mar 1892 106 Mr B Bianchi Tunbridge Wells Sold watches, clocks & jewellery F
Vol 34 April 1892 116 William Derham   Author of 1st English book on Watch & Clockmaking M
Vol 34 May 1892 138 Mr Adolf Thoermer   Springer & examiner B
Vol 35 Sept 1892 13 Mr Harburg   Watch house partner B
Vol 35 Oct 1892 31 Mr James Oliver 6 King Sq Clerkenwell Watch Case Maker B
Vol 35 Oct 1892 31 Mr E Spring Clerkenwell Watch Examiner B
35 Oct 1892 32 Mons Jules Foissey Boulogne Watchmaker B
35 Nov 1892 46 Mr William Allen   Founder & Prop. Of The Jeweller & Metalworker B
35 Nov 1892 46 William Hugh Hope Lawson Richmond BHI Student B
35 Dec 1892 60 Mr William Craighead   Watchmaker B
35 Feb 1893 85 Mr Auguste Guye Farringdon Rd Watch Manufacturer F
35 Feb 1893 88 Mr Fredeic Hubel   Watchmaker B
35 Mar 1893 109 Mr G M Whipple Richmond Superintendant of Kew Observatory F
35 Mar 1893 109 Mr John Morrison Packington St Clockmaker B
35 April 1893 124 Mr Charles Freebody jun Ryde Isle of Wight BHI Student B
35 May 1893 140 Mr Frederick Grimshaw   Trades B
35 May 1893 140 Mr T J Willis   Watch Dial Enameller B
35 May 1893 140 Mr T Bench   Marine Chronometer Finisher B
35 May 1893 140 Mr Gustave Horstmann Bath   B
35 June 1893 155 Mr Alfred Stram Clerkenwell Watch Case Maker B
35 June 1893 155 Mr Henry Abbott Clerkenwell Chronometer Dial Engraver B
35 July 1893 172 Mr Arthur Paul Walsh George St, Euston Rd Watchmaker B
Vol 36 Sept 1893 1 A P Walsh See July 1893 Watchmaker M
36 Oct 1893 27 Mr James Robertson Spittall Whitehaven   B
36 Nov 1893 45 Mr James Brock George St, Portman Sq   B
36 Feb 1894 96 Mr Studley Squire Bideford Tool Inventor B
36 Mar 1894 109 Mr Lyman F Munger Rochester, NY, USA Mechanical expert B
36 Mar 1894 110 M Adrien Phillipe See Feb 1891   B
36 Mar 1894 110 Mr W H Prosser   Engineer B
36 July 1894 171 Mr Ambrose Webster   Head of Waltham Tool Factory B
36 July 1894 171 Mr A Nicolet-Rossel Switzerland Sen Partner in Stauffer Son & Co. B
36 Aug 1894 183 Philippe Guye Geneva Balance Springs B
Vol 37 Oct 1894 24 Mr George Moore Clerkenwell Watch Manufacturer B
37 Oct 1894 24 Mr T Russell Liverpool Rep of Watch Manufacturer B
37 Nov 1894 40 Alexandre Baume Goetzenbruck Watchmaker B
37 Feb 1895 76 Aaron L Dennison Birmingham Watchmaker F
37 April 1895 111 Mr Joseph Player Coventry Manufacturer F
37 June 1895 137 Mr Christian Lange Great Portland St Watchmaker B
37 June 1895 138 Mr John Groves Walters Cornhill Watchmaker B
37 July 1895 153 Samuel Holdsworth 54 Spencer St   B
Vol 38 Sept 1895 16 Mr Francis C Dawtrey Newcastle-on-Tyne   B
38 Sept 1895 16 Mr William B Crisp New Southgate C & W Asylum Chronometer Maker B
38 Nov 1895 44 Edward Brown Head of House of Breguet   B
38 Nov 1895 44 Mr Andrews   Watch Case Maker B
38 Feb 1896 83 Ezra Kelley New Bedford Mass. USA Manufacturer of lubricating oil F
38 April 1896 111 Mr Geo. Barham Hawkhurst   B
38 April 1896 111 Mr J Jansen   Sec. of Watch & Clockmakers Pension Society B
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