William Edgcumbe Rendle
Born in 1820 at Compton Giffard, near Plymouth.
1851 William E Rendle 31, Commissioner of Improvement, Nurseryman, head of manure merchants, employing 24 men, 2 women and 4 boys, lived in Plymouth with Fanny Rendle 31, William E Rendle 9, Fanny Rendle 7, Emilie J E Rendle 6, John E Rendle 4, Rosalie Rendle 2[1]
1861 A gentlemen, boarding at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington[2]
1870 Patent granted to William Edgcumbe Rendle, of No. 68, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex, Librarian, for the invention of "improvements in glazed structuresfor horticultural purposes,"
Connected with William Edgcumbe Rendle and Co
1871 William E Rendle 50, merchant, lived in Esher with Fanny Rendle 50, Emilie J Rendle 26, John E Rendle 24, merchant, Kate Rendle 19, Frank B Rendle 15 , Florence Rendle 11[3]
1878 William Edgcumbe Rendle of 3, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, has applied to the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions to alter certain parts of the specification[4]
1881 William Rendle 61, manufacturer, was in Brighton with Fanny Rendle 61, Florence Rendle 21[5]
1881 A railway contractor, died at Eastbourne[6] after illness. [7] His sons were John Edgcumbe Rendle and Frank Bullen Rendle, contractors.