Richard Welford (1836–1919) was a British journalist, biographer, local historian, businessman and politician associated with Newcastle upon Tyne in the 19th century. He was the author of a number of well-known works of history of the area and of its leading citizens.
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Biography
editRichard Welford was born in Holloway, London in 1836. He worked in Aylesbury as a reporter for the Bucks Advertiser, before moving to Newcastle in 1854 to work for the Newcastle Chronicle. He was appointed its sub-editor in 1858, a position he held for three years before resigning in 1861 to become a freelance writer. In concert with his writing, he took up, by 1871, a position as secretary of a local shipping company, rising to become managing director of the Tyne Steam Shipping Company. He was active in local politics, serving on the South Gosforth Local Board and acting as a magistrate.[1]
Welford acted as president of the short-lived Northumbrian Small Pipes Society from 1893 to 1900. He inherited J. W. Fenwick's library of documents and manuscript music for the Northumbrian smallpipes upon Fenwick's death in 1907.[2]
The Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company named a passenger cargo ship commissioned by them from Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd and launched 6 November 1907, completed February 1908 as Richard Welford.[3]
Welford died in 1919. A bust of Welford is displayed in the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne.[4]
Works
editHe was the author of:
- A History of the Parish of Gosforth (1879)[1]
- St Nicholas Church and its monuments (1880)[1]
- Pictures of Tyneside Sixty Years Ago (1881)[5] – a reprint from original plates of Pictures of Tyneside Sixty Years Ago by James Wilson Carmichael[6]
- History of Newcastle and Gateshead - written in celebration of the town's elevation to city status in 1882[7]
- Men of Mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed (1895)
- Early printing in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1895)
- Records of the Committees for compounding, etc., with delinquent royalists in Durham and Northumberland during the civil war, etc., 1643–1660 (1905)
- Newcastle Typography and Bibliography, from 1639 to 1800 (date unknown)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Richard Welford – Discovering Heritage – House Histories". discoveringheritage.com. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "J W Fenwick and his Collection – Northumberland Small-Piping in North Shields". northshieldsnsp.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Richard Welford 1908". Tyne Built Ships.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Richard Welford (1836–1919) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ a b "We – New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors". www.authorandbookinfo.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Trust, National. "Pictures of Tyneside Sixty Years Ago 581492". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Richard Welford - History of Newcastle and Gateshead. Volume 1, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries / edited by Richard Welford". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
External links
edit- Articles and chapters by Richard Welford, principally in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, on Archaeology Data Service