A report on Robert Hyde Greg
English industrialist, economist, antiquary, and - briefly - a Member of Parliament.
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Quarry Bank Mill
3 linksOne of the best preserved textile factories of the Industrial Revolution.
One of the best preserved textile factories of the Industrial Revolution.
When Greg's son, Robert Hyde Greg, took over the business, he introduced weaving.
Hannah Greg
3 linksThe architect of a paternalistic industrial community in the north of England, a prominent Unitarian and significant diarist.
The architect of a paternalistic industrial community in the north of England, a prominent Unitarian and significant diarist.
Four of their sons, Robert Hyde (1795–1875), John (1801-1882), Samuel Jr. (1804–1876) and William Rathbone (1809–1881), entered the business.
William Rathbone Greg
2 linksEnglish essayist.
English essayist.
Born in Manchester, the son of Samuel Greg, the creator of Quarry Bank Mill, and Hannah Greg, he was brother to Robert Hyde Greg and the junior Samuel Greg.
Samuel Greg
2 linksIrish-born industrialist and entrepreneur of the early Industrial Revolution and a pioneer of the factory system.
Irish-born industrialist and entrepreneur of the early Industrial Revolution and a pioneer of the factory system.
Of Hannah and Samuel's thirteen children Robert Hyde Greg continued in the textile business and became an Member of Parliament for Manchester in 1839 opposed to extension of the franchise and to factory legislation; Samuel Rathbone Greg had little inclination for business and developed a career as a writer and critic publishing in 1840 Past and Present Efforts for the Extinction of the African Slave Trade in which he argued that cotton, sugar and coffee could be grown more cheaply by free labour; and Elizabeth Greg (married to William Rathbone V) founded the first public wash-houses in the United Kingdom in the wake of the 1832 cholera epidemic, and later helped William Forster in formulating the 1870 Education Act.
Styal
2 linksVillage and civil parish on the River Bollin near Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
Village and civil parish on the River Bollin near Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
Samuel Greg died in 1834 and Quarry Bank Mill was taken over by his son, Robert Hyde Greg, who remained in charge for nearly 40 years and introduced a number of technological innovations.
Samuel Greg (junior)
1 linksEnglish industrialist and philanthropist.
English industrialist and philanthropist.
Born in Manchester, the son of the elder Samuel Greg, the creator of Quarry Bank Mill, he was brother to William Rathbone Greg and Robert Hyde Greg.
Norcliffe Hall
1 linksLarge house encompassing 20,254 square feet near the village of Styal, Cheshire, England.
Large house encompassing 20,254 square feet near the village of Styal, Cheshire, England.
It was built in 1831 for Robert Hyde Greg, the owner of Quarry Bank Mill, and designed by the Lichfield architect Thomas Johnson.