| from Millicent V. Craig
While abstracting data for the Surrey file of the Dalton Data Bank, entries of potters with the surname Doulton were evident. There have been many queries as to whether the Doultons were royal and the answer is printed below. Quite a few Doultons are listed in the Surrey file and those with an interest in the variant may consult the Dalton Data Bank.
History of the Doulton Potteries
In 1815, John Doulton had just completed his apprenticeship as a potter and was hired by Martha Jones who had inherited a pottery in Vauhall Walk, Lambeth. Her foreman, John Watts, was also taken into partnership and the firm became known as Jones, Watts and Doulton. It specialized in industrial ware, stoneware, drain pipes, etc..
By 1846, the tenth year of Queen Victoria's reign, the Lambeth Pottery had become the leader in industrial products, particularly sanitation products. John's son Henry Doulton, born in 1821, advanced the business and branched out into stoneware and consumer product lines. By 1854, the company became Doulton and Company and was highly recognized for its lines of hand decorated figurines, vases and dinnerware.
Henry Doulton made a brave move into the realm of the highly established potters of Staffordshire. He purchased a small firm, Pinder Bourne Company in Burslem in 1878. Henry invested in men, techology and plant to compete with the already famous potteries of Stafford. In recognition of his accomplishments, Queen Victoria knighted Henry shortly after 1882.
By 1884 his plant managers induced Sir Henry to hire the most outstanding modellers, decorators and painters in the world of ceramics. The rest is history. The international demand and fame was phenomenal. In 1901, King Edward VII "conferred on the company the double honour of the royal warrant and the specific - as opposed to the assumed - right to use the title 'Royal'". The name Royal Doulton became synonymous with fine bone china.
After WWII there was a return to more serviceable dinner service and a revival of the Doulton Lambeth stone wares occurred. The factory today thrives on a combination of Lambeth ware, fine bone china and fine china. In 1956 stoneware production ceased at the original stoneware plant of John Doulton in Lambeth and all production takes place at the Staffordshire plant of Sir Henry Doulton and his ancestors.
Data on Doulton Potters
The following abstracts were taken from the Surrey, U. K. DDB file. They show the birth/christening of Sir Henry, his siblings, and the number of potters within the Daulton family. It includes the migration of young Allan Doulton, potter's apprentice, to the new Staffordshire pottery center. Births/Christenings
Potters From the 1881
Census Kingston On Thames
Streatham Section II The 1881 Census of the U. K. shows the following entries for Doulton potters with London/Surrey/Staffordshire connections. London, Middlesex.
St. George Square
Staffordshire |
| extracted by Millicent Craig
The following Dalton Wills cover the period 1715 to 1853 in Middlesex.. They may be ordered from the Public Record Office, London by using the attached Catalogue Number.
8 Aug 1715, Theobald Dalton,
Gentleman of Saint Andrews Holborn. Prob 11/547 9 Apr 1757, Hellen or Helen
Dalton, widow of Stepney. Prob 11/829 29 Feb 1780, Robert Dalton,
taylor, Saint Leonard Shoreditch. Prob 11/1061 3 Jul 1789, John Dalton
of Saint John Clerkenwell. Prob 11/1181 7 Jul 1796, Ann Dalton
of Paddington. Prob 11/1277 14 Aug 1800, Mark Dalton,
butcher of Marleybone. Prob 11//1346 16 Dec 1807, Ann Dalton,
widow of Paddington. Prob. 11/1471 30 Dec 1819, Francis Dalton,
Gentleman of Clapton. Prob 11/1623 7 Aug 1828, Edward Dalton,
Gentleman of No. 65, Lower Grosvenor Street. Prob 11/ 1744 13 Apr 1835, Sophia Dalton,
wife of York Street, Portman Square. Prob 11/1845 22 Oct 1838, Charlotte
Eleanor Dalton, wife, Manchester Street, Manchester Square. Prob
11/1901 11 Jan 1847, Thomas Dalton
of Bunhill Row. Prob 11/2048 |
| compiled by Millicent Craig
International Data
United Kingdom http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ This url opens the way to the London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes, the official organs of the UK government in England-and-Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland respectively. Use Internet Explorer. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ , "The
Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674 to 1834 Http://www.bodley.oc.ac.uk/ilej This is an online index to six 18th and 19th Century Journals, including the "Gentleman's Magazine" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ Index of U. K. Wills. Check this site on a regular basis as new wills are continually added to the database. http://www/1837online.com The new website for BMD entries at Family Research Link is scheduled to open on April 1 2003. The 100 year rule has been relaxed and indexes will be available from 1837 to 2001.
United States http://www.last-names.net/ Type in the surname of interest and it will show you how it is distributed across the United States. http://www.hamrick.com/names/ This site shows the distribution of the surname of your choice in the US federal censuses of 1850, 1880, 1920 and 1990. There is also an "all years" facility which cycles the results from the four years. http://www.archives.gov/aad/ On February 12, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) made available their "Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System" to the public. It contains over 350 databases and over 50 milion records including many government and military records. One database Famine Irish Data File identifies 604,596 persons who emigrated from Ireland to the United States during the era of the Irish Potato Famine[1846-1851], and the ships on which they arrived. |