William Whitworth (23 August 1813 – 28 December 1886) was a British cotton manufacturer and politician. He was a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and represented the constituency of Newry, Ireland from 1874 to 1880.
Whitworth was born in Manchester, Lancashire, to Nicholas Whitworth, an iron maker, and Sarah Barratt, and was baptised in a Methodist church.England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 He was a prominent local businessman, being a partner with his brother in Benjamin Whitworth and Brothers, who established The Boyne Cotton Mills that employed over 3,000 people around Drogheda, Ireland. He was sheriff of Drogheda in 1869 and mayor in 1876.
He married Maria Martin (1820-1845) on 6 December 1840 in Nikolaev, Russia Russia, Select Marriages, 1793-1919 while William was employed as a Chief Engineer by the Russian Admiralty Allegiance and Betrayal: British Residents in Russia during the Crimean War. Author(s): Simon Dixon. Source: The Slavonic and East European Review , Vol. 94, No. 3 (July 2016), pp. 431-467. They had three children together: Sarah (born 1841Russia, Select Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917), William (born 1843Russia, Select Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917) and Richard (born 1844Russia, Select Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917). William was retained in Russia throughout the duration of the Crimean War (1845-1855)Allegiance and Betrayal: British Residents in Russia during the Crimean War. Author(s): Simon Dixon. Source: The Slavonic and East European Review , Vol. 94, No. 3 (July 2016), pp. 431-467. Maria died in 1845. William later married Katherine Wright and they had a daughter Sophia in 1849Russia, Select Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917.
Whitworth died at his home in Drogheda, after suffering a stroke, on 28 December 1886.
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