Edward Holmes Baldock (dealer)

Edward Holmes Baldock (1777–1845) was a prominent London furniture dealer to the Royal Family, father of Edward Holmes Baldock.

That listing had him operating out of No.7 Hanway Street in London, where he was described as selling "china and glass".

An updated listing in 1821 described his business as "an antique furniture and ornamental furniture dealer", and in 1826 as a buyer and seller of "china, cabinets, screens, bronzes etc".

Baldock was one of the first antique dealers and had something in common with the 18th century marchand-merciers Dominique Daguerre and Simon-Philippe Poirier.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] He was the father of Edward Holmes Baldock (1812–1875), a British Conservative Party politician, and of Mary Frances Baldock, wife of the philatelist W. A. S. Westoby.