Book: "The Rise of a Great Industry" by Sir Richard Tangye (1904)
Descendants of: John TANGYE b 26 Jan 1770 or 1776 And: Alice IVEY b 9 Nov 1776 Married: 23 Jan 1791 Camborne, CON, ENG Children | |----- John TANGYE | bp 3 Aug 1791 Redruth, CON, ENG | m 23 Jan 1813 Elizabeth MAYNE | |----- Elizabeth TANGYE | bp 6 Jan 1793 Redruth, CON, ENG | m John BRYANT | | | |--- Elizabeth BRYANT | |--- Alice BRYANT | |--- John BRYANT | | |----- Richard TANGYE | bp 7 Sep 1794 Redruth, CON, ENG | m 4 Nov 1815 Elizabeth PEARCE | |----- Joseph TANGYE | b 28 Oct 1798 | bp 29 Nov 1798 Redruth, CON, ENG | m 28 Dec 1824 Ann BULLOCK | d Mar Qt 1854 Redruth, CON, ENG | |----- James TANGYE bp 9 Oct 1796 Redruth, CON, ENG
Descendants of: John TANGYE (1791-) And: Elizabeth MAYNE Married: 23 Jan 1813 Illogan, CON, ENG Children | |----- John TANGYE | b c1814 Illogan, CON, ENG | m 19 Jul 1837 Margaret ROGERS | |----- William TANGYE | b Illogan, CON, ENG | bp 29 Jun 1816 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Jun Qt 1840 Amelia JEFFREE | |----- Samuel TANGYE | bp 24 Oct 1818 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Olivia TANGYE | b c1821 Illogan, CON, ENG | |----- Elizabeth TANGYE | bp 9 Aug 1823 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Elizabeth TANGYE | bp 25 Dec 1825 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Sep Qt 1842 Thomas PASCOE | | | |--- John PASCOE | b c1846 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Lavinia TANGYE | bp 23 Dec 1827 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Amelia TANGYE | bp 28 Sep 1832 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Richard TANGYE | bp 5 Jul 1836 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- James TANGYE | b c1837 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Joseph TANGYE | | | |--- Annie TANGYE | m de ta PLANS | |----- Jennie TANGYE
Descendants of: Richard TANGYE (1794-) And: Elizabeth PEARCE Married: 4 Nov 1815 Illogan, CON, ENG Children | |----- Mary TANGYE | bp 22 Feb 1816 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Elizabeth TANGYE | bp 22 Dec 1821 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Dec At 1843 John EDWARDS Redruth, CON, ENG | | | |--- Elizabeth Ann EDWARDS | | b 1845 Camborne, CON, ENG | | | |--- Richard Tangye EDWARDS | | b 1846 Camborne, CON, ENG | | | |--- Benjamin Tucker EDWARDS | b 1850 Keswick, CUM, ENG | | |----- Richard TANGYE | bp 12 Feb 1825 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Dec Qt 1852 Mary Ann TAWEN Redruth, CON, ENG | d 1872 | Mary Ann: b c1831 England | Emigrated to New York on the ship "Compromise" | Settled in Shullsberg, Wisconsin | | | |--- Joseph TANGYE | | b 1855 Wisconsin, USA | | m Thresa TERILL | | | | | |--- Carrie May TANGYE | | b 25 Feb 1893 Shullsberg City, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA | | | |--- Elizabeth TANGYE | | b 1857 Wisconsin, USA | | | |--- Mary TANGYE | b 1859 Wisconsin, USA | | |----- James TANGYE | bp 17 Nov 1827 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Jun Qt 1849 Mary BISHOP Redruth, CON, ENG | | | |--- Richard TANGYE | b Camborne, CON, ENG | b Mar Qt 1850 Redruth, CON, ENG | m Mary (born c1851 Wurtenberg) | | | |--- John C. TANGYE | | b 1875 Virginia, USA | | | |--- William A. TANGYE | | b 27 Jun 1877 Virginia, USA | | | |--- Gracie TANGYE | | b 27 Jul 1879 Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA | | | |--- Joseph TANGYE | | b 1882 USA | | | |--- Elsie M. TANGYE | b 1883 USA | | |----- Joseph TANGYE b 7 Oct 1833 bp 29 Dec 1833 Wesleyan, Camborne, CON, ENG m 25 Nov 1858 Elizabeth T. OSBORNE Shullsburg, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA
Descendants of: Joseph TANGYE (1798-1854) And: Ann BULLOCK Married: 28 Dec 1824 Illogan, CON, ENG Children | |----- James TANGYE | b 6 Oct 1825 Illogan, CON, ENG | m Jun Qt 1860 Catherine HARRIS Redruth, CON, ENG | | | |--- John TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1862 Birmingham, WAR, ENG (Male) ?? | d Sep Qt 1862 Birmingham, WAR, ENG (Male) ?? | | |----- Joseph TANGYE | b 10 Nov 1826 | m1 1859 Jane ANGOVE | m2 Sep Qt 1872 Martha BROWN | d 27 Mar 1902 Kidderminster, WOR, ENG | d Jun Qt 1902 Kidderminster, WOR, ENG aged 75yrs | bu Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham | |----- John TANGYE | b 11 Nov 1828 | d 9 Feb 1848 | d Mar Qt 1848 Redruth, CON, ENG | |----- Ann TANGYE | b 3 Aug 1830 | m Richard CONNOCK | d 1909 | |----- Edward TANGYE | b 27 Apr 1832 Illogan, CON, ENG | m Mar Qt 1867 Ann COWLIN | d 8 Dec 1909 | d Dec Qt 1909 Solihull, WAR, ENG aged 77yrs | |----- Sir Richard TANGYE | b 24 Nov 1833 Illogan, CON, ENG | bp 29 Dec 1833 Wesleyan, Camborne Circuit, CON, ENG | m 24 Jan 1859 Caroline JESPER | d 14 Oct 1906 | d Dec Qt 1906 Kingston, SRY, ENG aged 72yrs | |----- George TANGYE | b 17 Sep 1835 | m 15 Oct 1861 Mary Catherine WESTON | d 7 Oct 1920 | |----- Alice TANGYE | b 29 Aug 1837 | b Sep Qt 1837 Redruth, CON, ENG | d 1840 | |----- Sarah TANGYE | b 1840 | d 1840 | |----- Sarah TANGYE b 7 Feb 1845 Illogan, CON, ENG m Mar Qt 1866 Robert PRICE
Descendants of: John TANGYE (1814-) And: Margaret ROGERS b c1819 Camborne, CON, ENG Married: 19 Jul 1837 Camborne, CON, ENG Children | |----- John Rogers TANGYE | b c1839 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Margaret Rogers TANGYE | b c1841 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Dec Qt 1888 William STAPLE Redruth, CON, ENG | |----- Charles J. TANGYE | b c1843 | |----- Samuel Mayne TANGYE | b c1845 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Mathew Henry TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1846 Redruth, CON, ENG | |----- Mortimer TANGYE | b Mar 1851 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Jun Qt 1881 Poplar, LON, ENG | d Dec Qt 1887 Redruth, CON, ENG aged 36yrs | | |----- Adolphus James TANGYE | b c1855 | m 29 May 1879 Ellen ANGOVE Gwithian, CON, ENG | d Jun Qt 1892 Redruth, CON, ENG aged 37yrs | Ellen: b c1862 Camborne, CON, ENG; dau of William ANGOVE | | | |--- Bertram TANGYE | b c1880 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- George W. TANGYE | b c1859 | |----- Richard Rogers TANGYE b Mar Qt 1860 Redruth, CON, ENG
Descendants of: William TANGYE (1817-) And: Amelia JEFFREE b c1819 Camborne, CON, ENG Married: Jun Qt 1840 Redruth, CON, ENG Children | |----- Amelia TANGYE | b c1841 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- William Henry TANGYE | b c1841 Camborne, CON, ENG | m Sep Qt 1863 Emma KNOTWELL Redruth, CON, ENG | |----- Olivia TANGYE | b c1844 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Lavinia TANGYE | b c1845 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Edwin Jeffree TANGYE | b c1848 Camborne, CON, ENG | b Sep Qt 1848 Redruth, CON, ENG | |----- Eliza TANGYE | b c1856 Camborne, CON, ENG | |----- Samuel TANGYE b c1858 Camborne, CON, ENG m Mary (b c1853 Ludgvan, CON, ENG)
Descendants of: Joseph TANGYE (1826-1902) And: Jane ANGOVE b c1831 Redruth, CON, ENG d 31 Mar 1871 d Jun Qt 1871 W. Bromich, WOR, ENG aged 40yrs bu Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham Married: 1859 Children | |----- Annie Jane TANGYE | b Mar Qt 1861 Birmingham, WAR, ENG | d 1947 | |----- John TANGYE | b Dec Qt 1864 Birmingham, WAR, ENG | d 1913 | d 6 Mar 1918 | bu Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham | |----- Albert William TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1866 W Bromich, ENG | d 1953 | |----- James Frederick TANGYE b Dec Qt 1868 West Bromich, Staffordshire b Handsworth, Staffordshire m Sep Qt 1900 Miriam PALMER Hereford, ENG d 1929 | |--- Freda Miriam TANGYE b Dec Qt 1904 Chorlton, LAN, ENG
Descendants of: Joseph TANGYE (1826-1902) And: Martha BROWN b 1845 Leicester d Jun Qt 1911 Kidderminster, WOR, ENG aged 66yrs Married: Sep Qt 1872 West Bromich, WOR, ENG Children | |----- Alice TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1873 West Bromich, WOR, ENG | b Handsworth, Birmingham, WAR, ENG | b Bewdley, WOR, ENG | m 1902 James Frederick PARKER | d 1960 | |----- George Herbert TANGYE | b Mar Qt 1876 Kidderminster, ENG | b Bewdley, WOR, ENG | m Mary Emmeline (Minnie) CANTELL (d 1960) | d 1959 | |----- Catherine Maud TANGYE b Dec Qt 1878 Kidderminster, ENG b Bewdley, WOR, ENG d 1970
Descendants of: Edward TANGYE (1832-1909) And: Ann COWLIN (1841-1909) Married: Mar Qt 1867 Redruth, CON, ENG Children | |----- Ernest William TANGYE | b 1869 Birmingham, WAR, ENG | d 1900 | |----- Alfred TANGYE | b 1869 Redruth, CON, ENG | d 1900 | |----- Helena Annie TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1871 Redruth, CON, ENG | m Sep Qt 1904 Francis LEAN Birmingham, WAR, ENG | |----- Ethel Leonora TANGYE | b Dec Qt 1872 Redruth, CON, ENG | d 1958 | |----- Florence TANGYE | b Mar Qt 1875 Redruth, CON, ENG | d 1961 | |----- Eveline TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1876 Redruth, CON, ENG | d 1949 | |----- Claude Edward TANGYE | b Dec Qt 1877 Redruth, CON, ENG | m Ew. D. ORTEN or OAKDEN | d 1952 | |----- Hilda TANGYE | b Mar Qt 1879 Redruth, CON, ENG | d Dec Qt 1911 Solihull, WAR, ENG aged 32yrs | |----- Clarence TANGYE | b Dec Qt 1880 Redruth, CON, ENG | m Winifred EVESON | d 1944 | |----- Walter TANGYE | b 1883 | m Ethel ADDY Canada | d 1937 | | | |--- Walter Addy TANGYE | |--- Bertha Ann TANGYE | | |----- Reginald TANGYE | b Dec Qt 1883 Redruth, CON, ENG | m Immigen ADDAMS-WILLIAMS | d 1933 | |----- Lancelot TANGYE b 1889 d 1918
Descendants of: Sir Richard TANGYE (1833-1906) And: Caroline JESPER b c1836 Marylebone, MDX, ENG Dau of Thomas JESPER (born c1810 Birmingham, WAR, ENG) Married: 24 Jan 1859 Birmingham, WAR, ENG Children | |----- Mabel Louise TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1864 Solihull, WAR, ENG | m Jun Qt 1892 George Phipps SPOONER | |----- Harold Lincoln TANGYE | b 16 Jan 1866 Solihull, WAR, ENG | m1 Sep Qt 1889 Annie GILZEAN-REID | m2 D. Florence Phoebe THOMSON (nee OTWAY) | d 1935 | |----- Arthur Llewellyn TANGYE | b 19 Feb 1868 Ealing | m Sep Qt 1890 Agnes HORTON | d Dec Qt 1903 Holborn, ENG aged 35yrs | |----- Elsie Gertrude TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1870 Brentford | b Ealing, SSX, ENG | m 5 Apr 1898 John Moginie (Jack) CHAMBERS | d 12 Dec 1957 27 Heathscroft, Hampstead Way | 1881 Census: Scholar at East of England Girls School | Rye St Road, Bishop Stortford, HRT, ENG | |----- Richard Trevithick Gilbertstone TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1875 Birmingham, WAR, ENG | m Jun Qt 1903 Toxteth, ENG | m 1908 Sophia Elizabeth Frieda KIDMAN | |----- Wilfred Noel TANGYE b Bickenhill, WAR, ENG b Sep Qt 1877 Meriden, WAR, ENG m1 Sep Qt 1904 Janet Elizabeth WHITE-RICKARD Guildford, ENG m2 Marjorie Mildred RUSSELL (d 1917) m3 Joyce Patricia HEATHER New Zealand Joyce: cre 21 Apr 1981 Purewa aged 66yrs Joyce: Meadowbank Hospital, 154 Meadowbank Rd, Meadowbank, AKD, NZ m4 Jocelyn Dennett (cre 31 Jan 1989 Purewa aged 91yrs) Jocelyn: Caughey Preston Home, Remuera, AKD, NZ d Oct 1962 Auckland, NZ aged 83yrs cre 12 Oct 1962 Purewa, AKD, NZ Residence in 1962: 54 Bassett Road, Remuera; retired Engineer
Descendants of: George TANGYE (1835-1920) And: Mary Catherine WESTON b c1835 Kidderminster, WOR, ENG d 23 Nov 1905 Married: 15 Oct 1861 Kings Norton, WAR, ENG Children | |----- John Henry TANGYE | b 1863 | |----- William TANGYE | b 1864 | m Jun Qt 1908 Rosa KENRICK | d 1917 | |----- Edgar TANGYE | b Mar Qt 1866 Kings Norton, WAR, ENG | d 1913 | |----- Charles Albert (Bertie) TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1867 Kings Norton, WAR, ENG | d 1911 | | |----- Allan TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1870 Kings Norton, ENG (Allun) | b 5 Jun 1870 Edgbaston, WAR, ENG | m 5 Dec 1901 Anna Deborah WILSON | d 1950 | |----- Clement TANGYE | b 1873 Handsworth, STS, ENG | d 1941 | |----- John Heathfield TANGYE | |----- Mary Ethel TANGYE b Sep Qt 1875 W. Bromich, ENG b Handsworth, STS, ENG m1 Mar Qt 1900 William Edward BENNETT Aston, WAR, ENG m1 Dec Qt 1900 William Edward BENNETT Birmingham, WAR, ENG m2 CADMAN | |--- Mary ARNETT | m Guy NELSON | |--- Anthony ARNETT | |--- Betty ARNETT b 1910 m ADAMS
Descendants of: Sir Harold Lincoln TANGYE (1866-1935) And: Annie GILZEAN-REID dau of Sir Hugh GILZEAN-REID Married: Sep Qt 1889 Stourbridge, ENG Children | |----- Marjorie Gilzean TANGYE | b Dec Qt 1891 Kings Norton, ENG | m 1915 Lt Commander Lionel Frederick ROBINSON | |----- Basil Richard Gilzean TANGYE | b 27 Jul 1895 Auckland, NZ | m 1924 Baroness Clarise Schosberger de TORNYA | d 1969 | One daughter | |----- Eileen Annie Gilzean TANGYE b Jun Qt 1897 W. Bromich, ENG m Dec Qt 1913 Frederick H. MARCY Meriden, WAR, ENG One daughter
Descendants of: Arthur Llewellyn TANGYE (1868-) And: Agnes HORTON Married: Sep Qt 1890 Islington Children | |----- Arthur Llewellyn TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1890 Islington, ENG | |----- James Oliver TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1899 Hendon | |----- Constance Grace TANGYE b 1902 d 1912
Descendants of: Richard Trevithick Gilbertstone TANGYE (1875-) And: Sophia Elizabeth Frieda KIDMAN Dau of James KIDMAN Married: 1908 Children | |----- Richard Colin Trevithich TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1906 Chelsea, ENG | m Enid GASKELL | d 1989 | |----- Nigel Trevithick TANGYE | b 24 Apr 1909 | m1 Ann TODD | m2 Lady Marguerite Rose BLIGH | m3 Moira FLAVIN | d 1988 | Marguerite: b 1913 dau of Earl of Darnley | |----- Derek Alan Trevithick TANGYE b 1912 m 1943 Jean NICOL
Descendants of: Allan TANGYE (1870-1950) And: Anna Deborah WILSON dau of John Edward WILSON of Wyddrington, Edgbaston Married: 5 Dec 1901 Friends' Meeting-house, Bull-street, Birmingham, WAR, ENG Children | |----- Mary Cecilia TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1902 Kings Norton, WAR, ENG | m 1930 Rudolf Kynock CLARK | |----- Barbara Catharine TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1904 Kings Norton, WAR, ENG | m 1930 Henry Ferguson SMITH | |----- Joseph William TANGYE | b Jun Qt 1906 Kings Norton, WAR, ENG | m 1932 Elizabeth ROBSON | |----- Christopher George TANGYE | b Sep Qt 1908 Kings Norton, WAR, ENG | m 1949 Constance CADBURY | |----- Lucy TANGYE m John CADBURY
1841 Census Town, Camborne, CON, ENG John TANGYE, 45yrs, Publican, born in the county Elizabeth TANGYE, 45yrs, born in the county Samuel TANGYE, 20yrs, sailor, born in the county Olivia TANGYE, 20yrs, born in the county Elizabeth TANGYE, 15yrs, born in the county Lavinia TANGYE, 13yrs, born in the county Julia TANGYE, 9yrs, born in the county James TANGYE, 7yrs, born in the county
1841 Census Camborne, CON, ENG Elizabeth TANGYE, 40yrs, Tailoress, born in the county Mary TANGYE, 25yrs, Tailoress, born in the county Elizabeth TANGYE, 20yrs, Tailoress, born in the county Richard TANGYE, 15yrs, Copper Miner, born in the county James TANGYE, 14yrs, Smith, born in the county Joseph TANGYE, 8yrs, born in the county
1851 Census Vyvyan Street, Camborne, CON, ENG Elizabeth TANGYE, Head, Widow, 51yrs, Tailoress, b Illogan, CON, ENG Mary TANGYE, Dau, Unmarried, 34yrs, Shop Assistant, b Camborne, CON, ENG Joseph TANGYE, Son, Unmarried, 17yrs, Copper Miner, b Camborne, CON, ENG
1851 Census Broad Lane, Redruth, Illogan, CON, ENG Joseph TANGYE, Head, 52yrs, Retired Grocer, b Illogan, CON, ENG Ann TANGYE, Wife, 50yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG James TANGYE, Son, unmarried, 25yrs, Engineer, b Illogan, CON, ENG Joseph TANGYE, Son, Unmarried, 24yrs, Engineer, b Illogan, CON, ENG Ann TANGYE, Dau, unmarried, 20yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG Edward TANGYE, Son, unmarried 18yrs, farmer of 12 acres, b Illogan, CON, ENG George TANGYE, Son, 15yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG Sarah TANGYE, Dau, 6yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG
1851 Census Camborne, CON, ENG John EDWARDS, Head, 32yrs, Copper miner, b Camborne, CON, ENG Elizabeth EDWARDS, Wife, 29yrs, b Camborne, CON, ENG Elizth Ann EDWARDS, Dau, 6yrs, scholar, b Camborne, CON, ENG Richard Tangye EDWARDS, Son, 4yrs, at home, b Camborne, CON, ENG Benjamin Tucker? EDWARDS, Son, 1yr, b Keswick, CUM, ENG
1851 Census Market Place, Camborne, CON, ENG John TANGYE, Head, 37yrs, A dealer in China and Glass, b Illogan, CON, ENG Margret TANGYE, Wife, 32yrs, b Camborne, CON, ENG John Rogers TANGYE, Son, 12yrs, scholar, b Camborne, CON, ENG Margret Rogers TANGYE, Dau, 10yrs, scholar, b Camborne, CON, ENG Samuel Mayne TANGYE, Son, 6yrs, scholar, b Camborne, CON, ENG Mathew H. TANGYE, Son, 5yrs, scholar, b Camborne, CON, ENG Mortimer TANGYE, Son, 1 month, b Camborne, CON, ENG Elizabeth OATS, Servant, unmarried, 50yrs, b Henwyn, CON, ENG
Journal of the Society of Arts 1 May 1857 p356 Patent Law Amendment Act Applications for Patents and Protection allowed - From Gazette dated 24 Mar 1857 No.820 James Tangye and Joseph Tangye, Birmingham - A new or improved lifting jack
1860 USA Federal Census Shullsberg, Lafayette, Wisconsin Richard TANGYE, 35yrs, Miner, b England Mary A. TANGYE, 29yrs, b England Joseph TANGYE, 5yrs, b Wisconsin, USA Elizabeth TANGYE, 3yrs, b Wisconsin, USA Mary TANGYE, 1yr, b Wisconsin, USA
1861 Census Plough Inn, Camborne, Cornwall, ENG John TANGYE, Head, 47yrs, Innkeeper, b Illogan, Cornwall Margret TANGYE, Wife, 42yrs [birthplace not given] Margret R. TANGYE, Dau, unmarried, 20yrs, [birthplace not given] Charles W. TANGYE, Son, unmarried, 18yrs, blacksmith, [birthplace not given] Mathew H. TANGYE, Son, 16yrs, blacksmith, [birthplace not given] Mortimer TANGYE, Son, 14yrs, [birthplace not given] Samuel R. TANGYE, Son, 10yrs, [birthplace not given] Adolphus J.? TANGYE, Son, 6yrs, [birthplace not given] George W. TANGYE, Son, 2yrs, [birthplace not given] Richard R. TANGYE, Son, 1yr, [birthplace not given] Maryann OSBORNE, Visitor, 31yrs, Miner's wife, b Gunnislake? Mary Jane? GILBERT, House servant, 20yrs, b Wales Elizabeth J.? TERRIL, House servant, 18yrs, b Camborne, Cornwall
1861 Census East side of Fore Street, Camborne, Cornwall William TANGYE, Head, 44yrs, Carpenter, b Illogan, Cornwall Amelia TANGYE, Wife, 42yrs, Housekeeper, b Camborne, Cornwall Amelia TANGYE, Dau, unmarried, 20yrs, milliner, b Camborne, Cornwall William Henry TANGYE, Son, unmarried, 19yrs, carpenter, b Camborne, Cornwall Olivia TANGYE, Dau, unmarried, 17yrs, scholar, b Camborne, Cornwall Lavinia TANGYE, Dau, 16yrs, dressmaker, b Camborne, Cornwall Edwin TANGYE, Son, 13yrs, scholar, b Camborne, Cornwall Eliza TANGYE, Dau, 5yrs, scholar, b Camborne, Cornwall Samuel TANGYE, Son, 3yrs, scholar, b Camborne, Cornwall Albert JEFFREE, Lodger, unmarried, 20yrs, blacksmith, b Camborne, Cornwall
1861 Census Union Inn, Camborne, Cornwall, ENG Samuel TANGYE, Head, Unmarried, 42yrs, Innkeeper, b Illogan, Cornwall Olivia TANGYE, Sister, Unmarried, 40yrs, b Illogan, Cornwall James TANGYE, Brother, Unmarried, 24yrs, Tailor, b Camborne, Cornwall Elizabeth ROUGH, House servant, unmarried, 23yrs, b Camborne, Cornwall Stephen RULE, Servant, unmarried, 19yrs, b Helstone, Cornwall
1861 Census 2 Summer Hill Tce, Lady Wood, Birmingham, WAR, ENG James TANGYE, Head, 35yrs, Engineer employing 32 men and 7 boys, b Illogan, CON, ENG Catherine TANGYE, Wife, 35yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG Anne TANGYE, Sister, unmarried, 30yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG
1861 Census Alston St, Lady Wood, Birmingham, WAR, ENG Joseph TANGYE, Head, 34yrs, Hydraulic Machinist, b Illogan, Cornwall Jane TANGYE, Wife, 30yrs, b Redruth, Cornwall Annie Jane TANGYE, Dau, 3 months, b Birmingham, Warwickshire Theodore CANDLER, Loder, 16yrs, Machinist apprentice, b Sarlington?, Norfolk Lucy BROOKS, Servant, 14yrs, b Birmingham, Warwickshire Richard TANGYE, Head, 26yrs, Engine maker, b Illogan, Cornwall Caroline TANGYE, Wife, 25yrs, b London Edward Ph. BASTEN, Boarder, unmarried, 18yrs, Apprentice, b Redruth, Cornwall Mary Ann SMITH, Servant, unmarried, 17yrs, b Tamworth, Staffordshire
The London Gazette 24 Jan 1862 Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us the undersigned, William Brunton, Walter Pike, Susan Daniell, Peter Alfred Renfree, James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Edward Tangye, Richard Tangye and George Tangye in the trade or business of Patent Fuse Makers, at Penhellick Fuse Works, near Truro, Cornwall, and trading under the style or firm of William Brunton and Co., was dissolved by mutual consent, as and from the 7th day of July 1860, so far as regards the said James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Edward Tangye, Richard Tangye, and George Tangye.
The Times 11 Mar 1863 Partnerships Dissolved Tangye Brothers and Price, Birmingham, engineers; as far as regards E. and G. Tangye.
The London Gazette 31 Aug 1869 Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Edward Tangye, Richard Tangye, George Tangye, and Stephen Holman, in the trade or business of Machinery Agents and Manufacturers, at No.10, Laurence Pountney-lane, in the city of London, trading under the style or firm of Tangye Brothers, and Holman, was dissolved by mutual consent, as and from the 1st day of June instant, so far only as regards the said Edward Tangye. All debts due to and owing by the said firm, will be respectively received and paid by the said James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Richard Tangye, George Tangye, and Stephen Holman, by whom the said business will in future be carried on... Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership subsisting between us the undersigned, James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Edward Tangye, Richard Tangye and George Tangye, in the trade or business of Engineers, at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, and at Smethwick, in the county of Stafford, trading under the style or firm of Tangye Brothers, was dissolved by mutual consent, as and from the 1st day of June instant, so far only as regards the said Edward Tangye. All debts due to and owing by the said firm will be respectively received and paid by the said James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Richard Tangye, and George Tangye, by whom the said business will in future be carried on...
1871 Census Lower Vyvyan Road, Camborne, CON, ENG William TANGYE, Head, 54yrs, Carpenter, b Camborne, CON, ENG Amelia TANGYE, Wife, 52yrs, Carpenter's wife, b Camborne, CON, ENG Edwin TANGYE, Son, unmarried, 22yrs, Carpenter, b Camborne, CON, ENG Eliza TANGYE, Dau, 15yrs, Draper's assistant, b Camborne, CON, ENG
1871 Census Fair Field, Handsworth, Staffordshire, ENG James TANGYE, Head, 45yrs, Mechanical Engineer, b Illogan, CON, ENG Catherine TANGYE, Wife, 45yrs, b Helston, CON, ENG Anne TANGYE, Sister, unmarried, 40yrs, Annuitant, b Illogan, CON, ENG John R. TANGYE, nephew, 8yrs, b Birmingham, WAR, ENG Winifred PRICE, neice, 3yrs, b Birmingham, WAR, ENG Jane TAMBLIN, visitor, unmarried, 26yrs, Telegraph worker, CON, ENG Jane TREGILOWN, General servant, unmarried, 22yrs, b Redruth, CON, ENG Ursula PRICE, niece, 1yr, b Birmingham, WAR, ENG
1871 Census Church Lane, Handsworth, Staffordshire, ENG Joseph TANGYE, Head, Widower, 43yrs, Master Engineer, b Illogan, Cornwall Annie M. TANGYE, Dau, 10yrs, scholar, b Birmingham, Warwickshire John TANGYE, Son, 6yrs, scholar, b Birmingham, Warwickshire Albert W. TANGYE, Son, 4yrs, scholar, b Birmingham, Warwickshire James F. TANGYE, Son, 2yrs, b Handsworth, Staffordshire Alice JOHNS, Visitor, unmarried, 46yrs, b Redruth, Cornwall Jane E. JOHNS, Visitor, 8yrs?, b Redruth, Cornwall Margaret C. LOVEYS?, Governess, unmarried, 22yrs, b Hampstead, Devon Grace KNIGHT, General servant, unmarried, 29yrs, b ??, Cornwall Eliza VINCENT, General servant, unmarried, 19yrs, b ??, Cornwall
The London Gazette 31 Jan 1873 Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Richard Tangye, George Tangye and Stephen Holman, in the trade or business of Engineers, and Machinery Agents, at 10, Lawrence Pountney-lane, in the city of London, trading under the style or firm of Tangye Brothers and Holman, was dissolved by mutual consent, as on and from the 31st day of December last, so far only as regards the said James Tangye and Joseph Tangye. All debts due to and owing by the said firm, will be respectively received and paid by the said Richard Tangye, George Tangye, and Stephen Holman, by whom the said business will in future be carried on... Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, James Tangye, Joseph Tangye, Richard Tangye, and George Tangye, in the trade or business of Engineers, at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, and at Smethwick, in the county of Stafford, trading under the style or firm of Tangye Brothers, and in the trade or business of Engineers and Machinery Agents, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the county of Northumberland, under the style or firm of Tangye Brothers and Rake, was dissolved by mutual consent, as on, and from the 31st day of December last, so far only as regards the said James Tangye and Joseph Tangye. All debts due and owing by the said respective firms will be respectively received and paid by the said Richard Tangye and George Tangye, by whom the said business in future will be carried on...
The Times 7 Sep 1879 Partnerships dissolved Tangye Brothers and Steel, Newport, Monmouthshire and Swansea, engineers; as far as regards R. and G. Tangye
The Times 7 Jul 1880 Proposed Art Gallery at Birmingham The Mayor of Birmingham (Alderman Richard Chamberlain) read to the Town Council on Monday a communication from Messrs Richard and George Tangye, the well-known engineers, offering, if the Council will make provision for a permanent art gallery, to contribute a sum of £5,000 for the purchase of specimens of art for exhibition. Should an equal sum be subscribed by other persons, Messrs Tangye offer to give a further sum of £5,000 for the same purpose. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Alderman Collings, M.P., a resolution was adopted thanking Messrs Tangye for their generous offer, and expressing the desire of the Council to comply with the conditionsl and the General Purposes Committee were instructed to confer with the Free Libraries Committee and report on the subject.
1881 Census No.22 Vyvyan Street, Camborne, CON, ENG William TANGYE, Head, 62yrs, Builder, b Camborne, CON, ENG Amlia TANGYE, Wife, 63yrs, b Camborne, CON, ENG Amelia TANGYE, Dau, unmarried, 40yrs, Milliner, b Camborne, CON, ENG
1881 Census Place House, St Anthony in Roseland, CON, ENG James TANGYE,Head, 55yrs, Mechanical Engineer, b Illogan, CON, ENG Catherine TANGYE, Wife, 55yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG Alice TANGYE, Niece, 7yrs, scholar, b Handsworth, Birmingham, WAR, ENG Tredina W. STURGE?, Visitor, unmarried, 24yrs, Artist, b Gloucester Jane PR??, Cousin, unmarried, 34yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG Maria ORCHARET?, Cook, unmarried, 29yrs, b Redruth, CON, ENG Jane ROBERTS, Kitchenmaid, 15yrs, b St Anthony, CON, ENG
1881 Census 56 New Alfred Road, Handsworth, Staffordshire, ENG William TOPPING, Head, 48yrs, Engine Fitter, b London Emma TOPPING, Wife, 48yrs, b Birmingham, Warwickshire Annie Booker TOPPING, Dau, unmarried, 18yrs, pupil teacher, b Aston, WAR Clara TOPPING, Dau, 14yrs, scholar, b Birmingham?, WAR Florence TOPPING, Dau, 10yrs, scholar, b Aston, WAR Nelly TOPPING, Dau, 8yrs, scholar, b Aston, WAR John TANGYE, Boarder, 16yrs, Pattern maker, b Handsworth, Staffordshire
1881 Census District Friends School Ackworth known as Ackworth School, Yorkshire Albert TANGYE, Scholar, 14yrs, b Birmingham, Warwickshire James Frederick TANGYE, Scholar, 12yrs, b Birmingham, Warwickshire
1881 Census Tickenhall House, Ribbesford, Worcestershire, ENG George Herbert TANGYE, Son, 5yrs, b Bewdley, Worcestershire Catherine Maud TANGYE, Dau, 2yrs, b Bewdley, Worcestershire Rebecca DRAKEFORD, Visitor, Widow, 73yrs, Annuitant, b Wym..erdham, Norfolk Sarah Jane DRAKEFORD, Visitor, unmarried, 29yrs, b Birmingham, Warwickshire Sarah PUMPHREY, Visitor, Widow, 34yrs,, b Sudbury, Suffolk Eliza WOOD, Cook, unmarried, 28yrs, b Upper Sapey, Hereford Albert WHITE, Groom, unmarried, 18yrs, b Birmingham, Warwickshire Eliza FISHER, Housemaid, 13yrs,, b Kidderminster, Worcestershire
1891 Census Avery Cottage, Illogan, CON, ENG James TANGYE, Head, 65yrs, Mechanical Engineer, b Illogan, CON, ENG Catherine TANGYE, Wife, 65yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG Ellen NETTLE, Servant, unmarried, 24yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG
1891 Census Hernes Nest, Bewdley, WOR, ENG Joseph TANGYE, Head, 64yrs, Retired Mechanical Engineer, b Illogan, Cornwall Martha TANGYE, Wife, 47yrs, b Leicester Alice TANGYE, Dau, Unmarried, 17yrs, Scholar, b Handsworth, Staffordshire George Herbert TANGYE, Son, 15yrs, Scholar, b Bewdley, Worcestershire Catherine Maud TANGYE, Dau, 12yrs, Scholar, b Bewdley, Worcestershire Fanny? HORTON, Cook, unmarried, 23yrs, b Button Oak, Salop Jane HORTON, Housemaid, unmarried, 17yrs, b Button Oak, Salop
British and Irish Biographies 34.001 (1900) Men of Note (In Finance & Commerce) TANGYE, Sir Richard, J.P. (Cornwall and Warwickshire); F.R.G.S. Born at Cornwall 24 Nov 1833. Educated at Sidcot school, Somersetshire. Chairman of Tangyes Ltd., engineers of London and Birmingham. Member of the City Liberal and National Liberal Clubs. Business address: Cornwall Works, Birmingham. Residences: Coombe Ridge, Kingstone-on-Thames; Glendorgal, New Quay, Cornwall. TANGYE, Arthur Llewellyn. Born at Ealing on 19 Feb 1868. Educated at Queenwood College, Hants. Entered business in 1885, as articled clerk to a solicitor, and subsequently became partner in the firm of F. H. Pepper and Tangye. Present position: Partner in Pepper, Tangye and Winterton, Birmingham; Pepper, Tangye and Co., London. Director of Tangyes Limited, Wilkes Limited, and Birmingham and Midland Newspaper Co. Ltd (chairman). Member of Union Club (Birmingham) and Sports Club (London). Business address: 34 Waterloo-street, Birmingham; 38 Old Jewry, London, E.C. Residence: Sutton Coldfield. TANGYE, George, J.P. (Staffs and Birmingham). Born 1835. Deputy chairman of Tangyes Ltd. (See Harold Lincoln Tangye). Business address: Cornwall Works, Birmingham. Residence: Heathfield Hall, Radnor-road, Handsworth, Birmingham. TANGYE, Harold Lincoln, M.I.M.E. Born 16 Jan 1866. Educated at Queenwood College, near Stockbridge, Hants; Owens College, Manchester. Joint managing director of Tangyes Ltd, formed in 1881 to acquire the business of Tangyes Bros., hydraulic engineers, and of Robert Price and Co., malleable ironfounders, of Winson Green, Birmingham. The bulk of the capital is held privately. Director of City Arcades, Birmingham. Has travelled much, including the Transvaal and Rhodesia, upon which he has written books. Member of Royal Societies and Bath Clubs. Business Address: Cornwall Works, Birmingham Residence: Warley Abbey near Birmingham.
1901 Census Ivy Cottage, Illogan, CON, ENG James TANGYE, Head, Widower, 74yrs, Retired mechanical engineer, b Illogan, CON, ENG Helena TANGYE, Niece, unmarried, 26yrs, b Redruth, CON, ENG Louisa WALLACE, Housekeeper, widow, 44yrs, b Bodmin, CON, ENG Ellen NETTLE, Cook, unmarried, 33yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG Laura NETTLE, Servant, unmarried, 28yrs, b Illogan, CON, ENG
1901 Census Hernes Nest Bewdley, Worcestershire, ENG Joseph TANGYE, Head, 74yrs, Living on own means, b Illogan, Cornwall Martha TANGYE, Wife, 56yrs, b Leicester, Leicestershire Alice TANGYE, Dau, Single, 27yrs, b Birmingham, Warwick George TANGYE, Son, Single, 25yrs, Electrical Engineer, b Bewdley, Worcester Catherine M. TANGYE, Dau, Single, 22yrs, b Bewdley, Worcester Lucy C. YEO, Married, 40yrs, Hospital nurse, b India (British Subject) Winifred R. JONES, Single, 17yrs, Housemaid, b Kinlet?, Salop Agnes LANE, Single, 21yrs, Cook, Ween? Savage, Salop
The Times 7 Dec 1901 Marriage TANGYE : WILSON - On the 5th inst., at the Friends' Meeting-house, Bull-street, Birmingham, Allan Tangye, son of George Tangye, of Heathfield Hall near Birmingham, to Anna Deborah Wilson, daughter of John Edward Wilson of Wyddrington, Edgaston.
The Times 2 Jun 1902 p8 The death has occurred at Bewdley of Mr Joseph Tangye, an engineer of note, who since his retirement from the firm of Messrs Tangye, at Birmingham, had made his home at Bewdley. When Brunel was unable to get the Great Eastern afloat he sent a representative to Birmingham to interview the Tangyes. Mr Joseph Tangye undertook to do what others had failed to do. The hydraulic power which the Tangyes provided accomplished the task and the firm established a great reputation, and from modest beginnings rose to fame and fortune.
The London Gazette 25 Nov 1902 Obituary Pursuant to the Act of Parliament, 22nd and 23rd Vict., cap.35, intituled "An Act to further amend the Law of Property and to relieve Trustees." Notice is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of Joseph Tangye, late of Hernes Nest, Bewdley, in the county of Worcester, Esquire, deceased (who died on the 29th day of May 1902, and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division on the 25th day of September 1902, by Martha Tangye, George Tangye, and Thomas Downes Potter, the executors therein named), are hereby required to send the particulars, in writing, of their claims or demands to us, the undersigned, on or before the twentieth day of December, 1902, after which date the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which they shall then have had notice; and they will not be liable for the assets of the said deceased, or any part thereof so distributed to any person or persons of whose claims or demands they shall not then have had notice. Dated the 20th day of November 1902. GLAISYER, PORTER, and TANGYE, 26, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, Solicitors for the said Executors.
Debretts Peerage-Knightage (1906) p892 TANGYE, Sir Richard, son of Joseph Tangye, Esq., of Illogan, Cornwall, b 1833; ed. at Friends' Sch, Sidcot; is an Engineer, a J.P. for Birmingham and for Warwickshire and Cornwall, a Member of Imperial Institute, a F.R.G.S., and Chm. of Tangyes (Limited), engineers, of Birmingham; author of "One and All, Reminiscences of Travel in America, Australia and Egypt" and "The Two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell": m 1859, Caroline, da. of Thomas Jesper, Esq. of Birmingham; cr. Knt 1894. Coombe Bank, Kingston Hill, Surrey; Glendorgal, Newquay, Cornwall
The Times 15 Oct 1906 Obituary We regret to announce the death of Sir Richard Tangye, which occurred yesterday afternoon at his residence, Coombe-bank, Kingston-hill. He had been ill for some time. Latterly there had been signs of improvement, but he had a relapse on Friday. The career of Sir Richard Tangye forms an interesting chapter in the romance of industry. His father had started life as a Cornish miner, and afterwards became a small shopkeeper and farmer. The grandfather on the mother's side was an agricultural labourer, possessed a few acres of common land, and belonged to a family of which for generations one branch had earned their living as smiths. Richard Tangye himself was born on November 24, 1833, at Broad-lane, in the parish of Illogan, Cornwall, and received his early training at the British school there, with no other immediate prospect before him than that of earning a living through some form of manual labour. But when he was nine years old he broke his right arm in such a way that the doctor predicted he would never be able to use it for hard work; and so the boy had two or three years at a better school in Redruth, and, after that, the father being a Quaker, a year's good training at the Friends' School at Sidcot. His aspirations were for a commercial life, and though, much against his will, he consented to become a schoolmaster, he abandoned that career at the age of 18. At the end of 1852 Richard Tangye took a situation as clerk at £50 a year in a small engineering establishment in Birmingham owned by Mr Thomas Worsdall, whose father had made the first railway "coaches" for the London and North-Western Railway Company. Soon afterwards he induced his younger brother, George, to join him in the same office as junior clerk, and then, after about three years' experience of Birmingham life, he wrote to his brothers James and Joseph that their mechanical and engineering skill would have more scope in Birmingham than in Cornwall, and that they had better come there as well. They took his advice, and James became foreman in the same works as Richard was engaged at, while Joseph started operations with a lathe which he and James had made at home, and had brought with them to Birmingham. Six months or so later Richard left his employer, and, although having no capital, started as a commission agent in the joint interests of the brotherhood. Then it occurred to him that, instead of simply buying tools, &c., on behalf of Cornish friends, it would be better to start manufacturing them on a small scale, Joseph being an exceptionally expert maker of such things. They accordingly engaged, at a rental of 4s a week, a portion of a manufacturer's packing room, into which a revolving shaft projected, and here Joseph set up his lathe, while Richard partitioned off for himself an "office" 4ft square, by means of sheets of brown paper stretched upon a wooden framing. The experiment answered so well that before long the brothers James and George also left Mr Worsdall, and the four resolved to start together on their own account. They took a larger workshop at a rental of 10s a week, they bought an old engine and boiler so as to have their own motive power, and they were even so bold as to take on a workman, though they were cautious enough to warn him at the outset that they could not guarantee him employment for more than three months. Thus a formal start had been made with Tangye Brothers, and before long they had an "order" which laid the foundation of their future fortunes. The brothers James and Joseph, after thoroughly learning in Cornwall the business of wheelwright and shoeing-smith respectively, had taken engagements with Mr Brunton, who was then engineer to the West Cornwall Railway, under Mr Brunel; and a hydraulic press they had made for covering safety fuse with guttapercha brought them under the notice of that famous engineer himself. In 1856 Mr Brunel was in want of some powerful alliances to help in the launching of the Great Eastern, and, hearing that Joseph Tangye had invented a new hydraulic lifting jack, he sent his agent to the modest workshop in Birmingham, with the result that Tangye Brothers supplied the jacks that set the vessel afloat, and enabled Richard Tangye to say in after years, "We launced the Great Eastern and she launched us." Another stroke of good fortune was their perfecting and taking over from the inventor, Mr J. A. Weston, the manufacture of his differential pulley blocks; though when they subsequently bought the patent rights they found themselves involved in legal proceedings which extended over a year and cost some thousands of pounds. In 1859 the business was removed to new premises, in Clement-street, Birmingham, which were then regarded as large enough to meet all possible requirements for the future, while Richard felt, at last, so far settled that he married, his bride being Miss Caroline Jesper. But within the course of the next few years the business had assumed such dimensions that there had to be a further remove, and this time so much land was wanted that the brothers went to Soho, three miles from Birmingham, to find it. They took over at first three acres of ground for workshops and offices, but more and more extensions became necessary as the business continued to grow, so that at last the little workroom at 4s a week, and the single employee taken on with only three months "certain", expanded into a group of buildings covering 20 acres of ground, and giving employment to about 2,500 persons. The primary causes of this remarkable success are to be found, no doubt, in the indomitable energy and perseverance, the inventive power and mechanical skill, and the shrewdness and business capacity of the brothers themselves. There were five of them altogether, the four already mentioned being afterwards joined by a fifth, Edward, who had emigrated to America; and each had his own position according to his individual talents, until advancing years led to the retirement of one after the other. Tangye Brothers was converted into a limited liability company in 1881. The firm were most generous in the "institutions" they organized in the form of educational classes, benefit funds, &c., in the interests of their workpeople, to whom they gave the "nine hours" unasked, and with whom they remained on the most friendly terms. Elected to the Birmingham Town Council in 1878 and again in 1881, Mr Tangye became deeply interested in the educational work then being carried on by that body in connexion with the Free Library and other institutions; and in 1880 his firm offered the council a sum of £10,000 for the provision of a municipal art gallery - an offer which was duly accepted. In 1881 they followed up this gift with another £10,000 (subsequently increased to £11,000) towards the erection of a school of art for the city. The Art Gallery, when completed, was enriched for a number of years by a valuable collection of Wedgwood ware, lent by Mr Tangye. In 1894 the honour of knighthood was conferred upon him. A Liberal in politics, Sir Richard Tangye was able to recall the fact that he had taken part in every election except one, when he was on his way back from Australia, in which Mr John Bright was returned for Birmingham. He had himself been several times asked to stand as a candidate for Parliament, one or two of these invitations coming to him from Cornish constituencies. But he always declined the honour; and from the time of the Home Rule split - when, as a pronounced Gladstonian, he found himself out of touch with the prevailing sentiment in Birmingham - he took a less active interest in the politics of the day. In the fiscal controversy he remained a strong free-trader. Sir Richard had paid seven visits to Australasia. To New Zealand he went twice - one in 1886 and again in 1904. In addition to the interest he took in Wedgwood ware, he was an eager collector for a period of over 20 years of rare books, pictures and personal relics of Oliver Cromwell and his times. The considerable collection thus brought together by him included 18 letters written by Cromwell, the Protector's Bible (with autograph) and watch, and various miniatures and rare medals. Sir Richard published "The Two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell," a book which gave many original facts the indefatigable author had succeeded in getting together. In 1905 he brought out a "new and revised edition" (representing the 20th thousand) of a little work entitled "The Rise of a Great Industry" (previously "One and All"), in which he told the story of his life. Sir Richard Tangye continued to reside in Birmingham until about 1894, when he removed to Kingston-on-Thames. He remained chairman of the company, though allowing the control of working details to pass into younger hands. A man of strong sympathies and most kindly temperament, ever ready to do his best to promote the welfare of those around him, he was regarded with deep and universal esteem by all who were in any way associated with Cornwall Works; and he leaves behind him traditions which should exercise a lasting beneficent influence.
Warwickshire Leaders: Social and Political 1906 Sir Richard Tangye, J.P.
When the history of the industrial revolution of the 19th century
comes to be written in detail few branches will receive more
attention than the art and science of the most important of all,
engineering in its manifold forms. In the development Birmingham will
have its due share, and it will be as impossible to write of
Birmingham without mention of the great firm of Tangye as to play
Hamlet and leave out the Prince of Denmark. Born in the rocky mining
parish of Illogan, where Cornwall breats the Bristol Channel, on 24th
November 1833, the subject of our sketch has shown much of the rugged
endurance typified by his native soil. Its tin and copper mines, with
which he was familiar from boyhood, may have stimulated his
engineering powers, but the abiding influence of its romance, its
church dedicated to the forgotten Cornish saint Illogan, and its
Manor House owned for seven centuries by the Norman family of Basset
have left their mark in the devotion to art and to history which Sir
Richard and his brothers have consistently exhibited through many
years.
Educated at Sidcot School, Somersetshire, Mr Tangye came to Birmingham
late in 1852, and by his boundless energy, foresight, and knowledge
of men, by degrees built up a vast engineering concern with
ramifications extending to all parts of the globe, its best known
branches being in London, Sydney and Johannesburg.
Mr Tangye married in 1859 Caroline, daughter of Thomas Jesper, Esq.,
a prominent townsman, and it is to the sympathy and help of his wife
that he attributes much of his success. Lady Tangye is the most
charming of hostesses at their beautiful Cornish home, Glendorgal,
New Quay, as well as at their Surrey Mansion, Coombe Bank, Kingston
Hill.
Both heredity and environment combined with his strenous personality
to produce in Sir Richard Tangye (to antedate the knighthood with
which on the nomination of Lord Rosebery he was honoured in 1894)
a robust Liberalism, which has led him to give active support to the
party in Birmingham, though the demands of business life have
prevented him from seeking entrance to Parliament. Sir Richard is a
man of high culture with artistic and literary tastes, and is an
author of repute, having published "Reminiscences of Travel in
Australia, America and Egypt" and also an able account of the great
firm of which he is the founder. His magnum opus, however, has been
his book "The Two Protectors", published in 1899, which is the
standard work on the careers of the great Protector and his son and
successor, Richard Cromwell. This work, which unites the fire of
personal enthusiasm with the scientific precision of the historian,
was the fruit of a unique collection of MSS., books, coins, medals,
and prints relating to the Commonwealth formed by Sir Richard and
still accumulating, thus illustrating Milton's lines -
"till old experience do attain
To something of prophetic strain"
Sir Richard Tangye, with his brother Mr George Tangye, founded the
Birmingham Art Gallery and Municipal School of Art, which have been
of great assistance in developing a higher degree of taste in the
minds of the citizens of Birmingham. The School of Art numbers its
students by thousands, large numbers of whom have there received a
training which has fitted them to fill the important positions in
life. Sir Richard and Lady Tangye have five sons and daughters, the
eldest, Mr Harold Lincoln Tangye, an engineer, journalist, and author
of repute, being married to a daughter of Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reid.
Warwickshire Leaders: Social and Political 1906 Harold Lincoln Tangye, Esq., J.P. The personal histories of our leading families often contain striking examples of the vicissitudes of fortune or of the decadence of character. Not infrequently acumen and industry may pave the way to fortune or distinction, but the cases in which the character of the pioneer is impressed upon those who follow him are less numerous. The eminence of Sir Richard Tangye's life work, literary, business, and philanthropic, is of world-wide reputation. A slight sketch of his career will be found within the covers of the present volume, and in a retrospect of his active and beneficent life it must be a source of satisfaction that his eldest son shares so fully the bent of his tastes and pursuits. Harold Lincoln Tangye, of Maxstoke Castle, was born in Warwickshire, 16th January 1866, in the early years of his father's great enterprise. Always an admirer of strenous personality, may we not see the hero worship of the accomplished biographer of Cromwell indicated by his son's second name, that of the patriotic leader of the American people in their civil war? Mr Tangye enjoyed his early education at Queenswood College, near Stockbridge, Hants, where he had a thorough classical and scientific training. He afterwards devoted himself to the special study of chemistry under Sir Henry Roscoe, the brilliant Professor of Chemistry at Owens College (Victoria University), Manchester. In 1889 he married Annie Gilzean, eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reid, LL.D., by whom he has one son and two daughters, who should share to the full the characteristics of the two strenous families from whom they spring. Mr Tangye has proved himself a thorough man of business, and in conjunction with his father and his father-in-law has taken a leading position in many enterprises of great importance. He is a joint managing director of Tangye's Limited, with its interests in all quarters of the globe. He has had considerable experience in newspaper enterprise, and with Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reid is a director of the "North Eastern Daily Gazette" (Liberal), published at Middlesborough. He also conducted for several years the "Birmingham Daily Argus" in the Liberal interest and the "Sports Argus", and the careers of these various enterprises afford undeniable proof of the possession of much ability. He is still connected with newspaper affairs in the Midlands. Mr Tangye's interests are by no means confined to the business side of life. At his romantic old mansion, Maxstoke Castle, he has accumulated a fine and interesting collection of objects bearing upon his pet hobby of ethnology. Many of these are the spoils collected in his travels, which have ranged over a wide area, but more especially in North and South Africa, where he has studied not only commercial problems but the great racial questions which in special reference to South Africa lie at the bottom of much of our difficulty in that quarter. In 1896 he published "In New South Africa: Travels in the Transvaal and Rhodesia", of which a second edition was called for in 1900. An ardent naturalist and a keen shot, Mr Tangye's works are of much interest to sportsmen and lovers of wild life. It may also be mentioned that when only fifteen he published in 1881 a short account of a "Swiss Tour", which was much praised. With a career full of interest at so many points, while undemonstratively aiding his party in Cornwall and the Midlands, Mr Tangye has as yet taken no very prominent part in public life. A consistent Liberal and a member of the Reform Club, he exercises real influence in the councils of his party in the Midlands. In conjunction with Mr A. M. Chance and other notable Birmingham citizens, Mr Tangye helped largely in the movement recently carried to so successful an issue, to secure Warley Abbey, with its ancient Early English remains, and the picturesque woods surrounding it as a public park for Birmingham and the neighbouring industrial suburbs. He is an active magistrate for the County of Warwick since 1899, and for the Borough of Smethwick. He was President of the Midland Hospital for Skin and Urinary Diseases in 1900, and of the Midland Cornish Association, by right of his Cornubian descent, in 1904. Modern to the innermost fibre, he has yet that strain of Celtic mysticism which enables him to appreciate the romance of Maxstoke, that castle home of the great Duke of Buckingham, immortalized by Shakespeare in "Richard III", built in the days of Edward III., when every mansion was of necessity a fortress, and where the ancient walls and massive towers, the circling moat and its time-worn bridge, bring up memories of Crecy and of Sluys to mingle with the current tales of Maagersfontein and Pretoria.
British and Irish Biographies 9.001 (1912-1913) Businessmen at Home and Abroad TANGYE, George J.P. (Staffs and Birmingham) b 1835 Chairman of Tangyes Ltd hydraulic engineers of Birmingham which also includes the business of Robert Price & Co. malleable ironfounders of Winson Green near Birmingham. Capital 70,000 pounds. Business address: Cornwall Works, Birmingham. Tel. and Cable. Tangyes Birmingham. London address: 35 Queen Victoria Street E.C. Residence: Heathfield Hall, Radnor Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. TANGYE, Sir Harold Lincoln J.P. (Warwickshire and Smethwick) M.I.Mech.E., F.R.G.S. b Jan 1866 Educ. Queenwood College near Stockbridge, Hants. Owen's College, Manchester. Joint deputy chairman of Tangyes Ltd formed in 1881 to acquire the business of Tangye Bros, hydraulic engineers and of Robert Price & Co., malleable ironfounders of Winson Green, Birmingham. The bulk of the capital is held privately. Director of City Arcades, Birmingham. Has travelled much including the Transvaal and Rhodesia upon which he has written books. Business address: Cornwall Works, Birmingham. Residence: Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire. Clubs, Bath, Reform.
Debretts Peerage-Knightage (1921) p1222 TANGYE, Lady - Caroline, da. of Thomas Jesper, of Birmingham: m 1889 Sir Richard Tangye who d 1906, Chm of Tangyes (Limited). Coombe Bank, Kingston Hill, Surrey; St. Columb Minor, Cornwall. Sons living - Sir Harold Lincoln, Bt. b 1866; Richard Trevithick Gilbertstone, O.B.E. (40 Branham Gardens, S.W.), b 1875; Bar Inner Temple 1899; Major Gen. Staff (Croix de Guerre with Palm); O.B.E. (Mil.) 1919: m 1903 Sophie Elizabeth Frieda, da. of the late James Kidman, of Livingston Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool; Wilfred Noel, b 1877, Lieut in Army, m1 1904 Janet Elizabeth (who obtained a divorce 1914) da of the late Richard White-Rickard of the Bays, Putney, S.W., m2 1914 Marjorie Mildred who d 1917 dau of J. G. Russell or Portland, Aldridge, Staffordshire. Daughters living - Mabel Louise Tangye m 1892 Lieut-Com George Phipps Spooner, R.N.R., of Brook House, Ipswich, grandson of the late Archdeacon Spooner, of Coventry - Elsie Gertrude m 1898 John Moginie Chambers of St. Andrews, Leura, N.S. Wales.
Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage 1940 TANGYE, Creation (U.K.) 1912, of Glendorgal, St Columb Minor, Cornwall Sir Basil Richard Gilzean Tangye, 2nd Baronet
British & Irish Biographies Business Men at home and abroad 1912 TANGYE, George, J.P. (Staffs. and Birmingham). Born 1835. Chairman of Tangye's Ltd., hydraulic engineers, of Birmingham, which also includes the business of Robert Price and Co., malleable ironfounders, of Winson Green, near Birmingham. Capital 750,000 pounds. Business address: Cornwall Works, Birmingham. Tel. and cable: Tangyes, Birmingham. London address: 35, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. Residence: Heathfield Hall, Radnor Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. TANGYE, Sir Harold Lincoln J.P. (Warwickshire and Smethwick). M.I.Mech.E.; F.R.G.S. Born Jan 1866. Educ. Queenwood College near Stockbridge, Hants; Owen's College, Manchester. Joint deputy chairman of Tangye's Ltd., formed in 1881 to acquire the business of Tangye Bros, hydraulic engineers, and of Robert Price and Co., malleable iron founders, of Winson Green, Birmingham. The bulk of the capital is held privately. Director of City Arcades, Birmingham. Has travelled much, including the Transvaal and Rhodesia, upon which he has written books. Business address: Cornwall Works, Birmingham. Residence: Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire. Clubs: Bath; Reform.
Debrett's Handbook (1982) Distinguised People in British Life TANGYE, Lady; Baroness Clarisse Schosburger de Toryna; da of Baron Victor Schosberger de Tornya, of Tura, Hungary; m 1924 Sir Basil Tangye second and last Bt (d 1969); 1 dau; Style - Lady Tangye; 4 Farquhar rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham. TANGYE, Lady Marguerite Rose (nee Bligh); dau of late Earl of Darnley by 1st wife, Daphne dau of Hon. Alfred Mulholland, so of 1st Baron Dunleath; b 1913; m1 1934 (m dis 1941), Claud Dobree Strickland (...1941) ; m2 1942 (m dis 1951), Wing Cdr Gordon Stanley Keith Haywood, RA; 1s, 1da (twins); m3 1951 (m dis 1964), as his 2nd wife, Nigel Trevethick Tangye; Style - Lady Marguerite Tangye; 30 Coleherne rd, SW 10.
Key Hill Cemetery Memorial, Birmingham January 2008 The following transcription has kindly been provided by Richard Empson of "The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery." In affectionate remebrance of Jayne the beloved wife of Joseph Tangye of Handsworth who died March 31st 1871 aged 40. "In the Lord put my trust". Eldest daughter Annie Jane 1860-1947 Side panel: Joseph Tangye born November 10th 1826 died March 27th 1902 Side panel: John Tangye born October 8th 1864 died March 6th 1918 "Ave Atque Vale". This monument has been damaged - with a top section separated from its base.