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Richard ROTHWELL [1821-1895]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Rothwell
Given: 
Richard
Birth
Date: 
1821-04-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Carlisle, Cumbria
Death
Date: 
1895-02-20
Cause of death: 
old age

I am a distant cousin of Richard Rothwell. He lived in Canton China from 1845 until 1857, making two short visits to England in 1851 and 1856. He was a clerk working for Jamieson, Howe, & Co. in the tea trade. His brother Thomas Rothwell was a tea merchant in Shanghai from 1855 until 1883. From 1862 until the brancruptcy in 1876 he traded under the name Rothwell, Love & Co. together with his partner Joseph Love jun.

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