John Vaughan
British ironmaster (1799–1868)
John Vaughan, known as Jacky, was born in Worcester on "St Thomas' Day" in 1799, the son of Welsh parents. He worked his way up the iron industry, becoming an ironmaster and co-founder of the largest of all the Victorian iron and steel companies, Bolckow Vaughan.2
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Born Dec 21, 1799, died Sep 16, 1868.1
About
Where Henry Bolckow provided the investment and business expertise, Vaughan contributed technical knowledge, in a long-lasting and successful partnership that transformed Middlesbrough from a small town to the centre of ironmaking in Britain.
Vaughan is best known for his discovery of ironstone in the Cleveland Hills, on an exploratory walk with his mining engineer, John Marley in June 1850.
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Companies
- Bolckow, VaughanFounder7
Early life and education
Vaughan began his working life, like his father before him, at Sir John Guest's Dowlais Ironworks in South Wales. His first job "at an early age" was in the scrap mill; from there, he became a puddler, then a furnaceman, then foreman.
After Dowlais, he worked in Staffordshire, then to Carlisle in 1825 becoming a factory manager. He then moved East to Walker-on-Tyne near Newcastle, where he became the works manager for the Losh, Wilson and Bell Ironworks. While doing business in Newcastle, he met Henry Bolckow, who at that time was a corn merchant looking to get into the iron business.
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Career
Occupation: metallurgist, businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Bolckow, Vaughan3
Personal life
- BornDec 21, 1799, Worcester5
- CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain6
In 1855 Vaughan became Mayor of Middlesbrough. He was a Borough Magistrate and a member of the Tees Conservancy Board.
After the death of his first wife, Vaughan married widow Ann Hughes of Newcastle, daughter of Joseph Poole and sister of Bolckow's first wife.
With increasing wealth, he and Bolckow "both moved from Cleveland Street to Marton: Bolckow built Marton Hall in 1853 and moved there in 1856, and John Vaughan moved to Gunnergate Hall in 1858."
Vaughan died in London on 16 September 1868.
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Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataJohn Vaughan on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJohn Vaughan on Wikipedia
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- 7WikidataBolckow, Vaughan, Founder
- 8Wikimedia CommonsJohn Vaughan photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain