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unusual facts about Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet



Bridgeman baronets

The Bridgeman Baronetcy, of Ridley in the County of Chester, was created on 12 November 1773 for Orlando Bridgeman, Member of Parliament for Horsham and younger son of the 1st Baronet, of the Great Lever creation.

Bryan Donkin

In 1820 Donkin worked with Sir William Congreve on preventing the forgery of excise stamps, using a method of two-colour printing with compound printing plates.

Fire sprinkler

In 1812, British inventor Sir William Congreve patented a manual sprinkler system using perforated pipes along the ceiling.

Fire sprinkler system

The system was designed by William Congreve was covered by patent No 3606 dated the same year.

John Copley

For over 50 years Copley has been the partner of John Hugh Chadwyck-Healey (born 1922), grandson of Charles Chadwyck-Healey, 1st Baronet.

Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet

This resulted in an improved method of extracting saltpetre and consequently higher quality gunpowder.

Viscount Hanworth

Pollock was the fifth son of Mr George Pollock, fourth son of Sir Frederick Pollock (1st Baronet, of Hatton) (elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet, of The Khyber Pass).


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