Descendants of Joseph HOULDSWORTH
Notes
Henry, born 1797, died 1867, a partner in the great cotton spinning business in Manchester founded by his uncle, Thomas Houldsworth.
Houldsworth Henry will proved 13/04/1868 esq, of Coltness, died at London.
Houldsworth Henry will proved 15/02/1889 of Coltness, County of Lanark, d. 16/01/1868 at London, testate
Most likely died before the second Walter James was born.
He appeared on the census on 3 Apr 1881 in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland. Coltness House.
Was this the second W J Houldsworth?
Houldsworth Thomas will proved 21/03/1876 Ironmaster, Glasgow, d. 05/02/1876 at Glasgow, testate
Houldsworth Thomas 25/01/1877 Ironmaster, Glasgow, d. 05/02/1876 at Glasgow, testate Corrective Inventory
25. Margaret Marshall HOULDSWORTH
Census: 3 Apr 1881 , Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland, Springfield House
Margaret Marshall Houldsworth (1839-1909) was a British campaigner for women's education and a philanthropist.
Her family were cotton manufacturers in Manchester who also had business interests, including mining and iron interests, in Glasgow and Lanarkshire. The family moved to Scotland where her parents died in the later 1860s and Houldsworth went to live with her brother near Lasswade for some time before settling in Edinburgh.
In 1871 she joined the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association which promoted university level education for women. Margaret Houldsworth became vice-president after Mary Crudelius died in 1877 and was still with the association, now called the Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women, in 1892 when women were at last admitted to the Scottish universities. She also played an active role in setting up the Masson Hall residence for female students at Edinburgh University.
From 1872 she belonged to the Edinburgh Ladies' Debating Society led by Sarah Mair and, alongside Mair, was a central figure in starting classes and correspondence courses for women, and then in establishing St George's Training College and St George's School for Girls. The causes she supported benefited financially from her family's business success. As well as contributing to educational projects, Houldsworth supported the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage, and Sophia Jex-Blake's Hospital and Dispensary for Women and Children, a forerunner of Bruntsfield Hospital.
Margaret Houldsworth died at home in Edinburgh, and was buried in Cambusnethan, near her parents' last home at Coltness.
Census: 3 Apr 1881 , Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland, Springfield House
Springfield House
Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland
FHL Film 0224014 GRO Ref Volume 691 EnumDist 4 Page 15Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Arthur Horton HOULDSWORTH U 34 M England
Rel: Head
Occ: Iron Master & Cotton SpinnerMargaret Marshall HOULDSWORTH U 41 F England
Rel: SisterMarian BANNERMAN U 41 F England
Rel: CousinHouldsworth Arthur Hooton will proved 23/05/1890 Springfield House, Polton, County of Midlothian, d. 17/03/1890 at Springfield House aforesaid, testate
Oral family history reports that James Scott was the illegitimate son of a William Houldsworth and Janet Scott (an upstairs-downstairs affair) and that James Scott got money but not the name of his father. There is some basis for this view as James Scott had a long term role at the Coltness iron works and the Coltness Ironworks were opened in 1839 by the Houldsworth family at Newmains. When James Scott died he had a substantial portion of shares in the Coltness Ironworks.
Some five William Houldsworths have been identified in the Houldsworth family. A Sir William Houldsworth was born in 1834 and was clearly too young to be James' father. A possible father was William Henry Houldsworth born in 1798. In the 1841 census William Henry Houldsworth lived at Belvidere House, Barony, with his wife Mary and six children and six servants. It is conceivable that Janet Scott had been an earlier servant at that house when she conceived James Scott. This relationship thus can only be supposition and needs further confirmation.
William's father, Henry, began to expand the cotton business in Scotland, and by 1831 was the second largest cotton spinner in Glasgow. This business he afterwards removed to Cheapside Street, Anderston, where Henry Houldsworth carried it on in partnership with his two sons, William and John, under the firm of Henry Houldsworth & Sons. The company expanded into iron, establishing the Anderston Foundry and Machine Works, later known as the Anderston Foundry Company.
Henry Houldsworth & Sons in 1836 bought the Coltness Estate near Wishaw in Lanarkshire and set up the Coltness Iron Works in 1839.
William Houldsworth lived at Belvidere House in the 1841 census. The lands of Belvidere extend to twenty-five acres, and are situated about two miles eastward from Glasgow, on the line of "London Road" leading from Bridgeton to Clyde Iron Works. They are bounded on the east by the lands of Westthorn, on the west by those of Springbank, and the Clyde skirts them on the south. A right of salmon fishing was attached to the property. William Holdsworth sold Belvidere in 1851 to Robert Miller an ironmaster.
William Houldsworth's will was proved on 20/10/1854 he was a merchant in Glasgow, and the spouse of Mary Trueman Houldsworth.
Houldsworth Mary will proved 30/10/1879 or Trueman, 9 Claremont Terrace, Glasgow, widow, d. 14/07/1879 at Springbank, Crieff, intestate
Houldsworth William will 23/12/1899 Merchant, Glasgow, sometime residing at Mount Charles near Ayr, latterly at Rozelle near Ayr, d. 26/09/1899 at Bad-Nauheim, Germany, testate
Houldsworth Sarah Will 22/08/1890 or Abercromby, residing Mount Charles, nr Ayr, spouse of William Houldsworth, d. 14/05/1890 at Mount Chaeles, testate
Mentioned in Henry Houldsworth's (b1797-d1868) will.
Mentioned in Henry Houldsworth's (b1797-d1868) will.
Houldsworth Thomas will 09/02/1867 merchant in Glasgow, son of the late William Houldsworth Houldsworth Thomas will 21/03/1876 Ironmaster, Glasgow, d. 05/02/1876 at Glasgow, testate
Mentioned in Henry Houldsworth's (b1797-d1868) will.
Houldsworth Helen will proved 07/05/1868 Miss, residing at 9 claremont Terrace, Glasgow, daughter of late William Houldsworth.
John Houldsworth was born at Cranston Hill, Lanark in 1807, the son of a Nottingham cotton-spinner who moved to Cranston Hill and worked in Kelvinbridge. After receiving part of his education in Glasgow, John Houldsworth had the then unusual good fortune to be sent abroad to finish it, first at Geneva and afterwards at the University of Heidelberg. John's father, Henry, began to expand the cotton business in Scotland, and by 1831 was the second largest cotton spinner in Glasgow. This business he afterwards removed to Cheapside Street, Anderston, where he carried it on in partnership with his two sons, William and John, under the firm of Henry Houldsworth & Sons.
John ultimately became the head of the spinning business. The company expanded into iron, establishing the Anderston Foundry and Machine Works, later known as the Anderston Foundry Company.
In 1836 he married Eliza, daughter of John Muir, one of the founders of the well-known firm of Muir, Brown & Co., and by her he had the following children:
(i) Henry, of Carrick House, Ayr;
(ii) John Muir, also of Ayr;
(iii) the Rev. William Houldsworth, a clergyman in London;
(iv) Jane who married to Colonel Edward Shaw, and
(v) Lillah who married to Lieut.-Col. George Wingate Oldham, R.E.
(vi) ElizaEarly as he was entered to business, and closely as he stuck to it, John Houldsworth was more than a mere man of business. His hours of leisure were given up to two of the most delightful pursuits in the world. He was devoted to art and he was a keen yachtsman. In many ways did he show his love of art. Not only had he a fine collection of modern pictures, which may or may not prove much, but he knew a good deal more about pictures and art than most amateurs. He loved artists, and was the friend of Roberts, Stanfield, Thomas Faed, John Philip, Leech, Sir Edwin Landseer, and Macnee. He carried his love of art into every detail of life. Two years before his death he bought No. 1 Park Terrace, and resolved to have it furnished and decorated in the most artistic way known at the time. With this view he employed John Thomas, sculptor, of London, to design the furniture a scheme of decoration. The magnificence of the furniture was so much talked about that the Queen and Prince Albert paid Mr. Thomas' studio a visit to see them. On leaving, Her Majesty said, "You say the gentleman's name is Houldsworth. It ought to be Goldsworth." These designs were never carried out, for Mr. Houldsworth died before the house was finished.
He was also a great lover of music, and was himself an accomplished musician. He sang a good song, and had a piano even in his yacht. Probably his happiest days were spent when in his yacht with some artist friends and others as he explored the Firth of Clyde, or sought those far-off Western Isles. Mr. Houldsworth was an ardent supporter of the Royal Northern Yacht Club, and Vice-Commodore at the time of his death. Not content with supervising three large businesses and occupying himself with art, music, and yachting, Mr. Houldsworth was a member of the Town Council, and at his death Senior Bailie of the city. Had he lived he would doubtless have been chosen Lord Provost.There were few more popular men in Glasgow than the kindly, genial John Houldsworth. It is said by one who knew him well that he was never seen out of temper, and as the deponent had frequently been away yachting with him the evidence is weighty. In business also he was liked for his uprightness and fairness, while he was respected for his ability.
He died at Glasgow, 1859.
Houldsworth John will proved 23/12/1859, father of Henry Houldsworth and John Muir Houldsworth and June Isabella Houdsworth and Eliza Houldsworth
Houldsworth was born in Cranstonhill the son of Henry (1770-1853), the Nottinghamshire cotton spinner who established a thriving steam-powered cotton spinning mill in Anderston at the beginning of the 19th century. John was a partner in Henry Houldsworth & Sons, which established in 1823 the Anderston Foundry and Machine Works (under the management of their firm, the Anderston Foundry Co) in Cheapside Street.
Henry Houldsworth was a long-serving Provost of Anderston and John was the burgh's last Provost, before it was annexed by Glasgow in 1846. John became a Glasgow councilor 1856-1859 and died holding the position of a Senior Bailie. He was a keen yachtsman (a Vice-Commodore of the Royal Northern Yacht Club) and an accomplished pianist.
Also of Carrick House, Ayr
Also of Ayr.
Births and Baptisms Barony 1838-1842
Film 1041479John HOULDSWORTH merchant Cranston Hill, and Elizabeth MUIR had a lawful son
their 2nd child, born 9th February 1839, named John Muir. Henry HOULDSWORTH
senior and junior, witnesses. Baptised March 1839.
In Henry Houldsworth's (b1797-d1868) will, Eliza is described as the youngest daughter of brother John.
