3-053-516 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Whetham, 1873. Engraving of a photograph by Messrs. Maull and Co. 'Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Charles Whetham is a son of the late Mr. Stephen Whetham, of the firm of S. Whetham and Sons, flax and hemp manufacturers, of Bridport, of which firm he is now the senior partner. The father of the new Sheriff married Miss Tucker, a daughter of Mr. Tucker, of Bridport, by whom the works were previously conducted. Their second son, Charles, was born in 1812; and, after receiving his education at the Rev. Matthew Anstis's Grammar School in his native town, came to London early in life. He married the only daughter of the late Mr. George Langley, and is the father of a large family. Mr. Whetham has long been a Justice of the Peace, as were his father and elder brother, and is also a Deputy Lieutenant of London. In 1842 he was elected a member of the Court of Common Council for the Ward of Bridge; subsequently he was chosen deputy of the ward, and on the death of the late Sir Joseph Causton he was elected Alderman of the ward. He is deputy chairman of the National Provident Institution'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.