Thomas Vaughan
Thomas Vaughan (1834-1900) of the South Bank Iron Co
1834 Born in Walker, Northumberland, son of John Vaughan and his wife Eleanor[1]
1858 Married Catherine Jane Macfarlan in Blythswood, Glasgow[2]
1865 Joined Inst of Civil Engineers as an associate
1870 of Vulcan Works (presumably Cleveland Patent Nut and Bolt Co) when he took out a patent with Emile Watteen
1871 Thomas Vaughan 36, ironmaster JP, lived in Gunnergate, with Catherine J Vaughan 30, Eleanor L M Vaughan 11, Catherine J M Vaughan 8[3]
By 1878 Thomas Vaughan and Co were out of business
1879 Sold the Southbank Ironworks to Bolckow, Vaughan and Co[4]
1881 Thomas Vaughn 47, gentleman, JP, DL, Catherine Jane Vaughn 41[5]
1891 Thomas Vaughan 55, gentleman, magistrate, DL, lived in Lofthouse with Catherine J Vaughan 49[6]
1900 Died in Guisborough[7]
1900 Obituary.[8]
1900 Obituary [9]
THOMAS VAUGHAN died on November 30, 1900. He was son of the late Mr. John Vaughan of Middlesbrough, the earliest pioneer of the Cleveland iron trade, and the discoverer of Cleveland ironstone fifty years ago in Sir J. H. Lowther's grounds at Wilton, near Redcar. By his father's will Mr. Thomas Vaughan was bequeathed personal property of over a million pounds in value. A good deal of this money was sunk in industrial enterprises of various kinds, and when the crisis in the iron trade in 1877-78 occurred, he, along with many other leading Teeside ironmasters, sustained losses from which he never recovered.
He was from 1866 to 1875 a member of the Middlesbrough Corporation, and in 1871-72 he was Mayor of the borough. He was twice invited to contest Middlesbrough when parliamentary vacancies occurred, and once he was given the opportunity to stand for Whitby, but each time he declined. He was created a Deputy-Lieutenant for Yorkshire, and a Justice of the Peace both for Middlesbrough and for the North Riding.
He was an original member of the Iron and Steel Institute.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ BMD
- ↑ BMD
- ↑ 1871 census
- ↑ The Engineer 1905/05/12
- ↑ 1881 census
- ↑ 1891 census
- ↑ BMD
- ↑ Engineering 1900 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index
- ↑ 1900 Iron and Steel Institute: Obituaries
- Engineering 1870/03/11