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4 unusual facts about Francis Clark and Sons


Bruce Castle School

Unfortunately for the old school, the new one proved much more popular than the old, with boys transferring to it in large numbers, and in 1833 the original Hazelwood School closed and became a home for Francis and Caroline Clark (sister of Rowland Hill) and their large family.

Francis Clark and Sons

Her eldest brother, Matthew Davenport Hill, was Recorder of Birmingham, penal reformer and a supporter of Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

Thomas Wright Hill

Hazelwood then became the home of Francis Clark and his wife Caroline (daughter of Thomas Wright Hill) and their large and growing family.

#Caroline Hill (1800–1877), married Francis Clark and in 1850 emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia


Caroline Emily Clark

She was born in Birmingham, the eldest of the family of Francis Clark, a silversmith of Birmingham, and his wife Caroline, a sister of Rowland Hill.


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