John Whittington

Born at Bawtry, Yorkshire, John Whittington was the son of Henry Whittington, silversmith and jeweller and Henriette his wife. By 1843 the family had moved to Manchester where he commenced practice as an architect, surveyor and estate agent before 1861. Most significantly he was agent to the Freeholder Company Limited, a Manchester property development firm which purchased Bramhall Hall and estate in 1877 for £200,000. The estate totalled some 1,918 acres which the company intended to exploit for suburban villa development. For a time, John Whittington lived in the Hall seemingly in the role of caretaker (1881 Census). In 1882 the Hall and 50 acres of grounds was purchased by Thomas Nevill, a local industrialist whose wealth came from calico printing, for his son, Charles.

No records for John Whittington found after 1886.

Address
1878        12 Commercial Buildings, Cross Street, Manchester
1883-1886    John S Whittington surveyor and estate agent 12 Commercial Buildings, 15 Cross Street, Manchester

Residence
1861        Camp Street Broughton
1881        Bramhall Hall   Bramhall, Cheshire (Census)
1886        The Dingle Cheadle Hulme