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Edward Haycock, Sr. (29 July 1790 – 20 December 1870) was an architect working in the West Midlands and in Central and Southern Wales in the late Georgian and early Victorian periods.〔Colvin H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840 Yale University Press, 3rd edition London, 1995, 478–481. The 4th edition, published in 2008 may contain further information.〕 ==Family and Social life== He was the grandson of William Haycock (1725–1802) of Shrewsbury and the son of John Hiram Haycock (1759–1830), who were architects and building contractors. Edward Haycock Senior joined the family business after 1810 and took control of the business after his father's death in 1830. He stopped working as a building contractor around 1845 and was joined by his son Edward Haycock Junior (1829/30-1882), who continued the architectural practice until about 1880.〔Antonia Brodie (ed) Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: 2 Vols, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001, 871–2.〕 He married Mary Hatton on 13 February 1827 at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London. By her she had three sons and four daughters.〔Peter Leach, 'Haycock, Edward (bap. 1790, d. 1870)', rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 He was mayor of Shrewsbury in 1842. http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=37523&back=〕 Haycock also played an active part in the political life of Shrewsbury as a Conservative: he sat on the council for thirty-four years, rose to become an alderman, and served as mayor in 1842.〔J. L. Hobbs, 'The Haycocks', Shropshire Magazine, 11 (Feb 1960), 17–18〕 He was a friend of the Shrewsbury architect John Carline and also of Dr Robert Waring Darwin, the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin.〔 He died on 20 December 1870 at his home, The Priory, Shrewsbury, aged 80〔 and was buried in St Chad's churchyard.〔 "Haycock Way", linking Shrewsbury's 20th century inner ring road to the Column roundabout at Abbey Foregate, is named for the family.〔() Shrewsbury Local History website. The page features a photograph of Edward Sr.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Haycock, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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