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Originally Posted by Slow Triathlete
Silly question but I just have to ask it. I have always assumed that the Gawith Portion of "Gawith & Hoggarth" is Samuel Gawith. Am I wrong in that? If so, then why the spin off brand and who is this Hoggarth character? He is mentioned briefly on the Samuel Gawith history page.
I tried to research this online and didn't get far.
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From the Samual Gawith History Page
"Samuel the Third was two years and five months old at his father's death, and once again the company was put in the hands of trustees, probably Samuel the Third's mother, John Edward Gawith (who died six years later) and
William Henry Gawith, Samuel the Second's youngest brother.
A word here about
William, who set up in rivalry to the Samuel Gawith dynasty, about the time John's enterprise failed. He set up in partnership with
Henry Hoggarth, whose sister he married. Together they purchased the Lowther Street tobacco factory, and made snuff at Marble Mills outside Kendal. The firm continues now as
Gawith Hoggarth TT."