William Duesbury (1763–1796)

William Duesbury
Born	1763
Died	1796
Nationality	British
Known for	Pottery

William Duesbury (1763–1796), was born in 1763, son of William Duesbury (1725–1786) and the prosperity of the family pottery works reached its highest point shortly after he succeeded to them. He took into partnership an Irish miniature-painter Michael Kean. Duesbury's health broke up early, and he died in 1796. By his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William Edwards, solicitor, of Derby (who remarried the above-mentioned Kean), he left three sons, of whom William Duesbury, born in 1787, inherited, but did not take part in the works, which in 1809 were disposed of to Robert Bloor. The second son, Frederick Duesbury, became a well-known physician in London, and was father of Henry Duesbury, who practised as an architect in London, and died in 1872.^{[DNB 1][DNB 2][DNB 3][1]}

References

1.  Lionel Henry Cust (Signing as L. C. in the DNB) (1888). "Duesbury, William (DNB00)". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 126.

DNB references

These references are found in the DNB article referred to above.

1. Haslem's Old Derby China Manufactory
2. Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain
3. Wallis and Bemrose's Pottery and Porcelain of Derbyshire.

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