Edward Byrom
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Edward Byrom (13 June 1724 – 24 April 1773) was a prominent figure in 18th-century Manchester, England, and served for a period as borough-reeve.{{cite book |title=Manchester Old and New |volume=II |first=William Arthur |last=Shaw |authorlink=William Arthur Shaw |year=1894 |publisher=Cassell |page=119 |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924052531781#page/n156/mode/1up}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cobden.co.uk/aboutus/history/|title=Cobden House Chambers. Refers to Byron Heritage}}
Life
He was the only son of John Byrom of the wealthy Byrom family. His eldest sister was Elizabeth Byrom who recorded her and her family's enthusiasm for the young pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745.{{Cite ODNB |title=Elizabeth Byrom in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48929 |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |access-date=2023-05-22 |place=Oxford |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/48929 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.}}
Edward Byrom co-founded the first bank in Manchester{{cite book|title=The Three Banks Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZMeAQAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Royal Bank of Scotland Group|pages=51–2}} and ordered the construction of St John's Church in 1769.{{cite book|last=Timperley|first=Charles Henry|title=Annals of Manchester ... from the earliest period to the close of the year 1839|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJ5YAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA52|year=1839|publisher=Bancks & Company|page=52}} The church, demolished in 1931, was situated on Byrom Street, a street which was named after his family.{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Samuel|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions; Illustrated by Maps of the Different Counties and Islands; a Map of England ... and a Plan of London and Its Environs ... : in Four Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bsc_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA243|year=1831|publisher=Lewis|page=243}} He married Eleanora Halstead, who bore him four girls before her death in 1758: Ann Byrom (1751–1826), Elizabeth Byrom (1754–1754), Felicia Byrom (1755–1757) and Eleanora Byrom (1756–1838).{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/edward_byrom_records.ashx?pid=110037545|title=Edward Byrom|publisher=Records.ancestry.com|accessdate=24 August 2014}} His granddaughter was English philanthropist Eleanora Atherton.{{cite web|title=Eleanora Atherton|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43274|website=www.ucl.ac.uk|accessdate=23 September 2017|language=en}}
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Category:18th-century English people
Category:History of Manchester
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