George Courtauld (industrialist, born 1802)

[1] He was born in Pebmarsh, Essex in 1802, the younger son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton.

[2] His elder brother was Samuel Courtauld, who succeeded their father as the senior partner of the family firm.

The elder George returned to America in 1818 and managed to persuade his younger son to join him two years later.

The son would now spend some youthful years in America, before returning to England and settling down to the responsibilities of running a silk business, exactly as his father had done before him.

In 1824 he joined his elder brother, Samuel Courtauld to work in the rapidly expanding silk and crepe manufactory.