John George Bridgewater
John George Bridgewater (c1859-1933) of Bridgewater Biscuits
c1859 Born in Eton, son of John and Mary Bridgewater, master carpenter.
1881 Clerk and Grocer's Traveller, lived with his parents[1]
1894 Birth of son Guy Victor Bridgewater
1911 Lived at Mount Tavy, Worcester Park Cleveland Rd, Surrey: John George Bridgewater (age 51 born Eton), Wholesale Grocer. With his wife Kate Bridgewater (age 48 born Reading) and their four children; John W. S. Bridgewater (age 19 born Wandsworth), Wholesale Grocer; Guy Victor Bridgewater (age 17 born Wandsworth), apprentice merchant; George Stanley Bridgewater (age 15 born Wandsworth); and Hilda Mary Bridgewater (age 11 born Wandsworth)[2]
1931 Dissolution of the Partnership between John George Bridgewater, Guy Victor Bridgewater, George Stanley Bridgewater and Tom Hugh Bridgewater, carrying on business as Wholesale Grocers, at Bridgewater House, Albert Embankment, in the county of London under the style or firm of Stevenson and Co, as regards Tom Hugh Bridgewater who retires from the said firm. The other partners continued the business[3]
1933 Obituary.[4]
We regret to record the death of Mr. John George Bridgewater, highly esteemed resident, of "The Manor House,” Edenbridge, which occurred quite suddenly on the 23rd Inst., at the age of 74, to the deep sorrow of wide circle friends.
Mr. Bridgewater, who was a Freemason of the St. Michael’s Lodge, and a vice-president of the Grocers’ Benevolent Fund, had had a most successful business career, becoming the senior partner of Messrs. Stevenson and Co., Importers, etc., of Albert Embarkment, S.W., which he joined at the age of 16, and was made a partner in 1890. He founded the Royal Packing Co. (of which he was the senior partner), Bridgewater Sales, Ltd., of which he was the director, as he also was of Bridgewater's Biscuits, Ltd., of Acton, which has become famous in the manufacturing of wafer biscuits, although the business was only founded by him some twelve months or so back.
Prior to his settling at The Manor House. Mr. Bridgewater had resided at Old Malden House. Surrey, and Mount Tavy, Malden, for many years, and was very well known in Surrey circles. He bore a most charming personality and genial nature, which made him beloved all that knew him, whilst his charitableness was proverbial, although always given unostentatiously. In all business. City and local circles he will be sadly missed. His eldest son is Kenneth Cove, the popular West End actor, of Aldwych fame....