Henry Uppleby WOLLASTON [32471]

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Henry Upperby (Uppleby) Wollaston (1860-1932)
Born in London 1860, son of Edward Ottley Wollaston, retired officer of the British Army in India, and his wife Lucy (nee Uppleby)

Henry Uppleby Wollaston
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 4 Mar 1860
Baptism Place: Brompton Holy Trinity, Kensington and Chelsea, England
Father: Edward Ottley Wollaston
Mother: Lucy Sarah Wollaston
Register Type: Parish Registers

Henry Uppleby Wollaston
Age: 42
Record Type: Register
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1860
Membership Date: 29 Jul 1902
Membership Country/Region: United Kingdom
Institute: Mechanical
UK, Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1938.

Wollaston Henry Uppleby of Finborough Sea Road Bexhill on Sea Sussex died 29 Mar 1932 at St Augustines Nursing Home St Leonards on Sea. Probate London 9 May 1932 Charles Henry Fox Wollaston captain HM Army. Effects £12895 16s 10d
Resworn £13165 16s 5d
National Probate Calendar

1932 Obituary
HENRY UPPLEBY WOLLASTON was born in London in 1860 and studied at the Crystal Palace School of Engineering.
After serving his apprenticeship with Mr. R. H. Tweddell (Ralph_Hart_Tweddell), hydraulic engineers of Westminster, from 1879 to 1881, he joined the staff of the Brush Electrical Engineering Company.
In 1883 he went to Vienna as electrical engineer to the Anglo-Austrian Brush Company, and was responsible for carrying out the lighting of the town of Temesvar.
Upon his return to England in 1886 he rejoined the Brush Electrical Company, for whom he again went abroad, supervising engineering work in Vienna, Hungary, Spain, and other places on the Continent.
From 1888 to 1891 he was engaged in constructing and working the Bournemouth electric lighting station in the capacity of managing engineer to a local company.
In 1892 he entered the firm of Messrs. W. Pope and Company of Slough, and upon its absorption into the Consolidated Engineering Company, became managing director.
He was also associated with the Hulberd Engineering Company for many years, and was a director of the London branch of the City of Santos Improvements Company for over twenty years.
From 1929 until his death on 29th March 1932 he was a director of the Delagoa Bay Development Corporation.
He had been a Member of the Institution since 1902.

Henry married Georgina Anne FARRER [32470] [MRIN: 11594], daughter of Rev Frederick FARRER [32467] and Georgina Anne BENNETT [32465], in Apr 1882. (Georgina Anne FARRER [32470] was born on 20 Sep 1856 in Lahore Punjab India and died in Mar 1883 in Kensington MDX.)

Henry next married Anna Katharine FOX [32482] [MRIN: 11598] on 20 Jun 1889 in All Saints Parkstone Dorset. (Anna Katharine FOX [32482] was born circa 1862.)