Ralph H. Tweddell and Co
1869 June: Dissolution of the Partnership between Ralph Hart Tweddell and William Thomas Henney Carrington, in the trade or business of Engineers, Millwrights, and General Smiths, carried on by them at Monkwearmouth Shore, in the county of Durham, under the style or firm of Tweddell, Carrington, and Co. The business will in future be carried on by the said Ralph Hart Tweddell on his own account[1]
1871 Bankrupt. 'A meeting of the creditors of Marshall Tweddell, merchant and ship-owner, of Sunderland, and Ralph H. Tweddell and Co., engine builders, Monkwearmouth, has been called, and in the meantime these firms have suspended payment, the total liabilities being estimated at £50,000 .... . Mr. Marshall Tweddell has been extensive buyer in iron ships, and most of the creditors are out of Sunderland.'[2]