Edward Wadham, Date of Birth

Edward Wadham

Date of Birth: 22-May-1828

Profession: mining engineer, diarist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Edward Wadham (22 May 1828 – 1913) was appointed mineral agent to Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch in 1851 and later, steward of the Manor of Plain Furness.
He kept detailed diaries throughout his adult life, now in the possession of the Cumbria Archive Service, many of which cover the growth and development of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, then in Lancashire now in Cumbria, England. Together with Sir James Ramsden, Henry Schneider and Josiah T.
Smith, and as three-times Mayor of Barrow-in-Furness, he did much to open up the iron and steel industries in Barrow, which grew from a tiny nineteenth century hamlet into the biggest iron and steel centre in the world, and a major ship-building force in just forty years.