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Timeline People 1732 - 1900

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Timeline-People 1732-1900

1732 | 1766 | 1768 | 1772 | 1811 | 1836 | 1846 | 1900 1766 Samuel Horrocks (1766-1842), cotton manufacturer 1772 Benjamin Shaw and family (1772-1841), cotton workers 1836 John Sherliker (1836- post 1881), cotton worker 1732 Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), inventor and cotton manufacturer 1768 John Horrocks (1768-1804), cotton manufacturer 1811 Thomas Miller (1811-1865), cotton master 1846 Ellen Haliwell (1846-post 1914), cotton worker 1900 Nellie Calland (1900-1989), cotton worker

1768 John Horrocks the founder of Horrockses is born 1780s John Horrocks starts to spin cotton into yarn 1791 John Horrocks moves to Preston and the company is founded 1801 Thomas Miller and John Whitehead join the company 1804 John Horrocks dies and Samuel Horrocks becomes the chief partner 1823 Horrocks first foreign agency is founded in Portugal 1846 Horrockses. Miller and Company is established 1895 Centenary Mill is built 1927 King Fuad of Egypt visit Horrockses 1960 Horrockses company is taken over 1800 The company builds the first weaving sheds in Preston 1802 The company expands and Riley, Paley and Company is founded 1808 The Yard Works is established 1851 Horrockses win a prize medal at the Great exhibition 1887 Horrockses, Crewdson and Company is established 1913 King George V and Queen Mary visit Horrockses 1946 Launch of Horrockses Fashions Ltd 1792 Between 1792 and 1799 John Horrocks builds six spinning mills