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William France, Sr (cabinetmaker)
William France Snr was born in the small agricultural village of Whittington, six miles north of Lancaster, where he was christened on 7 January 1727 the second son of Edward, a yeoman farmer, and Agnes France. His elder brother, John, was christened on 27 March 1725 and was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker in Lancaster where he married Elizabeth Townson the daughter of John Townson, a joiner, in 1747.〔Geoffrey Castle – 'The France Family of Upholsterers and Cabinet-Makers' – Furniture History Society Journal Vol.XLI pp 25–43, Published 2005〕〔Whittington Parish Records, Lancashire Parish Register Society〕〔It is suggested in 'The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660–1840 by Beard & Gilbert' that William France was born in London in 1734. Extensive genealogical research has shown this to be inaccurate. see reference 1 for Geoffrey Castle.〕
==Early years==
William originally trained as an upholsterer, possibly in Lancaster, the same as his brother John.〔 The first written evidence of his career is in 1759 in London, aged 32, when his name appears in the bank account of John Cobb for payments of his salary.〔Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660–1840 by G Beard & C Gilbert, 1986 (ISBN 0 901286 18 4)〕 Vile and Cobb were, at that time, one of London’s leading cabinetmakers and upholsterers〔Sir Ambrose Heal – 'London Furniture Makers 1660–1840' p189〕 and George, Prince of Wales, was among their customers.〔
When George II died in 1760, the Prince of Wales succeeded his grandfather as George III. In the same year Vile and Cobb were appointed cabinetmakers and upholsterers to the King.〔 This proved to be a very busy time for the partnership and William France, as the king married Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1761〔Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald: ''The good Queen Charlotte'', 1899; pages 32–33〕 and apartments in St James’s Palace were refurbished for the new queen and work was also required for the Coronation. Then in 1762 the King purchased Buckingham House, now the site of Buckingham Palace, and the house was refurbished as the home of the King and Queen.〔Ayling, pp. 85–87〕
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