George_Courtauld_(industrialist,_born_1761)

George Courtauld (industrialist, born 1761)

George Courtauld (industrialist, born 1761)

British industrialist

George Courtauld (1761–1823) was the founder of Courtaulds which was to become the UK's largest manufacturer of mourning crape.

Career

Apprenticed to a Spitalfields silk weaver in 1775, George Courtauld first worked on his own as silk throwster.[1] Between 1785 and 1794 he made a number of visits to America.[1] In 1794 he established his own textile business at Pebmarsh under the name George Courtald & Co.[1] However by 1816 the business was in financial difficulty: that year George's son Samuel took over the business and built it into the UK's largest manufacturer of mourning crape.[1]

George was an ardent Unitarian.[1]

He retired to America where he died in 1823.[1]

Family

George was born on 19 September 1761 to Samuel Courtauld and Louisa Ogier.[2]

George Courtauld married Ruth Minton[3] on 10 July 1789. Their children were:

References

  1. [1]
    Samuel Courtauld (George Courtauld's son) at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. [2]
    "Louisa Courtauld 1729–1807". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London: Volume 11. Huguenot Society of London. 1917


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