William Firth (of Leeds)
of Burley Wood House, Leeds (1872)
1810 William Briggs Firth was born in Leeds, son of Mary Firth[1]
1841 Samuel, son of William Briggs Firth and his wife Hannah, was born in Leeds[2]
1861 William Firth 51, magistrate and alderman of Leeds, was in Torquay with Hannah Firth 52, Ellen Ware 22, Samuel Firth 20, Mary Firth 18, Wilfred Ware 9 months[3]
1863 May have been the same person who presented a paper on "On Coal Cutting by Machinery" which included information on the performance of machinery then in operation at West Ardesly Colliery, near Leeds[4]
1871 Magistrate, iron and coal master, lived in Burley, Leeds with Hannah Firth 62, his daughter Mary Sewell and granddaughter Marguette Sewell[5]
1874 Became a Member of I Mech E; director of West Ardsley Iron and Coal Co and of the Great Northern Railway
1881 Magistrate & Iron Master, widower, lived in Burley Wood[6]
1890 William Briggs Firth (b.1808) died in Scarborough[7]