Richard Wellford

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.

Biography

Richard 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

He was the author of:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Richard Welford – Discovering Heritage – House Histories". discoveringheritage.com. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "J W Fenwick and his Collection – Northumberland Small-Piping in North Shields". northshieldsnsp.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Richard Welford 1908". Tyne Built Ships.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Richard Welford (1836–1919) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 "We – New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors". www.authorandbookinfo.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Trust, National. "Pictures of Tyneside Sixty Years Ago 581492". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Richard Welford - History of Newcastle and Gateshead. Volume 1, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries / edited by Richard Welford". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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