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Richard Dye said:
One wonders why the likes of Boulton, Watt, Murdoch, Priestly and both Brunels were never knighted ( and numerous more). Just thinking out loud. I happen to follow/read frequently about the aforementioned group.
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Richard, Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (the father) -- 'On 24 March 1841 Brunel was knighted by the young Queen Victoria. This was at the suggestion of Prince Albert who had shown keen interest in the progress of the [Thames] tunnel.' Wikipedia.

Albert was keenly interested in Engineering, but he died in 1861.

Priestley was a dissenter and supported the French Revolution. I do not think he would have wished to be knighted.

I'm guessing that there was a general prejudice against trade and engineering and the owners of factories by the gentry and those who decided such things. Thomas Telford was the son of a shepherd, raised in poverty and apprenticed as a stone mason at the age of 14. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Derek
 
Stokkie said:
Richard, Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (the father) -- 'On 24 March 1841 Brunel was knighted by the young Queen Victoria. This was at the suggestion of Prince Albert who had shown keen interest in the progress of the [Thames] tunnel.' Wikipedia.

Albert was keenly interested in Engineering, but he died in 1861.

Priestley was a dissenter and supported the French Revolution. I do not think he would have wished to be knighted.

I'm guessing that there was a general prejudice against trade and engineering and the owners of factories by the gentry and those who decided such things. Thomas Telford was the son of a shepherd, raised in poverty and apprenticed as a stone mason at the age of 14. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Derek
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Thank you Derek, I stand corrected with Sir Marc Brunel. Regarding Thomas Telford I would certainly add to the list. Priestley was a deserter, however he did discover some pretty breakthroughs in chemistry.
Looking from afar I see that honor being bestowed a far less significant breakthroughs. Sir John Surtees has a nice ring to it :) .
Than’ you again!
 
Pedrocut said:
Louis Webb, Benjamin Stone and the Grange Erdington and more.

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A selection of recent small accessions

Every year, we receive new accessions of archive material relating to Birmingham which are added to our collections. For this blog post, we thought we’d show you some of the smaller accession…
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I remember Hardman's stained glass being at Lightwoods House in Bearwood. They made stained glass up to 2008, I think.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardman_&_Co.
 
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