Silversmiths & Allied Trades--India--1818

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Hi,

A listing of silversmiths and allied trades taken from list of European inhabitants living in India in 1818.

Bengal
......Driscall..............................Assistant to Twentyman & Co.
E. Gray...................................Clock & Watchmaker
J. Grey...................................Watchmaker
David Hare.............................Watchmaker (Arrived 1801)
........Middleton........................Hamilton & Co.
David Mills..............................Watchmaker (Arrived 1793)
Joseph Rondo.............................................(Arrived 1788)
Thomas Taylor........................Seal Engraver
William Henry Twentyman........Jeweller (Arrived 1810)
George Wilson........................Clock & Watchmaker (Arrived 1789)

Bombay
Wildon Wheatly Beck...............Goldsmith & Jeweller
Francis R. Hereford.................Watchmaker

Prince of Wales Island
William Jamison.....................Watchmaker & Jeweller
Thomas Scully.......................Silversmith

The above contains some good information, including the confirmed dates of arrival of some.

It is interesting to note that the firm of Middleton & Co may have had their origins with Hamiltons.

It is also interesting that the European community on Prince of Wales Island, who numbered only thirty-five, could support two people in the trade.

Source: East-India Register and Directory
Published by W.H. Allen, 1819

Trev.
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