BILTON, Richard John (Grimwade p.441)

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Little could be traced of his life.
His only maker’s mark was entered at Goldsmiths Hall in 1831 as a smallworker from 9 Westminster Bridge Road.
The 1851 UK Census has a record of him at Westminster Road, Lambeth as a musical instrument maker employing 4 men. He was unmarried.
His burial in 1870 aged 77 years is recorded at Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth. His last address was Loughborough Road, Brixton.

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1841 UK Census Musical Instrument Maker Bridge Road, Lambeth, Surrey.

Judging by notes in the 1861 census, the family home shown in the previous census had recently burned down.