Sidney Nash Castle
Sidney Nash Castle (c1839-1910) of Henry Castle and Sons and Castle's Shipbreaking Co
c.1839 Born in Rotherhithe, son of Henry Castle, timber merchant, and his wife Harret[1]
1851 Living with his parents in Westminster.
1862 A ship breaker when he married Helen Margaret Downey in Wandsworth[2]
1864 Taken into partnership by his father, a timber merchant, ship breaker and barge owner at Baltic Wharf, Millbank [3]
1871 Sidney N Castle 32 , shipbreaker, lived in London (St George, Hanover Sq) with Ellen M Castle 25, Sidney Castle 7, Phillip Castle 4, Edgar Castle 2, Florence M Castle 3 months and Jane Castle 26 Sister-in-law, and Marcie Castle 17 Sister[4]
1877 Dissolution of the Partnership between Sidney Nash Castle and Abercrombie Castle, carrying on business at Baltic Wharf, Millbank, in the county of Middlesex, and at Woolwich, in the county of Kent, as Shipbreakers, Timber Merchants, Barge Builders, Barge Owners, and Lightermen, under the style or firm of Henry Castle and Sons, on the 31st day of March last, by mutual consent. All debts due to and owing by the said firm will be received and paid by the said Sidney Nash Castle[5]
1878 Gained Freedom of the City of London; member of the Company of Shipwrights
1881 Sidney Nash Castle 42, Ship Breaker, Timber Merchant & Barge Owner, Master, Employ 150 Men, lived in Kingston with Helen Margaret Castle 35, Sidney Castle 17 clerk to his father, Florence Millicent Castle 10, Helen Blanche Castle 8, Evelyn Mary Castle 6, Donald Castle 4, Trevor Castle 3, Annie Elizth. Nash 18, cousin and governess.[6]
1891 Sidney Nash Castle, ship breaker and timber merchant, lived in Kingston with Helen Margt Castle, Philip Castle (b.1867 Milbank), clerk in his father's employment, Edgar Castle (b.1869 Milbank, Middlesex), stock exchange clerk, Florence M Castle, Helen B Castle, Trevor Castle, Gertrude E Castle (b.1875 Brighton)[7]
1894 Business transferred to company of which Sidney was managing director
1905 Bankruptcy adjudication[8], reflecting the considerable debt that he had taken on in respect of the company.
1910 Died in Kingston[9]