Frederick Nettlefold
Frederick Nettlefold (6 April 1833 – 1 March 1913) was a British
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds. He was a leader in the Unitarian Church, ending up as lay president of the international organisation.[1]
He was born in
Nettlefold and Chamberlain with Frederick's cousin Joseph Chamberlain, father of Austen and Neville.[1]
After his father retired and cousin left the business to concentrate on politics, Frederick took over the running of the London part of the business as chairman, while his brother
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, now GKN
.
In 1878 Frederick and his wife Mary Catherine moved into
P&O magnate Arthur Anderson. Their residence is now noted by a blue plaque
.
Frederick retired from Nettlefolds in 1893 and helped develop
Essex Hall, the headquarters building for the denomination.[2] His daughter Edith was better known as Mrs Sydney Martineau, from 1929 the lay president of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches,[3]
the successor to the organisations her father presided over.
Mary died at Norwood Grove in 1906 followed by Frederick in 1913, and they are buried in West Norwood Cemetery, although their monument is believed to have been destroyed sometime in the 1980s.
References
- ^ a b "Mr. Frederick Nettlefold". The Times. 6 March 1913. p. 9.
- ^ The History of Essex Hall by Mortimer Rowe B.A., D.D. Lindsey Press, 1959. Chapter 4 Archived 16 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Ministry of Women", by Keith Gilley, The Guardian, Saturday 25 September 2004