Robert Bruce Goldsworthy

Robert Bruce Goldsworthy (1833-1904) of Thomas Goldsworthy and Sons,

Born the son of Thomas Goldsworthy and his wife Catherine Barker

1904 'ROBERT B. GOLDSWORTHY. A once familiar figure in -the municipal and business life of Manchester passed away on Monday at Southport in the person of Mr. Robert Bruce Goldsworthy, at the age of seventy-one. Born at Flixton in 1833, Mr. Goldsworthy became a merchant in the city, and on the death of his father he took charge of the Goldsworthy emery works in Hulme Hall Road, Cornbrook. Mr. Goldsworthy represented St. George's ward in the City Council, with a slight break, from 1876 to 1889, a period of thirteen years, and on one occasion he was invited to accept the Mayoralty, but declined. In the early eighties Mr. Goldsworthy joined the band of promoters of the Ship Canal, and as a member of the Provisional Committee rendered active service in Manchester and London during the long and arduous struggle which ended triumphantly in the passing of the Ship Canal Act in 1885. During this period Mr. Goldsworthy contributed liberally to the preliminary fund, and later he took a large holding of shares in the company. For some years past he lived in retirement at Southport.'

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