Henry Musgrave
Northern Irish businessman
About Henry Musgrave
Lived 1827 – 1922 (aged 94–95).
Musgrave Park, in the southwest of Belfast, named after Henry Musgrave. An M3 Musgraves Original cylindrical warm air stove. In 1891, production of Musgrave stoves in their Belfast factory was about 100 per week, and they were exported throughout Europe, with showrooms in Frankfurt and Paris. The former Riddel's Warehouse, Donegall Square, Belfast. The later Musgrave family businesses grew from this hardware concern, founded by Henry Musgrave's father-in-law, John Riddel. Drumglass Park, former garden of Henry Musgrave, bequeathed by him to the city, showing the former gatehouse to his home in the background. Musgrave had a statue erected to the soldier John Nicholson in Market Square, Lisburn, their hometown. Church of Ireland church at Glencolumbkille. Henry Musgrave had the tower built in 1913.
Henry Musgrave (1827 – 2 January 1922),
Family Henry Musgrave was the youngest of the nine sons and three daughters born to Dr Samuel Musgrave and Mary Musgrave. Originally from Edinburgh, Dr Musgrave (1767–1834) It was here that Henry was born. His mother, Mary Musgrave, néé Riddel (1785–1862),
Mary's brother, John Riddel (also Riddle/Riddell) founded the firm Riddels, Hardware Merchants and Ironmongers, of Donegall Place, Belfast. It was this business from which the Musgrave family's ironworking concerns later developed and then served an apprenticeship with the tea and wine merchant William Finlay in Corporation Street. (previously Musgrave & Bros Hardware Merchants). This had been started by Musgrave's older brothers, Robert Hamilton Musgrave, John Riddel Musgrave and James Musgrave, in partnership with their uncle John Riddel.
By 1904, after his brother James Musgrave died, by then 1st Baronet, with Musgrave Channel in Belfast harbour named after him, Henry Musgrave became chairman and the last Musgrave family member on the board. the Carrickfergus Salt Mining Company
Riddel Hall Musgrave's maternal cousins, Eliza and Isabella Riddel, built Riddel Hall, which in 1915 was endowed by for the purposes of providing boarding for the education of women at Queen's University Belfast. Henry Musgrave was the chairman of its permanent committee.
Following the example of his brother who founded the chair of pathology at Queen's University, then Queen's College, Belfast, preference for the Musgrave Scholarship is given to students in pathology.
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Who was Henry Musgrave?
Northern Irish businessman
When was Henry Musgrave born?
Henry Musgrave was born in 1827.
When did Henry Musgrave die?
Henry Musgrave died on 2 January 1922.
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