Notes about the Rowland, Mallett, and Netherclift families and some relations and friends / [Ralph Thomas].

  • Thomas, Ralph, 1840-
Date:
1909
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Credit: Notes about the Rowland, Mallett, and Netherclift families and some relations and friends / [Ralph Thomas]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    someone else’s for ‘washing and bleaching clothes’ but not Rowland’s ! Rooking at date I found I had the box for 1856 instead of 1857, in which Mrs Rowland’s specification No 1410 is preserved. d’wcnty one years later in 1878 she took out a patent N04673 for a ‘combined needle and thread holder.’ This time the I’atent Office presented her with no box or big seal, though still a long rigmarole on parchment bearing a five pound stamp. 'J'he specification has a page of drawings illustrating the inven- tion. For this invention she also had a very good offer to purchase, but like the first she thought it was going to make her fortune. Alas ! she never made anything by it ; such things require capital to work and knowledge of business, neither of which she had. Unlike the celebrated schoolmistress Hannah More, Mrs Rowland did not realise ‘ an independence by an honourable profession ’ and was not able to leave a competence to her unmarried daughter. She died at the house of her daughter Mrs Netherclift at Kensington on the 9th January 1882 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery. Catharine Rowland was born 14 november 1825 and baptised 17 february 1826 almost needless to say at St James’s I’iccadilly. She assisted her mother in the school from a very early age. When her mother died, both were residing with Mr and Mrs Netherclift. After the death of the latter she continued to reside with Netherclift. He would not allow her to continue the teaching as he considered she had not sufficient health ! She always was the invalid of the family ! She published two songs. ‘Our Volunteers, words and music by C. Rowland, dedicated by permission to lieut. colonel Rimington, late 2nd City of London R.V. Ent. Sta. Hall, copyright, price 4s. The London music publishing and general agency co. limited, 54 Great Marlborough street,’ folio pp 5. d'he other song was ‘ Flcavenward, words and music by Catherine [sic] Rowland