John Frederick Newman
1783/4–1860
Instrument maker. Of 122 Regent Street, London, 1827–60. A leading maker of barometers.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1497/108/64)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 20 September 2018)
Goodison 1969
Post Office London directory 1839.
Bibliography
Goodison, Nicholas. 1969. English barometers 1680–1860: a history of domestic barometers and their makers. London: Cassell.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
