Farewell Mother H
This is my final post in my series about Ann Wilds, previously known as ‘Mother H’, widow of Amon Wilds, whose entire estate she inherited on his death in 1833. Renton Nicholson[i]Renton Nicholson: Rogue’s Progress….
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John Hernon – Military tailor
Early career – Business in Covent Garden – Freehold of 13 Brydges Street – Property – Gloucester Place, Brighton – John Hernon junior. John Hernon, a military tailor, had opened his business at 31 King…
George Gilbert – Regency Coachman
George Gilbert – family background – marriage to Sarah Lepine – George Gilbert as coachman and life in Brighton – After the railway. George Augustus Gilbert came from a family of coachmasters and innkeepers. He…
Herman Schweitzer
Family background in Danzig and Berlin – The Royal German Spa – First wife, Rebecca Atkins – Ann Hunter’s will – Success as Brighton Pharmacist – Second marriage and life in London. Carl Adolph Herman…
Isaiah Smart
Proprietor of Mother H’s – Early life – Tragedy at 34, St. James Street – Broom Lane, Fulham – The Golden Cross Brighton – Smithfield Bars – Bankruptcy again – A plea from Whitton –…
Mother H in Doncaster
Askern and the Bathing Society – The New Betting Rooms -The daring robbery – Isaiah Smart – The Murrays Ann King and Thomas Hodgkins lived part of the time in Askern, a spa town near…
Thomas George Hodgkins
Escape to New York – A new start in business – Death of Emma – Adoption of nieces – trips to Europe – retirement and legacy. Thomas George Hodgkin’s early life had been blighted by…
Mother H and Thomas Hodgkins
Covent Garden – Acquisition of 13 Brydges Street and 15 Charles Street – Death of George Hodgkins – Thomas George Hodgkins – Ann King’s escape to Brighton – Thomas George Hodgkins escape to America –…
Mother H – her backstory
William Horsford – The Bressons – Jacob Udney – John Minsher – Richard Hilliard – Moses Levy Newton – Mother H’s. ….Continuing the story of Ann King, second wife of Brighton architect, Amon Wilds, and…