Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,965 pages of information and 246,442 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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William Ninnis Tiddy

From Graces Guide

William Ninnis Tiddy of the School of Submarine Telegraphy and Electrical Engineering

1848 Born in Westminster[1]

1851 William Minnis (sic) Tiddy, police sergeant, 30, living in Westminster with Eliza Minnis Tiddy 28, W N Minnis Tiddy 2, John Lewis Minnis Tiddy 2 Mo[2]

Apprenticed to C F Varley (5 years)

Became an instructor at the School of Telegraphy

1875 Joined the Society of Telegraph Engineers as an Associate[3]

1879 One of the liquidators of the School of Submarine and Military Telegraphy and Technical Instruction Company

1881 A telegraph engineer, living in Islington with his mother, Eliza Tiddy[4]

1882 of 4 George St, Hanover Sq, became a member of the Society of Telegraph Engineers

1884 of the School of Submarine Telegraphy and Electrical Engineering, London

1887 Died in Marylebone[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. 1851 census
  3. UK, Electrical Engineer Membership Forms
  4. 1881 census
  5. BMD