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William Blenkiron, Jr

1838–1908

Manufacturer and horse breeder. Son of William Blenkiron Sr. Took over his father’s business manufacturing stocks and collars in 1848. Sold his father’s stud in 1872.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/412/1/7), 1871 (RG10/762/39/22)

London, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1917 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 27 November 2019)

ODNB s.v. Blenkiron, William (1807?–71).

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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