Edward Vansittart Neale
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| Born | 2 April 1810 Bath, England |
| Died | 16 September 1892 (aged 82) London, England |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Office | General Secretary of the Co-operative Union (1873–1891) |
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Frances Sarah Farrer
(m. 1837) |
Edward Vansittart-Neale (1810–1892) was an English
Biography
Vansittart-Neale was born on 2 April 1810 in Bath, one of the eight children of Edward Vansittart-Neale (formerly Vansittart), Rector of Taplow in Buckinghamshire, and wife, whom he married in 1809, Anne Spooner (1780–1873), herself one of the ten children of Isaac Spooner, a wealthy Birmingham businessman, and his wife, whom he married in 1770, Barbara Gough, later Gough-Calthorpe (c. 1745 – 1826), daughter of Sir Henry Gough, by second wife Barbara Calthorpe, and sister of Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe. One of his sisters, Charlotte Vansittart Neale (1817–1881), married in 1841 Charles Frere, a barrister and parliamentary clerk, by whom she had nine children, one of which, Charlotte Vansittart Frere (1846–1916), married in 1882 artist and writer A. G. Folliott-Stokes of St Ives, author of several important books on Cornwall, and had issue.[1]
In 1828, after receiving early education at home, he entered Oriel College, Oxford, where he was tutored by John Henry Newman. In 1837 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He was a nephew of William Wilberforce's wife, Barbara Wilberforce.[2]
He became a Christian socialist in 1850, and joined the council of the Society for Promoting Working Men's Associations.[3]
With a group of like-minded men, such as
He founded the first co-operative store in London, and advanced capital for two builders' associations, both of which failed. In 1851, though strongly opposed by other members of the promoting Council, he started his own initiative, the Central Co-operative Agency, similar to the later
Besides publishing pamphlets on co-operation, he served on an executive committee which developed into the
For many years he was a director of the
Neale married Frances Sarah Farrer in 1837; they had four children: Henrietta, Henry, Constance, and Edith. In later life he inherited his family estate of Bisham Abbey in Berkshire.[3]
Neale died on 16 September 1892 in London. A memorial to Neale was erected in St Paul's Cathedral[9] and a scholarship at Oriel College was endowed in his memory.
References
- ^ "Richard III – Family tree – Ann of York – Michael Ibsen – University of Leicester".
- ^ Letters of Edward Vansittart Neale 1874–1891 – biography – Archive Hub GB 1499 EVN
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ^ J. F. C. Harrison ,A History of the Working Men's College (1854–1954), Routledge Kegan Paul, 1954. pp 12, 17, 19, 31, 43.
- ^ "The famous twenty eight". The Rochdale Pioneers. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- S2CID 34400031.
- ^ Epsom and Ewell History – David Middleton 2009
- ^ "Congress Presidents 1869–2002" (PDF). February 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
- Sinclair, W.p. 472: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Neale, Edward Vansittart". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 320.
External links
- Works by or about Edward Vansittart Neale at Internet Archive
- Correspondence of Edward Vansittart Neale is held at The National Co-operative Archive, Manchester
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