Herbert Francis Wauthier
Illustration — The Wauthier family grave in Southgate Cemetery. Herbert Francis Wauthier (10 March 1881 – 24 April 1964) was an English engraver known for his bookplate designs. He was also mayor of the borough of Southgate (1936–37), and a freeman of the City of London.
Herbert Francis Wauthier
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Illustration — The Wauthier family grave in Southgate Cemetery. Herbert Francis Wauthier (10 March 1881 – 24 April 1964) was an English engraver known for his bookplate designs. He was also mayor of the borough of Southgate (1936–37), and a freeman of the City of London.
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Wauthier was born in Holborn, London, London. He married Annie Sophia Lucy Luscombe in the Islington district of London in 1907. They had a daughter, Estelle (1921–83), who was mayoress of the London Borough of Enfield 1970–71.
Career
Career
Wauthier was in partnership with Sidney James Hunt (died 30 December 1940) at F. Osborne & Co. Ltd., which later became Wauthier Osborne Guild Ltd. Wauthier was the executor of Hunt's will. He was also a justice of the peace, a freeman of the Borough of Southgate, chairman of Southgate Urban District Council (1933–34), mayor of the borough of Southgate 1936–37, and a freeman of the City of London and of the Goldsmiths' Company.
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Wauthier died on 24 April 1964. He is buried in Southgate Cemetery with his wife Annie (died 24 December 1958), his daughter Estelle, and her husband Anthony John Hayes.
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1881
Herbert Francis Wauthier was born on 10 March 1881.
1964
Herbert Francis Wauthier died on 24 April 1964.
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- 1.1939 England and Wales Register
- 2.1881 England Census
- 3.England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- 4.Sidney James Hunt (Biographical details). British Museum. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- 5.Probate Calendar 1941. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- King, Phylliss. (c. 1951) The bookplates of Herbert Francis Wauthier. Washington, D.C. : American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers.
- Presswell, Paul T. "Bookplates for F. Osborne & Co. Ltd., latterly Wauthier Osborne Guild Ltd. with particular reference to Herbert Francis Wauthier", The Bookplate Journal, XVI 1, (March 1998), pp. 42–45.
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