Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Correspondence 1879, 6 Aug 1879 - 31 Dec 1879
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Collection Level Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
During the nineteenth century great fortunes were made by various entrepreneurs in the cotton industry of Lancashire. One of the most remarkable of these cotton masters was Edward Hermon (1821?-1881), the managing partner of Horrocks, Miller & Company, an early giant in the field. Hermon became the conservative M.P. for Preston (1868-1881) as well as an eminent art collector, sportsman, philantropist and builder. His papers, dating between 1864 and 1867, cover a variety of topics, but...
Dates:
6 Aug 1879 - 31 Dec 1879