Edward Byrom

Edward Byrom (13 June 1724 – 24 April 1773) was a prominent figure in 18th-century Manchester and served for a period as borough-reeve.[1]

For the Zimbabwean cricketer, see Eddie Byrom.

The oldest surviving son of John Byrom of the wealthy Byrom family, Edward Byrom co-founded the first bank in Manchester[2] and ordered the construction of St John's Church in 1769.[3] The church, demolished in 1931, was situated on Byrom Street, a street which was named after his family.[4] He married Eleanora Halstead, who bore him four girls before her death in 1758: Ann Byrom (1751-1826), Elizabeth Byrom (1754-1754), Felicia Byrom (1755-1757) and Eleanora Byrom (1756-1838).[5] His granddaughter was English philanthropist and slave owner, Eleanora Atherton.[6]

References
  1. Shaw, William Arthur (1894). Manchester Old and New. II. Cassell. p. 119.
  2. The Three Banks Review. Royal Bank of Scotland Group. 1983. pp. 51–2.
  3. Timperley, Charles Henry (1839). Annals of Manchester ... from the earliest period to the close of the year 1839. Bancks & Company. p. 52.
  4. Lewis, Samuel (1831). A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions; Illustrated by Maps of the Different Counties and Islands; a Map of England ... and a Plan of London and Its Environs ... : in Four Volumes. Lewis. p. 243.
  5. "Edward Byrom". Records.ancestry.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  6. "Eleanora Atherton". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2017.


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