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Actions	Personal and Family Papers of Richard Peacock Remove from selection Add to selection TitlePersonal and Family Papers of Richard Peacock ReferenceYA2001.278 CreatorBlunt & Brocklehurst, Solicitors A partnership of two solicitors, E.H. Brocklehurst and Francis Blunt, with offices in Macclesfield. Date 1881-1933 Scope and ContentCollection of personal and family papers including wills, marriage settlements, investments and family letters for the Peacock, Birchenough and Brocklehurst families. Extent1 linear metre Physical descriptiongood LanguageEnglish Archival historyThe papers were purchased from an antique dealer, who acquired them from an un-named solicitor in Macclesfield. Levelfonds Repository nameScience and Industry Museum Associated people and organisationsPeacock, Ralph Eldest son of Richard Peacock, born in Leeds in 1838. He began his technical training at the family firm around 1854 before being sent to Paris in 1860 to gain further experience at the workshops of E Gouin & Co. In 1885 he returned to work at Beyer, Peacock and succeeded his father as Managing Director of Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd in 1889, and remained a Director until he retired from the company in 1905. Conditions governing accessOpen access. Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions. Related object Company records of Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd System of arrangementNo original order was discernable. The collection has therefore been arranged in bundles according to how the papers relate to individuals within the family who were beneficiaries of Richard Peacock's will.

TitlePersonal and Family Papers of Richard Peacock

ReferenceYA2001.278

Date

1881-1933

Scope and ContentCollection of personal and family papers including wills, marriage settlements, investments and family letters for the Peacock, Birchenough and Brocklehurst families.

Extent1 linear metre

Physical descriptiongood

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyThe papers were purchased from an antique dealer, who acquired them from an un-named solicitor in Macclesfield.

Levelfonds

Repository nameScience and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisationsPeacock, Ralph

Conditions governing accessOpen access.

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

Related object

Company records of Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd

System of arrangementNo original order was discernable. The collection has therefore been arranged in bundles according to how the papers relate to individuals within the family who were beneficiaries of Richard Peacock's will.