The Vulliamy family originated in Switzerland, they were notable as clockmakers in 18th and 19th century Britain, and as architects in the 19th and 20th century.[1] This encyclopedia article does not permit a full genealogy but rather illustrates the family's watchmaking and architectural connections.
- (François) Justin Vulliamy (1712–1797), born in Switzerland, moved to London to study in the 1730s and ended up settling there. He set up a business in partnership with Benjamin Gray (1676–1764), who was in 1742 appointed watchmaker in ordinary to King George II; he married Gray's daughter Mary and had four children with her, including:
- Benjamin Vulliamy (1747–1811), took over the business from his father, he married Sarah de Gingins (1758–1841) and had fourteen children, including:
- Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780–1854), last in the family clockmaking firm, as none of his children went into it; he married Frances Moulton Stiles (1796–1868) and had three children, namely:
- Benjamin Lewis (1815–1895), fundholder
- George John Vulliamy (1817–1886), architect and civil engineer, married Eliza Umfreville (1822–1891), had five children.
- Lucy Frances Sarah Vulliamy (1819–1872), married Stephen Jordan Rigaud (1816–1859) and had ten children.
- Justin Theodore Vulliamy (1787–1870), gentleman worsted spinner, married Elizabeth Bull (1800–1863) and had seven children, including:
- Edward Vulliamy (1828–1911), of independent means, married Antoinette La Bouchere (1839–1905) and had four children, including:
- Anna Marguerite Vulliamy (1867–1946), married the plastic surgeon, William Henry Battle (1855–1936) and had five children.
- Marie Vulliamy (1840–1885), married George Meredith (1828–1909) and had two children:
- William Maxse Meredith (1865–1937)
- Marie Eveleen, known as Mariette (1871–1933), who married Henry Parkman Sturgis (1847–1929)
- Edward Vulliamy (1828–1911), of independent means, married Antoinette La Bouchere (1839–1905) and had four children, including:
- Lewis Vulliamy (1791–1871), architect, married Elizabeth Ann Papendiek (1811–1867) and had five children, including:
- Lewis Llewelyn Vulliamy (1838–1899), Civil engineer, married Sarah Walker (1845–1880), had three children.
- Henry Paschal Vulliamy (1840–1895), architectural draughtsman, married Alice Mary Marston (1852–1930)
- Edwyn Papendiek Vulliamy (1843–1914), married Edith Jane Beavan (1865–1953), had one child,
- Colwyn Edward Vulliamy (1886–1971) (the Welsh author whose nom-de-plume was Anthony Rolls), married Eileen Muriel Hynes (1886–1943), had two children
- John Sebastian Papendiek Vulliamy (1919–2007), architect married Winifred Shirley Hughes, had three children including:
- Edward Sebastian Vulliamy (born 1954), a journalist and writer.
- Patricia Drift Vulliamy (1917–1987), married Arthur Frederick James (1907–1984) and had four children
- John Sebastian Papendiek Vulliamy (1919–2007), architect married Winifred Shirley Hughes, had three children including:
- Colwyn Edward Vulliamy (1886–1971) (the Welsh author whose nom-de-plume was Anthony Rolls), married Eileen Muriel Hynes (1886–1943), had two children
- Frederick Vulliamy (1803–1892), banker, gentleman, married Charlotte Feldwick Crake (1816–1853) and had five children, including:
- Arthur Frederick Vulliamy (1838–1915), solicitor, coroner for Ipswich, married Anna Marie Museur (1836–1926) and had thirteen children, including
- Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy (1869–1923)
- Henry Vulliamy (1842–1933), land agent and surveyor
- Arthur Frederick Vulliamy (1838–1915), solicitor, coroner for Ipswich, married Anna Marie Museur (1836–1926) and had thirteen children, including
- Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780–1854), last in the family clockmaking firm, as none of his children went into it; he married Frances Moulton Stiles (1796–1868) and had three children, namely:
- Lewis Vulliamy (1749–1822), sugar refiner,[2] married Lucy Frances Lucadou (1765–1849)
- Benjamin Vulliamy (1747–1811), took over the business from his father, he married Sarah de Gingins (1758–1841) and had fourteen children, including:
Macartney mission to China edit
A "Vulliamy clock" was presented to the Chinese emperor by the diplomatic mission of George Macartney to Beijing in 1793.[3]
References edit
- ^ Society of Genealogists, Family History, The Vulliamy Family, Shelf mark FH/VUL
- ^ London trade directories 1784-1798; Sun Fire Office 1793.
- ^ William Proudfoot, Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie: Embracing Some Account of His Travels in China and Residence in India (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1868), 45.
External links edit
- "Vulliamy family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28357. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)