The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers was established under a Royal Charter granted by King Charles I in 1631. It ranks sixty-first among the livery companies...
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were imposed on clockmakers by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, a guild which licensed clockmakers for doing business. By the rise of consumerism in...
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professionals) Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Worshipful Company of Glovers Worshipful Company of Feltmakers (hat...
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John Harrison (redirect from John Harrison (clockmaker))
the tercentenary of the Longitude Act. Number 3 is in the collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers'. Harrison was a man of many skills and he...
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belongs to and is administered by the Clockmakers’ Charity, affiliated to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, founded in 1631 by Royal Charter. Since...
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Charles Gretton (redirect from Charles Gretton, Prominent Clock and Watchmaker during the Golden Age of English Clockmaking)
a journeyman until he was made a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers (the 'Clockmakers' Company') on 3 June 1672. Charles Gretton established...
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English clockmaker, London, cofounder of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, clockmaker of the court. David Ramsay (bl. 1613–1651), (first Master of the...
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Kelvin Hughes (category Companies based in the London Borough of Enfield)
became a member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers at the age of 26 and was elected as Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1742. His...
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Lantern clock (section Origin of the name)
London: the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, which exists to this day. Many of the well-known clockmakers from that era were freemen of this guild....
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Thomas Tompion (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
in the parish of Northill, bears a plaque erected in his honor by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1952. He was the eldest son of a blacksmith...
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William Christie (astronomer) (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
University of Oxford in June 1902, and was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1904. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society...
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Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
4296. https://www.clockmakers.org/the-company/history Worshipful Company of Clockmakers history page; link at bottom to PDF list of past masters Hansard...
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George Daniels (watchmaker) (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
partner in his family's firm of Chartered Surveyors, a Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, a founder member of the Vintage Sports-Car Club...
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Breguet. He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1817. From 1787, he and his father founded the company Arnold & Son. After his father's...
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The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, is an ancient merchant guild of London associated with the silk...
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is capitalized. "The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers". Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28. "Court of Assistants". Archived...
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Eleanor Mosley (category Date of death unknown)
Mosely; 1700–?) was an English milliner and a member in the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Mosley successfully ran her own millinery business as a single...
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John Alker (category English clockmakers)
(1775–1850) or simply Alker of Wigan, was a long case clock and pocket watch maker and member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers active in Wigan, Lancashire...
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Antiquarian Horological Society (category Organisations based in the City of London)
integrated with the library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers at Guildhall, London. Antiquarian Horology & the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological...
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Frank Watson Dyson (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
proving Einstein's theory of general relativity. Dyson was born in Measham, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, the son of the Rev Watson Dyson, a Baptist...
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George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth (category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge)
10. https://www.clockmakers.org/the-company/history Worshipful Company of Clockmakers history page; link at bottom to PDF list of past masters "Births...
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Joseph Windmills (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
renowned clockmaker and watchmaker Charles Gretton (1648–1731), a contemporary of Windmills and, like him, active in the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. The...
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working drawing of the device is preserved in the Library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in London, England. Many French and Swiss pocketwatches...
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Daniel Quare (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
renowned clockmaker and watchmaker Charles Gretton (1648–1731), a contemporary of Quare and, like him, active in the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. The...
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Harold Spencer Jones (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
measurements of the rotation of the Earth and of the motions of the planets. The Second World War disrupted the activities of the observatory. A number of staff...
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Joseph Knibb (redirect from Joseph Knibb, Clockmaker.)
1670 Knibb had moved to London where he was made free of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Initially he set up business at the Dyal, near Serjeant's...
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David Pennefather (category Masters of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers)
Commanding Officer of 42 Commando from 1988 to 1990, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1990 "in recognition of meritorious service...
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steal a gold watch. When Ruth died, the watch was left to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. The watch was substantially rebuilt c.1840. Belville's business...
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The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London, ranking second in order of precedence. Established in 1345...
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horological and scientific agent'. 2003 Sir George White, Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, Jeremy Evans, The British Museum, 'Thomas Tompion 'at The...
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