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Utrick Alexander Ritson

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.

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06 Oct 1876  —  Newspaper article (Official Notice)


1880

Membership

1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: 6, Queen Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Elected: 07 Oct 1871


1881

Census

Address: 18 Hawthorn Terrace, Elswick

(Ref: RG11/5051/56/5)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
RITSON, Utrick  38 Head Mar Coal Owner Member Of N/C Town Council  GLS: Cambridge
RITSON, Annie  38 Wife Mar   NBL: Hexham
RITSON, Annie  12 Dau Scholar  NBL: Hexham
RITSON, John R.  10 Son Scholar  NBL: Hexham
RITSON, Lizzie R.  8 Dau Scholar  NBL: Hexham
RITSON, Utrick A.  6 Son Scholar  NBL: Newcastle
RITSON, Ralph  1 Son   NBL: Newcastle
BLACK, Isabella  28 Serv Wid Domestic Serv  NBL
SMITH, Mary J.  19 Serv Unn Domestic Serv  DUR: Blaydon
SMITH, Annie  17 Serv Unn Domestic Serv  DUR: Blaydon
WILSON, Jane A.  16 Serv Unn Domestic Serv  NBL: Newcastle


1888

Membership

1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: 6, Queen Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Elected: 07 Oct 1871


1889

Membership

1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Queen Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne.


1896

Membership

1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: 15, Queen Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.


1919

Membership

1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Milburn House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.


1923

Positions held

Position  Company Correspondence Address 
Chairman:  U. A. Ritson & Sons Ltd.  Milburn House, Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Agent:  U. A. Ritson & Sons Ltd.   
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory


1933

Biographical Notes

Ritson, U. A. Chairman, U. A. Ritson & Sons Ltd., and one of the leading men in the coal industry of the N.E. Coast. Address: Millburn House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory

Positions held

Position  Company Correspondence Address 
Chairman:  U. A. Ritson & Sons Ltd.  Milburn House, Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889

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