Richard Johnson (1809-1881)
Richard Johnson (1809-1881) of Richard Johnson and Nephew and Richard Johnson, Clapham and Morris
1809 Born the son of John Johnson and his wife Betty Fildes
1881 Died.
1881 Obituary.[1]
Mr. Richard Johnson, of this city and of Kemnal Manor, Chiselhurat, died on Wednesday after a brief illness.
The deceased gentleman was senior partner in tho firm of Richard Johnson, Clapham and Morris, metal merchants, and also of the firm of Richard Johnson and Nephew, of the Bradford (near Manchester) Iron and Wire Works and was also largely interested in the Bradford Colliery Company. His business as a wire manufacturer was at once the oldest in Manchester, and on the largest scale, the telegraph wire produced at tho Bradford establishment being known all over the world. The members of the International Telegraph Commission during their visit to this country six years ago were entertained at that establishment by Mr. Johnson.
The deceased about that period held the position of president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and distinguished himself in the office in a very marked degree. As an earnest Nonconformist, and a Liberal, he took deep interest at the time of the passing of Mr. Forester's Education Act in advocating the rights of Dissenters. Of both the Grammar School and Owens College had for many years been liberal supporter. He was a justice of peace for the city.'[2]