| 词条 | Moses Ironmonger |
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|name = Moses Ironmonger |image = |caption = |birth_name = Moses Ironmonger |birth_date = {{circa|lk=no|1809}} |birth_place = London, Middlesex, England |death_date = 25 November 1887 (aged 78) |death_place = Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |other_names = |known_for = Twice Mayor of Wolverhampton, provincial telephone pioneer |occupation = Rope manufacturer |nationality = British }} Moses Ironmonger ({{circa|lk=no|1809}} – 25 November 1887) was a successful rope manufacturer who, although an orphan from humble beginnings, twice became Mayor of Wolverhampton (1857/58 and 1868/69). Ironmonger & Co Ltd.Ironmonger built up a very successful business manufacturing rope, first at Cock Street then a larger site at Gt Brickkiln Street, now the Baynell Building. Ironmonger & Co Ltd. carried on for two further generations until it finally went into liquidation in 1902.[1] Provincial telephone pioneerHe was a friend of the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, and in 1880 the first telephone line in Wolverhampton was laid between Ironmonger's factory and the company's offices, a mile away,[2] barely four years after Bell's demonstration of clear speech on a telephone transmission. PoliticsA Liberal supporter, Ironmonger was appointed Chief Magistrate in 1857, served as a governor for the Wolverhampton Grammar School and president of the Wolverhampton Chamber of Commerce. He twice served as Mayor of Wolverhampton, 1857—1858 and 1868—1869.[3] Parish Church of St John the EvangelistIronmonger was a leading member of the Parish Church of St John the Evangelist. He presented a stained glass window by Ward and Hughes of London, in 1882. He also paid for the encaustic tiling around the font.[4] FamilyIronmonger was born {{circa|lk=no|1809}} in London, England, and orphaned at 18 years of age,[1] when his father, ropemaker Aaron Ironmonger, died in 1827.[4] He married Mary Ann, née Perry, in 1832 in Wolverhampton, and they had two sons before she died in 1835.[4] He married Elizabeth née Bosworth in 1841, also in Wolverhampton, and lived at the business in Cock Street, now Victoria Street.[5] They had two daughters.[4] He died in Graisley, Wolverhampton, in 1887, after a long illness.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_DX-894_12_2_27-28/|publisher=blackcountryhistory.org|title=Certificates recording the grateful thanks of Wolverhampton Council for the services of Moses Ironmonger|accessdate=28 October 2012}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef |before=Edward Perry}}{{s-ttl |title=Mayor of Wolverhampton|years=1857–1858}}{{s-aft |after=Edward Hartley}}{{s-bef |before=James Langman}}{{s-ttl |title=Mayor of Wolverhampton|years=1868–1869}}{{s-aft |after=Thomas Bantock}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ironmonger, Moses}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/OtherTrades/Communications/telephones.htm/|publisher=localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk|title=Early Communications|accessdate=28 October 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/politics/local_government/wolves/mayors |title= Mayors of Wolverhampton 1848 - 1948|accessdate=25 October 2012|publisher=Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies and Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Services}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/listed/StJohns/johns05.htm|publisher=www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk|title=St. John's in the square|accessdate=24 November 2012}} 5. ^England Census, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton. The National Archives, 1841 7 : 1809 births|1887 deaths|Mayors of Wolverhampton|Communications in the United Kingdom|People from Wolverhampton|English industrialists|People of the Victorian era |
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