Frederick Stanhope Worsley (c1863-1950) of Veritas
1886 Elected IEE.
1890 Bankrupt. 'He commenced business in January, 1885, as an electrical engineer, in partnership with Frederick S. Worsley. under the style of Rowbotham and Worsley, at 39, Lever-street, Manchester.... After two years they dissolved the partnership... continued the business at the same address until November 1888, and then removed to Sidney street.'[1]
1891 of Old Charlton, S.E.
1950 Died. 'One of the inventors of the arc lamp, Rev. Frederic Stanhope Worsley, of 11, The Beacon, Exmouth, died yesterday at Caroline House Nursing Home, Exmouth, after a long illness. He was 87. Mr. Worsley was born in India, where his father was a High Court judge. He was educated at Wellington School and Magdalen College, Oxford, and qualified as an electrical engineer. It was while he was employed by Veritas, makers of the arc-lamp, that he worked on its construction. After deciding to enter the Church, Mr. Worsley was ordained in 1920 and was appointed a curate at Coventry. Later, he took over the living at Dowsby, Lincolnshire, and was vicar there for 25 years, retiring after the death of his wife in 1945. His only son, Mr. Frederic Worsley. has been director of the West of England Theatre Company, Exmouth, for the past five years.'[2]