Richard Fothergill (1758–1821) was an ironmaster in South Wales and the founder of the Fothergill dynasty of ironmasters.
His sons were Richard Fothergill II (1789–1851), Thomas Fothergill (1791–1858), and Rowland Fothergill (1794–1871). His daughter, Ann, married in 1877 Sir Rose Lambert Price, bart.
His grandson Richard Fothergill III (1822–1903) was an ironmaster and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.
Notes and references
- ^ Watkin William Price (1959). "Fothergill family, iron-masters, etc.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- Richard Fothergill. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- Married Charlotte, daughter of Charles Elderton.
- Mair, Robert Henry. (1870) Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. 1870. London: Dean & Son, p. 107.
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