GUARDIANS OF THE STANDARD OF WROUGHT PLATE WITHIN THE TOWN OF SHEFFIELD,
WITH DATES OF COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF OFFICE.
The Most Honourable Charles, Marquis of Rockingham .. 1773–1783
The Earl of Strafford 1773–1791
The Earl of Effingham 1773–1792
Clark, Godfrey Bagnall 1773–1775
Saint Leger, General Anthony 1773–1780
Shore, Samuel, the Younger 1773–1829
Tooker, Samuel 1773–1807
Howard, Henry 1773–1781
Oborne, Walter 1773–1778
Wilkinson, Rev. James 1773–1805
Roebuck, Benjamin 1778–1789
Broadbent, Thomas 1773–1786
Shore, John 1773–1812
Greaves, George 1773–1802
Turner, John 1773-1796
Bland, Thomas 1773–1807
Brittain, George 1773–1812
Staniforth, Samuel 1773–1821
Young, Simon Andrews 1773–1814
Matthewman, Joseph 1773–1792
Hoyland, John 1773–1779
Tudor, Henry 1773-180S
Winter, John 1773–1792
Cox, Albion 1773–1774
Rowbotham, John 1773–1781
Hancock, Joseph 1773–1792
Fenton, Matthew 1773–1795
Marsden, William 1773–1775
Law, Thomas 1773–1775
Wilson, Joseph 1773–1795
N.B.–The above thirty Guardians were appointed by Act 13 Geo. iii. c. 52.
Parker, John 1774–1794
The Most Noble Edward, Duke of Norfolk 1775–1778
Greaves, Samuel 1775–1813
Holy, Thomas '1775–1831
The Right Honourable Charles, Earl of Surrey 1778–1786
Wilson, Joseph, junior 1778–1796
Law, Thomas 1779–1795
Eyre, Vincent 1781–1801
Mappin, Jonathan 1781–1801
The Right Honourable William, Earl Fitzwilliam 1783–1833
Athorpe, Robert Athorpe 1786–1800
Reed, John 1786–1803
Marshall, Samuel 1789–1801
Greaves, John 1791–1828
The Right Honourable Richard, Earl of Effingham 1792–1816
The Eight Honourable Earl of Strafford 1792–1800
Proctor, Charles 1792–1809
Hufton, Anthony 1792–1817
Sitwell, Sir Sitwell (of Benishaw) 1794–1812
Law, John 1795–1820
Roberts, John 1795–1807
Hancock, Samuel 1795–1808
Younge, John 1796–1811
Brookes, Ebenezer 1796–1831
Parker, Hugh (of Woodthorpe) 1800–1842
Eyre, Vincent 1801–?
Milner, Gamaliel (of Attercliffe) 1801–1825
Smilter, Lionel 1801–1814
Walker, Thomas (of Rotherham) 1802–1825
Bead, Joseph 1803–1838
Watson, Thomas 1803–1833
Wortley, James Stuart 1805–1856
Sutton, Rev. Thomas 1806–1851
Corbett, Ven. Archdeacon Stuart (of Wortley) 1807–1846
Harrison, Thomas 1807–1818
Gainsford, Robert 1807–1853
Morton, Joseph 1808–1881
Roberts, John 1809–1811
Leader, Col. Thomas 1811–1833
Mosley, Samuel 1811–1814
His Grace William, Duke of Devonshire 1812–1833
Shore, John 1812–1829
His Grace George, Duke of Leeds 1812–1833
Hodgson, Eowland 1813–1838
Housman, John (of the Farm, Sheffield) 1814–1820
Settle, John 1814–1882
Ellis, Samuel 1814–1825 His Grace the Duke of Norfolk 1816–1843
Viscount Milton 1817–1838
Walker, Samuel 1817–1822
Wilson, Thomas (of Clifford, near Sheffield) 1818–1820
Ellison, Michael 1820–1861
Alderson, Bev. William (of Aston) 1820–1853
Watson, John (Plateworker) 1820–1835
Skelton, Joseph Dixon (of Middlewood) 1821–1835
Walker, Henry (of Blyth) 1822–1860
Walker, Samuel 1825–1829
Gillott, William 1825–1847
Verelst, Harry 1825–1838
Steade, B. B. (afterwards Pegge Burnell) 1825–1851
Bagshaw, Bev. William (Banner Cross) 1828–1848
Shore, Samuel (Norton Hall) 1829–1838
Chandler, Bev. George (of Treeton) 1829–1846
Read, John (of Norton) 1829–1862
Howard, Thomas 1831–1863
Bagshaw, William John (The Oaks) .. 1831–1851
Rimington, James (cf Broomhead) 1831–1839
Creswick, Thomas 1832–1864
Wilkinson, Henry 1833–1873
Holt, Hewan 1833–1840
Parker, Right Honourable John 1833–1861
Hadfield, Edward 1833–1854
Watson, William 1833–1886
Howard, Lord Henry 1835–1856
Skelton, Henry Thorp 1835–1859
Knight, Dr. Arnold James 1838–1844
Shore, Offley 1838–1843
The Honourable Lord Milton 1838-?1846
Brownell, Charles 1838–1843
Watson, John (Silverplater) 1838–1878
Dixon, William Frederick 1840–1872
Hamsey, Thomas 1843–1854
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk 1843–1856
Bailey, Samuel 1843–1870
Rodgers, John 1843–1860
Greaves, Henry Marwood 1846–1859
Lord Viscount Milton, M.P. (now Earl Fitzwilliam) .. .. 1846
Roberts, Samuel, Jun 1846–1887
Ashforth, John 1847–1853
Wilson, Henry (of Westbrook) .. 1844–1881
Buxton, Jonathan 1848–1862
Martin, John 1850–1854
Brown, John Bower 1851–1877
Buxton, Albert Jonathan 1851–1866
Hattersley, Joseph 1853–1859
Sale, Rev. Thomas 1853–1874
Howard, Edwin Stirling 1853–1879
Hounsfield, George .. 1854–1870
Butcher, Samuel 1854–1870
Martin, Richard 1854–1875
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk 1856–1861
Lord Wharncliffe 1856
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle 1858–1865
Bagshawe, William Henry Greaves 1889
Skelton, John Kenyon 1859–1877
Abbey, John 1859–1867
Hawksworth, Charles 1860–1874
Knowles, John 1860–1877
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire 1861
Bagshawe, Francis Westby 1861
Ellison, Michael Joseph 1861
Brown, Sir John 1862
Corbett, Vincent 1862–1865
Howard, William 1863–1869
Seaton, Samuel 1864–1887
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle 1865–1879
Smith, John Jobson 1865–1879
Nicholson, Austin 1866
Newbold, Robert 1867
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk 1869
Bradbury, Joseph 1870–1877
Young, Robert 1870–1875
Jessop, Thomas 1870-1888
Dixon, James Willis 1872–1876
Barber, James Henry 1873
Stanhope, Walter Thomas William Spencer M.P 1874
Favell, Charles 1874
Hall, Ebenezer 1875
Wilson, George 1875–1886
Dixon, Henry Isaac 1876
Bradbury, Thomas 1877
Atkin, Edwin Thomas 1877
Firth, Mark 1877–1881
Blake, William Greaves 1877
Blakeney, Venerable Archdeacon 1879
Milner, William Pashley 1879–1885
Howson, William 1879 -1884
Hutton, Robert 1879–1881
Watson, William Henry 1879
Watson, Sir Henry Edmund 1881
Firth, Charles Henry I881
Hutton, Herbert 1881
Newton, Jolin 1884
Harrison. James William I885
Watson, William Augustus 1886
Belk, Charles 1886
Nicholson, Alfred 1887
Stephenson, Sir Henry 1888
Chesterman, William 1888
Source: The Sheffield Assay Office, With a Few Notes on the Silver Trade of the Town: A paper read before the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society, October 1st, 1889 - Arnold T. Watson
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