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He joined [[James Wrigley and Sons]], a Manchester papermaking firm, where he later became a manager. He is reputed to have been ill-tempered, tyrannical, and hard-drinking, traits that eventually led to his dismissal by Wrigley. | He joined [[James Wrigley and Sons]], a Manchester papermaking firm, where he later became a manager. He is reputed to have been ill-tempered, tyrannical, and hard-drinking, traits that eventually led to his dismissal by Wrigley. | ||
1861 William Bowater married Eliza Jane Davey. They went on to have nine children including [[Thomas Vansittart Bowater]] and [[Frank Bowater]], both of whom were to become Lord Mayor of London. | 1861 William Bowater married Eliza Jane Davey in Islington<ref>BMD</ref>. They went on to have nine children including [[Thomas Vansittart Bowater]] and [[Frank Bowater]], both of whom were to become Lord Mayor of London. | ||
1862 A traveller, on the christening of his son Thomas in Manchester<ref>Parish records</ref> | 1862 A traveller, on the christening of his son Thomas in Manchester<ref>Parish records</ref> |
Revision as of 11:36, 22 November 2020
William Vansittart Bowater (15 March 1838 - 28 April 1907) was the founder of the Bowater paper concerns.
1838 Born in Birmingham, son of Thomas Vansittart Bowater, commercial clerk and traveller, and his wife Sarah[1]
He joined James Wrigley and Sons, a Manchester papermaking firm, where he later became a manager. He is reputed to have been ill-tempered, tyrannical, and hard-drinking, traits that eventually led to his dismissal by Wrigley.
1861 William Bowater married Eliza Jane Davey in Islington[2]. They went on to have nine children including Thomas Vansittart Bowater and Frank Bowater, both of whom were to become Lord Mayor of London.
1862 A traveller, on the christening of his son Thomas in Manchester[3]
They later lived at Bury Hall in Edmonton
1881 William Bowater decided to establish himself in business as a paper agent which later became W. V. Bowater and Sons
1891 William V Bowater 53, agent, lived in Sydenham with Eliza J Bowater 52, Frank H Bowater 25, agent, Mabel Bowater 19, Sydney Bowater 16, Norman W Bowater 8[4]
The business expanded rapidly in the final decades of the nineteenth century supplying newsprint for both the Daily Mail and the Daily Chronicle.
1907 Died in Edmonton[5]