"He is our cousin, cousin" : a quaker family's history from 1660 to the present day / Antony Barlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barlow, Antony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lancaster, James, 1618-1699--Family.

Lancaster, James.

Quakers--Genealogy.

Quakers.

Quakers--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Place of Publication:

York, [England] : Quacks Books, 2015.

Summary:

Emminent ancestors include James Lancaster 1610- 1699 a member of the Valiant Sixty the earliest activists of the Society of Friends. John 1822-1880 and Joseph 1827-1880 Cash who started the silk weaving business in Coventry in 1846, later famous for their name tapes. Professor John Barlow 1815-1856 professor of Veterinary Studies at Edinburgh University and introduced the microscope there. General George Monck 1608-1670 restored Charles II to the throne. George Cadbury 1839-1922 founder of the Cadbury chocolate business and the model village of Bournville. John Camden Neild 1780-1852 who gave his entire fortune of half a million pounds to Queen Victoria the year before she bought Balmoral! John Henry Barlow 1855-1924 Quaker Yearly Meeting Clerk during the Great War, leading pacifist and first Director of the Bournville Village Trust. Jonathan D Carr 1806-1884 founder of Carr's water biscuits. Samuel Bowly 1802-1844 anti-slavery campaigner and friend of Wilberforce.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 7, 2017).

ISBN:

9781904446835

1904446833

9781904446811

1904446817