Richard Birkin

Richard Birkin
Born 6 July 1805
Belper, Nottinghamshire, England
Died 10 October 1870
Aspley Hall, Nottingham, England
Residence Aspley Hall, Nottingham, England
Nationality British
Occupation Lace manufacturer
Title Lord Mayor of Nottingham
Term 1849/50, 1855/56, and 1861/63
Board member of Midland Railway Company
Children 2, including Sir Thomas Birkin, 1st Baronet
Parent(s) Richard Birkin
Birkin Building, Nottingham, 2018

Richard Birkin (6 July 1805 - 10 October 1870) was a Nottingham lace manufacturer.

Early life

Richard Birkin was born in Belper, Nottinghamshire, on 6 July 1805, the eldest son of Richard Birkin, a calico handloom weaver, and started working in a mill aged 7.[1][2]

Career

In 1824, Birkin formed a partnership with Thomas Biddle in Hyson Green, having worked for him for two years.[1] By 1832, they had 50 employees, including Birkin's parents and two sisters.[1]

In 1850, his sons Richard and Thomas joined the partnership.[3]

In 1855, he had built the four-storey Birkin Building, a grade II listed warehouse in Nottingham's Broadway, by Garland & Holland, with Thomas Chambers Hine as the architect.[4]

He retired in 1856.[3]

Personal life

Birkin married and had two sons, Richard and Thomas.[3]

He was a magistrate, and a director of the Midland Railway Company.[3] He was Lord Mayor of Nottingham in 1849/50, 1855/56, and 1861/63. He bought Aspley Hall, Nottingham, for £60,000.[1]

He died on 10 October 1870, at Aspley Hall[1][5][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Light-Hearted Look At The Birkin Family". The Mapperley and Sherwood History Group. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Frederic Boase (11 August 2018). Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H. ЛитРес. p. 1771. ISBN 978-5-04-126964-7.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Nottinghamshire history > Nottingham & Notts Illustrated : "Up-to-Date" Commercial Sketches (1898)". www.nottshistory.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  4. ↑ England, Historic. "BIRKIN BUILDING, City of Nottingham - 1246290 - Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nottinghamshire history > Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (1924)". www.nottshistory.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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