| Name |
William Henry Maw |
| Birth |
6 Dec 1838 |
Scarborough, , Yorkshire, England [2] |
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| Christening |
2 Jan 1839 |
St Mary, Scarborough, , Yorkshire, England [3] |
- First name(s) William Henry Last name Maw Baptism year 1839 Baptism date 02 Jan 1839 Baptism place Scarborough, St Mary Denomination Anglican Father's first name(s) William Mintoft Mother's first name(s) Minna County Yorkshire (North Riding) Country England Archive East Riding Archives & Local Studies Service Archive reference PE 165/5 Page 25 Record set Yorkshire Baptisms Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Births & baptisms Collections from Great Britain
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I8152 - Baptism William Henry Maw 02011839 I8152 - Baptism William Henry Maw 02011839 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
30 Mar 1851 |
6 West Place, Scarborough, , Yorkshire, England [4] |
| Occupation |
30 Mar 1851 |
Scarborough, , Yorkshire, England [4] |
| Scholar |
| Census |
2 Apr 1871 |
Kensington, London, , England [5] |
| St Mark |
| Occupation |
2 Apr 1871 |
Kensington, London, , England [5] |
| Civil Engineer and Editor of J Engineer(?) |
| Census |
3 Apr 1881 |
30 Russell Road, Kensington, London, , England [6] |
| Occupation |
3 Apr 1881 |
30 Russell Road, Kensington, London, , England [6] |
| Civil Engineer |
| Census |
5 Apr 1891 |
18 Addison Road, Kensington, London, , England [7] |
| St Barnabas |
| Occupation |
5 Apr 1891 |
18 Addison Road, Kensington, London, , England [7] |
| Civil Engineer (Employer) |
| Census |
2 Apr 1911 |
18 Addison Road, Kensington, London, , England [8] |
| Kensington W |
- MAW, William Henry Head Married
43 years M 72 1839 Civil Engineer In Corroutiing Practice And Editor Of Engineering Yorshire Scarborough
MAW, Emily Wife Married
43 years F 71 1840 London South Lambeth
MAW, Jessie Daughter Single F 32 1879 London Kensington
MAW, Mary Theresa Daughter Single F 25 1886 London Kensington
MAW, Thomas Frederick Son Single M 30 1881 Mechanical Engineer Dran Ghitoman London Kensington
PEACOCK, Eliza Servant Single F 32 1879 Cook Bedfordshire Potton
EMBERY, Emily Violet Servant Single F 44 1867 Sewing Maid London Brixton
CHINN, Harriet Servant Single F 28 1883 Housemaid Cheshire Birkenhead
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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
90 Reference:
RG14PN90 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED4 SN201
Registration District:
Kensington Sub District:
Kensington South Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Kensington
Address:
18 Addison Road Kensington W County:
London
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| Occupation |
2 Apr 1911 |
18 Addison Road, Kensington, London, , England [8] |
| Civil Engineer In Corroutiing Practice And Editor Of Engineering |
- MAW, William Henry Head Married
43 years M 72 1839 Civil Engineer In Corroutiing Practice And Editor Of Engineering Yorshire Scarborough
MAW, Emily Wife Married
43 years F 71 1840 London South Lambeth
MAW, Jessie Daughter Single F 32 1879 London Kensington
MAW, Mary Theresa Daughter Single F 25 1886 London Kensington
MAW, Thomas Frederick Son Single M 30 1881 Mechanical Engineer Dran Ghitoman London Kensington
PEACOCK, Eliza Servant Single F 32 1879 Cook Bedfordshire Potton
EMBERY, Emily Violet Servant Single F 44 1867 Sewing Maid London Brixton
CHINN, Harriet Servant Single F 28 1883 Housemaid Cheshire Birkenhead
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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
90 Reference:
RG14PN90 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED4 SN201
Registration District:
Kensington Sub District:
Kensington South Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Kensington
Address:
18 Addison Road Kensington W County:
London
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| Census |
19 Jun 1921 |
"Ashcroft", Horne, Outwood, , Surrey, England [9] |
- First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
William Henry Maw Head Male 1839 82 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Civil Engineer In Independant Practice
Gertrude Maw Daughter Female 1870 51 London, Middlesex, England Home Duties -
Emily Elizabeth Gambrell Servant Female 1890 30 Milton Regis, Kent, England Cook Private
Ellen Annie Sadler Servant Female 1899 22 Copthorne, Sussex, England Maid Private
Kathleen Winifred Sadler Servant Female 1904 17 Copthorne, Sussex, England Housemaid Private
First name(s) William Henry
Last name Maw
Sex Male
Birth year 1839
Census date 19 June 1921
Age in years 82
Age in months 6
Age as transcribed 82 y 6 m
Relationship to head Head
Marital status Married
Birth place Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Birth town Scarborough
Birth county Yorkshire
Birth country England
Birth place as transcribed Scarborough, Yorkshire
Occupation Civil Engineer
Occupation code 860
Occupation code with suffix 860/0
Employer In Independant Practice
Employer code 736
Place of work 35 & 36 Bedford Street London Wc2
Number of minor dependants 0
Language used to complete form English
Person making return Millium Henry Maw
House name "ashcroft"
Street Outwood
Address "ashcroft" Outwood
Full address as transcribed "Ashcroft", Outwood, Redhill
Parish Horne
Registration district Godstone
Registration district number 38
Sub-district Godstone
Sub-district number 1
Enumeration district number 23
County Surrey
Country England
Parliamentary borough or division Surrey PC, Eastern Div.
Archive The National Archives
Archive series RG 15
Piece number 03351
Schedule number 60
District reference RD 38 RS 1 ED 22, 23, 24
Schedule type code E
Schedule type England household, single page, 10 entries
Other household member's first name(s) Ellen Annie, Emily Elizabeth, Gertrude, Kathleen Winifred
Other household member's last name Sadler, Gambrell, Maw
Record set 1921 Census Of England & Wales
Category Census, land & surveys
Subcategory Census
Collections from Great Britain, England
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| Obituary |
- Click here to read Obituary of William Henry Maw in PDF format.
Click here to read Obituary of William Henry Maw in Word format.
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| Occupation |
19 Jun 1921 |
"Ashcroft", Horne, Outwood, , Surrey, England [9] |
| Civil Enginee in Independant Practice |
- First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
William Henry Maw Head Male 1839 82 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Civil Engineer In Independant Practice
Gertrude Maw Daughter Female 1870 51 London, Middlesex, England Home Duties -
Emily Elizabeth Gambrell Servant Female 1890 30 Milton Regis, Kent, England Cook Private
Ellen Annie Sadler Servant Female 1899 22 Copthorne, Sussex, England Maid Private
Kathleen Winifred Sadler Servant Female 1904 17 Copthorne, Sussex, England Housemaid Private
First name(s) William Henry
Last name Maw
Sex Male
Birth year 1839
Census date 19 June 1921
Age in years 82
Age in months 6
Age as transcribed 82 y 6 m
Relationship to head Head
Marital status Married
Birth place Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Birth town Scarborough
Birth county Yorkshire
Birth country England
Birth place as transcribed Scarborough, Yorkshire
Occupation Civil Engineer
Occupation code 860
Occupation code with suffix 860/0
Employer In Independant Practice
Employer code 736
Place of work 35 & 36 Bedford Street London Wc2
Number of minor dependants 0
Language used to complete form English
Person making return Millium Henry Maw
House name "ashcroft"
Street Outwood
Address "ashcroft" Outwood
Full address as transcribed "Ashcroft", Outwood, Redhill
Parish Horne
Registration district Godstone
Registration district number 38
Sub-district Godstone
Sub-district number 1
Enumeration district number 23
County Surrey
Country England
Parliamentary borough or division Surrey PC, Eastern Div.
Archive The National Archives
Archive series RG 15
Piece number 03351
Schedule number 60
District reference RD 38 RS 1 ED 22, 23, 24
Schedule type code E
Schedule type England household, single page, 10 entries
Other household member's first name(s) Ellen Annie, Emily Elizabeth, Gertrude, Kathleen Winifred
Other household member's last name Sadler, Gambrell, Maw
Record set 1921 Census Of England & Wales
Category Census, land & surveys
Subcategory Census
Collections from Great Britain, England
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| Obituary |
1924 [10] |
- WILLIAM HENRY MAW was born at Scarborough on 1838 December 6, and was the only child of his parents. His father, William Mintoft Maw, was a captain in the Merchant Service, and both his grandfathers were captains in the Royal Navy.
Mr. Maw received his early education at Sykes' School, a private school at Scarborough. Here he formed a great friendship with the sons of Dr. Harland, two of whom in later life were the founders of the' well-known shipbuilding firm of Harland & Wolff at Belfast. In 1853 his father died at sea, and he and his mother were left very badly off. His mother died shortly after. .
The boy's mind was early turned to mechanics and engineering, and in 1855 March he was taken on at the Stratford works of the Eastern Counties' Railway. At first he was in the smith's shop in the carriage and wagon department and soon after in the locomotive department. He appears to have been studious, for at this period he devoted his spare time to drawing at the Mechanics Institute, and thus qualified himself to give occasional assistance in the drawing-office of the Railway Company. He thus became an excellent draughtsman, and was thought so highly of by the Company that in 1859, at the age of 21, he was appointed head of the drawing-office of the locomotive and engineering department. In this position he remained till 1865, when he left the then Great Eastern Railway to join Mr. Zerah Colburn on the forma-tion of the new journal Engineering. His long connection with this paper as one of the editors, from this time until the day of his death, is probably unique in the history of journalism.
Mr. Maw's activities in mechanical engineering began when he was quite a young man. While at Stratford he designed the locomotives for the East Indian Railway, and it is noteworthy that these were the first outside cylinder engines placed on an Indian railway. In a report on the locomotives exhibited at the 1862 exhibition Mr. Maw wrote the section on Valve Gears, which is recognised to-day as a classic on the subject. Beside the enormous labour entailed by editing a journal like Engineering, Mr. Maw had an extensive practice as consulting engineer in connection with engine and boiler construction and the design of workshops, particularly in designing and laying out the printing works of newspapers, such as The Daily Telegraph, The Field, The Queen, and others.
Constantly active in his profession, and endued not only with extensive mechanical and engineering knowledge, but with very sound common sense, Mr. Maw's services to the advancement of those sciences were fully recognised throughout the country. In 1863 he was elected President of the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society. In 1901 he was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and in 1922 he was chosen President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. At this Institution he delivered the "James Forrest" lecture on many engineering problems. This subject was followed up in his Presidential Address in 1922, when he treated again of the unsolved problems of engineering. "The remarkable thing about this presidential address was the detailed knowledge it showed of recent engineering develop-ments, whether in connection with special alloys, X-ray investigations, steam-turbine practice, or reduction gearing. For such an address to have been prepared, unaided as it was, by a busy man in his eighty-fourth year, was evidence of an energy and a living interest in a wide variety of subjects which might well be envied by most younger men."*
Notwithstanding these many claims on his thought and energies, Mr. Maw devoted his leisure to astronomy.. In 1887 he built an observatory at his house in Addison Road, in which he established a 6-inch equatorial refractor by Cooke. In this year he began the series of micrometric measurements of double stars, which he continued for over twenty years, and these were published in five memoirs of the R.A.S. Later on, in 1896, he erected at his house at Outwood, Surrey, the fine 8-inch equatorial refractor by Cooke, which had formerly belonged to the Rev. W. R. Dawes. His observations with both telescopes were mainly on the Struve double stars, and the comparison with other observers, as shown in Mr. Lewis's memoir on these stars, shows that the observations were made with refined accuracy.
In 1892 Mr. Maw was elected on the Council of this Society, and remained a constant attendant at its meetings till 1919, when he retired. During this period he was Treasurer from 1900 to 1905, when he was elected to the chair of the President, which he occupied for two years. His treasurership was marked by the introduction of a system for the reduction of composition fees according to years of Fellowship. As President he delivered two addresses, on presenting the Gold Medal to Professor Campbell in 1906, and a similar presentation to Professor Ernest Brown in 1907.
Mr. Maw was one of the founders of the British Astronomical Associa-tion in 1890, of which there was no more devoted member. For many years he was Treasurer, and for two years President. The great success that has attended that association is very largely due to his unvarying help and his wise counsels.
In 1909 Mr. Maw was honoured by the University of Glasgow by receiving the degree of LL.D., honoris causa. On that occasion it was stated on his presentation to the Vice-Chancellor: "It is fitting that the University, situated in what has not inaptly been termed ' the Metropolis of Mechanical Engineering,' should recognise the great services which Mr. Maw has rendered to the advancement both of pure and applied science by admitting him to its roll of honour." In 1923 his portrait, painted by Mr. Hall Neale, was presented to him by the Institution of Civil Engineers.
He was a member of the Board of the National Physical Laboratory and of many scientific societies; and his services were constantly sought on numerous committees connected with engineering, and he took an active part during the War on committees in connection with the ministry of munitions.
Dr. Maw was of a most gentle, amiable nature, of unbounded good humour, and always helpful in giving wise and sensible advice. He rarely missed attendance on the many committees of which he was a member, and he had a deep sense of duty and its responsibilities.
In many respects the life of Dr. Maw is noteworthy. Left an orphan at the age of 16, with scanty means, without influence, and without the advantages of higher education, he nevertheless raised himself by his own efforts and industry to an honourable position which made him a leading authority on mechanical engineering and brought him eventually the high distinction of presiding over the two great engineering institutions of this country.
In the last year or two of his life his health caused anxiety which put some restraint upon his energies, but he continued in active harness until his last illness, when he passed away at his house in Addison Road on 1924 March 19, at the age of 85 years, thus terminating a long life of great and abiding usefulness.
He left a widow and a family of three sons and five daughters, his widow, however, survived him only six months, as she died on September 11.
He was elected a Fellow of the Society on 1888 December 14.
* Engineering, 1924.
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| Death |
19 Mar 1924 |
18 Addison Road, Kensington, London, , England [11, 12] |
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| Burial |
22 Mar 1924 |
St Barnabas, Kensington, London, , England [13] |
| Probate |
19 May 1924 |
London, , Greater London, England |
- Maw William Henry of 18 Addison Road Kensington Middlesex died 19 March 1924 Probate London 19 May 1924 to Thomas Frederick Maw engineer Bouverie John Sparshatt esquire and Arthur Ernest Maw engineer. Effects £149880 7s. 5d.
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| Will |
- ... As might be expected of the man, Maw drew up a detailed and complicated will. To each of his chilren Thomas Frederick Maw, Eleanor Kennedy, Jessie Sparshatt, Mary Theresa Thompson and Gertrude Maw, he left 200 (£10) 5% Preference shares and 200 (£10) Ordinary shares - all Engineering Ltd shares. Likewise to each of his other children, Arthur Ernest Maw and Lilian Beatrice Heap, he left 200 (£10) 5% Preference shares and 150 (£10) Ordinary shares - again all Engineering Ltd shares.
In addition, he bequeathed to his trustees 500 (£10) 5% Preference and 904 (£10) Ordinary shares in Engineering Ltd to be held in trust to pay anannual income for his wife Emily. He pledged to his trustees a further 200 (£10) 5% Preference shares and 200 (£10) Ordinary shares in Engineering Ltd to the annual income of his son Robert Lewis Maw. And he set aside to his trustees 400 (£10) 5% Preference shares in Engineering Ltd to pay to the annual income of his daughter-in-law Dora Maw (the widow of his son Henry Maw).
In addition he bequeathed to his wife £2,000; to his daughter Gertrude Maw he left £1,000; and to his grand daughter (daughter of Agnes Dora Maw) Zoe Theodore Maw he left £1,000.
Finally, as one of the founders of Engineering Ltd, he also appointed his son Arthur Ernest Maw as governing director of Engineering Ltd.
The number of shares affected by Maw's will were: £10 5% Preference share, 2,800, £10 Ordinary shares, 3,108.
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The Maw Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Family |
Emily Chappell, b. Abt 1839-1840, South Lambeth, London, , England d. 11 Sep 1924, 18 Addison Road, Kensington, London, , England (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
Between Jul and Sep 1867 |
District Islington [16] |
| Children |
| | 1. Emily Edith Maw, b. Between Jan and Mar 1869, District Kensington d. Between Jul and Sep 1869, District Kensington  |
| | 2. Gertrude Maw, b. 25 May 1870, Kensington, London, , England d. 19 Jan 1945, Hackness, Outwood, , Surrey, England (Age 74 years) |
| | 3. William Maw, b. Between Jul and Sep 1871, District Kensington d. Between Jul and Sep 1871, District Kensington  |
| | 4. Henry Maw, b. Between Oct and Dec 1872, Kensington, London, , England d. 7 Apr 1913, 69 Warrington Crescent, London, , Middlesex, England  |
| | 5. Eleanor Maw, b. Between Oct and Dec 1874, Kensington, London, , England d. Est 1968 |
| | 6. Lilian Beatrice Maw, b. 24 Mar 1876, Kensington, London, , England d. 14 Aug 1953, Wallfield Nursing Home, West Street, Reigate, , Surrey, England (Age 77 years) |
| | 7. Robert Lewis Maw, b. 9 Oct 1877, Kensington, London, , England d. 8 Apr 1950, 59a Shaw Heath, Stockport, , Cheshire, England (Age 72 years) |
| | 8. Jessie Maw, b. 24 Dec 1878, Kensington, London, , England d. Between Oct and Dec 1970, District Torbay  |
| | 9. Thomas Frederick Maw, b. 30 Jan 1881, Kensington, London, , England d. 28 May 1963, 18 Grosvenor Gardens, Golders Green, London, , Greater London, England (Age 82 years) |
| | 10. Arthur Ernest Maw, b. 2 Jul 1883, Brighton, , Sussex, England d. Between Apr and Jun 1968, District Cambridge  |
| | 11. Mary Theresa Maw, b. 24 Dec 1885, London, , Greater London, England d. 23 Jan 1952, South Africa (Age 66 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1777 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
18 Jul 2021 |