Person: CROWHURST, H.A. (1868-1943)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Harry Arthur CROWHURST

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

partner in lantern and optical supply business

Main period of activity

1900s-20s

Relationships to other people

related by marriage to WILLIAMSON, James (1855-1933)

business partner of SANDERS, H. Armytage (1867-1940)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

14 March 1868

born at

Bloomsbury, London, England

3 April 1881

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/337.11.18

1891

resident

38 Gower Street, London, England

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/212.15.25
– occupation “Optician”

1890s-1900

~26

employee

Watson & Sons

1900

~31

partner

Sanders & Crowhurst

1901

resident

27 Catherine Street, Covent Garden, London, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/244.42.17
– occupation “Optician”

1908

~39

owner

H.A. Crowhurst

27 October 1908

archive entry

London Gazette, p.7791
– dissolution of partnership with H.A. Sanders

1943

~74

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1943 p.459

8 December 1943

resident

77a Peartree Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England

8 December 1943

died at

Southampton, Hampshire, England

Reference

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 11.138 (November 1900)
– setting up new company

Notes

He married the daughter of cinematograph pioneer James Williamson in May 1905, and took over Williamson's Hove premises at some date in the mid-1900s.

Lucerna ID 6003342

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 1 July 2020

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Person: CROWHURST, H.A. (1868-1943)