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The Vulliamy family was a family of clockmakers, Swiss in origin, active in 18th and 19th century Britain. *(François) Justin Vulliamy (1712–1797), born in Switzerland, moved to London to study in the 1730s, ended up settling there, setting up a business in partnership with Benjamin Gray (1676–1764), who was in 1742 appointed watchmaker in ordinary to George II; married Gray's daughter Mary, and had 4 children with her: * *Jane (b. 1743) * *Benjamin (1747–1811), who took over the business from his father * * *Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780–1854), last in the family firm (none of his children took it up) * * * *Benjamin Lewis (1815–1895) * * * *George John Vulliamy (1817–1886), architect and civil engineer * * * *Lucy Sarah Frances (1819–1872) * * *Mary (b. 1781) * * *Justin Theodore Vulliamy (1787–1870) * * *Lewis Vulliamy (1791–1871), architect * * *Frances (b. 1801) * * *Frederick (1803–1892) * *Lewis (1749–1822), sugar refiner 〔London trade directories 1784-1798; Sun Fire Office 1793.〕 * *Mary (b. 1750). ==Macartney mission to China== A "Vulliamy clock" was presented to the Chinese emperor by the diplomatic mission of George Macartney to Beijing in 1793.〔William Proudfoot, (Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie: Embracing Some Account of His Travels in China and Residence in India ) (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1868), 45.〕 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「Vulliamy family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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