John Maple
John Maple (1815-19000 of Maple and Co
1851 Residing at 145 Tottenham Court Road, London: John Maple (age 36 born Shoreham), Draper and Upholsterer. with his wife Emily Maple (age 31 born Horley), and John B. Maple (age 6 born St. Pancras), Emily Maple and Harry Maple (age 3 months).[1]
1900 March 04th. Died. 'Mr John Maple, whose death occurred an March 4th at his residence. Bedford Lodge. Hampstead, was in his 86th year. He was born in February. 1815, at Greenhurst, hamlet of Thakeham, near Storrington, in Sussex. When he had attained his fourteenth year he was apprenticed to Mr James Constable, of Horley Mill, but not in the milling business; it was in a general country shop or store adjoining the mill that he worked. The origins of four great business establishments are traceable nook in Horley Mill Lane. They are Hanningten's, Brighton, founded by Daniel Constable, of Horley, in 1802; the large milling establishment Deptford Bridge, founded by Mr Henry Robinson, lately deceased, who received his training at Horley Mill; the house of Arnold Constable and Co., of New York, probably the largest import house upon the American continent; and the wellknown furnishing establishment in Tottenham Court Rood, founded by the late Mr John Maple. Towards the close of his apprenticeship at Horley, Miss Emily Blundell, also of Horley, was governess to Mr Charle's Constable’s two daughters, and an acquaintance sprang up between them, which resulted ultimately in marriage. When Mr Maple became a man of wealth, his attachment to the scenes of his youth remained, and he purchased, one after another, lands in Horley, so that he became one of its most extensive landed proprietors.'[2]