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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

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Vol 14 June 1872 113 George Graham   Memoir F

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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

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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
38 May 1896   Mr Stephen Swift   Lever Escapement maker B
Vol 39 Oct 1896 27 Mr David Meek Edinburgh Watch tools & materials F
39 Oct 1896 27 Thomas Batting Coventry Gold & Silver Dial Finisher F
39 Dec 1896 43 Claudius Saunier France Watchmaker, Author of "Treatise on Modern Horology" F
39 Feb 1897 83 Mr John Chivers Bath Silversmith B
39 Feb 1897 84 A V Borelli Farnham BHI Student B
39 April 1897 112 Mr Frederick Lowe Clerkenwell Rd Enameller B
39 June 1897 139 Mr Walter Joyce Whitchurch Clockmaker B
39 Aug 1897 163 Sir John Bennett London Watchmaker B
39 Aug 1897 164 Mr William Robinson   Manager of Assay Dept. Goldsmiths Hall B
Vol 40 Oct 1897 20 Mr Thomas Baxter Goswell Rd Member of BHI Council F
40 Nov 1897 40 Mr Egbert Storer Switzerland then London Member of BHI Council B
40 Dec 1897 55 Mr Ottway St John Street Rd Chronometer Box Maker B
40 Jan 1898 63 Mr William Ehrhardt Birmingham Watchmaker F
40 Feb 1898 82 Mr Daniel Clarke Clerkenwell Watch Manufacturer B
40 Feb 1898 82 Mr C H Hawkins Clerkenwell Gilder & BHI Auditor B
40 Mar 1898 96 Mr George James Bolton Prickett Clerkenwell Engraver & Gold Dial Maker B
40 April 1898 110 Mr Samual Elliott Atkins Cowper’s Court Cornhill Master of the Clockmakers’ Company B
40 Aug 1898 162 Mr Fritz Thoermer   Watchmaker B
Vol 41 Sept 1898 14 Mr Arthur Boots Eastbourne   B
41 Oct 1898 18 Mr James Padbury Bishops Waltham, Hampshire Clockmaker F

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41 Oct 1898 31 Mr Enoch Turton Ilkeston, Derbys   B
41 Nov 1898 37 Mr George Walker Coventry Head Teacher at Coventry Technical Institute F
41 May 1899 125 Mr Johann Ernst Adolph Uhrig Quadrant Rd Canonbury Chronometer Maker B
41 May 1899 125 Mr James Robert Harris Powell St, King Square Watch Manufacturer B
41 June 1899 140 Mr William Frederick Evans Handsworth Birmingham Clock Movement Maker B
41 June 1899 140 Mr Joseph Tappe London Rep of Messrs Vacheron & Constantin B
41 June 1899 140 Mr William Keys Hastings   B
41 July 1899 156 Mr Emil Nielson Head of Nicole Nielson & Co   B
41 Aug 1899 168 Mr Henry James Moore Clerkenwell Close Clockmaker B
Vol 42 Sept 1899 12 Mr Samuel Hope Birmingham Wedding Ring Maker B
42 Oct 1899 24 Monsieur Ernest Francillon-Dapples Switzerland President of School of Horologerie F
42 Oct 1899 24 Monsieur Theodore Marie Leroy Paris, France Chronometer Maker F
42 Dec 1899 53 Mr Charles Boyton senior Clerkenwell Silversmith B
42 April 1900 115 M. Victor Clemence Les Bois, Switzerland   B
42 April 1900 115 Mr Thomas Taylor   Sec. of C & W Asylum B
42 May 1900 130 Mr Robert Atkinson Market St Lancaster Watchmaker F
42 July 1900 158 Mr Joseph Jennens Clerkenwell Clockmaker B
42 Aug 1900 168 Mr G W Leonard Liverpool Rd Compensation Balance Maker B
Vol 43 Sept 1900 26 Mr William Cook   Collector for C & W Asylum B
43 Sept 1900 26 Mr Francis Swinden Birmingham Of Swinden & Sons B
43 Nov 1900 31 Thomas Mercer St Albans Treasurer of BHI Marine Chronometer Manufacturer F
43 Nov 1900 40 Mr John Benford Upper CharlesSt Clerkenwell Watch Finisher B
43 Feb 1901 78 Mr Robert Rolfe Coppice Row Clockmaker B
43 April 1901 109 Mr Joseph Rome King Edward St, Liverpool Rd Lever escapement Maker B
43 April 1901 109 Mr Samuel Augustus Brooks 10 Northampton Square Watch Jewel Maker B
43 April 1909 109 Rev H L Nethropp   Gave collection of antique watches to CC B
43 May 1901 125 Mr D C Burlingham King’s Lynn Norfolk Watchmaker B
43 June 1901 133 Mr John Troup 36 Hatton Gardens   F
43 June 1901 138 Mr Henry Rowley Clerkenwell Clockmaker B
43 July 1901 151 Mr John Hammersley   Watchmaker B
43 July 1901 151 Mr Thomas Morris Avery Chicago, USA President of Elgin Watch Company B
43 Aug 1901 163 William George Schoof 99 St John St Road Watchmaker F
43 Aug 1901 166 Mr George Hollister 37 Davies St Member of BHI Council B
Vol 44 Oct 1901 22 Mr Herman Jung Clerkenwell Swiss Watchmaker B
44 Oct 1901 23 Mr John Alexander Lund 14 Bishopsgate St Within Watch & Clock manufacturer B
44 Oct 1901 23 Lieut.-Colonel George Lambert Coventry St, London   B
44 March 1902 94 Mr Edouard F Devaux     B
44 Mar 1902 94 Mr Joseph Wedlake Brailey Islington Clockmaker B
44 June 1902 136 William George Connell 83 Cheapside   B
44 July 1902 149 Victor A Lejeune Paris, France Watchmaker B
Vol 45 Sept 1902 14 Mr Robert Jeremy McCabe 32 Cornhill Watchmaker B
45 Sept 1902 14 Mr Peter Joseph Meek Clerkenwell Trained as Watchmaker B
45 Oct 1902 27 Mr James Thwaites St John St Rd Clerkenwell Dial Painter B
45 Jan 1903 69 Mr William Underhill Church Walk Kensington Clockmaker B
45 Jan 1903 69 Mr F W Schick   Makerof chains for Fusee Watches B
45 Mar 1903 88 Mr Joseph Usher 105 St John St Rd Watchmaker F
45 Mar 1903 97 Patten Sargent Bartlett USA Watch Designer F
45 April 1903 110 Mr T W Vine Aldersgate St   F
45 June 1903 129 Mr Charles Curzon Tottenham Watchmaker F
45 July 1903 153 Mr William Birch 173 Fenchurch St Watchmaker B
45 July 1903 153 Mr Charles Wetherall   Chronometer Maker B
45 July 1903 153 Mr Edward Cooper Downing St Manchester   B
45 July 1903 153 Mr C R Herring   Rep of Messrs H Williamson Ltd B
Vol 46 Oct 1903 24 John Woodman Clerkenwell Watch Case Maker F
46 Oct 1903 30 Mr Moritz Immisch     B
46 Dec 1903 55 Mr George Clifton Tupman 20 Old BondSt Clock & Watch Maker B
46 Dec 1903 56 Mr James Griffith Lee Northampton Square Watch-case Springer & Polisher B
46 Dec 1903 56 Mr Shephard Richards Basinghall St   B
46 Jan 1904 70 Mr George Saunders Clerkenwell Collector for C & W Asylum B
46 Jan 1904 70 William Law   Watch Finisher B
46 Mar 1904 101 Mr Richard Maccaire Ball Clerkenwell Gold Watch-case Maker B
46 Mar 1904 101 Andreas Hohwu See Vol 28, Feb 1886 Clock& Chronograph Manufacturer F
46 April 1904 108 Samuel Jackson 66 Red Lion St Clerkenwell Watchmaker F

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46 May 1904 131 Mr George J Oram Wilmington Square Watch Manufacturer B
46 May 1904 131 Mr J J Elliott Rosebury Avenue English Chiming & Longcase Clocks B
46 June 1904 144 Edward Howard USA Watchmaker F
46 June 1904 151 Mr Charles H Boyton Clerkenwell Silversmith B
46 June 1904 151 Mons Joseph Rene Olivier 41 Rue de Richelieu, Paris Owns Historical timepieces B
Vol 47 Oct 1904 29 Mr Edward Perrett   Member of BHI Council B
47 Mar 1905 99 Mr S P Lindqvist   Former student of BHI B
47 May 1905 136 Mr Charles Ivory 1 Bond St Watch Finisher B
47 June 1905 142 Lord Grimthorpe Queen Anne St Pres. Of BHI Designer of Westminster Clock F

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47 June 1905 153 Mr John Rotherham Coventry Head of Rotherham & Sons F
47 June 1905 156 Mr Thomas Bryham Cardwell 1105 Dale St Liverpool   B
47 June 1905 156 Mr James Henry Ruffell Clerkenwell Watch Index Maker B
47 July 1905 172 Mr Thomas Peake Wardour St Watchmaker B
47 July 1905 172 Mr Joseph Yeomans Cockermouth Cumberland Watchmaker B
47 July 1905 172 Mr G Peavot   Watch Finisher B
Vol 48 Sept 1905 16 Mr John Evans Mount St Grosvenor Sq Member of BHI Council B
48 Sept 1905 16 Mr Edward F V Lennon   Watch Escapement Maker B
48 Aug 1906 188 Mr Sydney Axford Clerkenwell Clerk to Northampton Inst. B
48 Aug 1906 188 Mr F J Ritchie See Vol 49 Sept 1906 Electric Clocks B
Vol 49 Sept 1906 15 Mr F J Ritchie 25 LeithSt Edinburgh Electric Clocks F
49 Nov 1906 41 Mr Richard Doke Windleshaw Prescot Chronograph movements & wheels F
49 Dec 1906 59 Richard Atkins 31 Northampton Square Engraver & engine turner B
49 May 1907 145 Mr Charles Dunn Clerkenwell Watch Manufacturer F
49 July 1907 178 Mr Robert Pringle 40 Clerkenwell Road Head of R Pringle & Son B

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