George Young Wardle (1836–1910)

Business manager and artist. Manager of the decorative arts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (Morris & Co. from 1875), 1870–90. Married Madeleine Hamilton Smith, accused poisoner, in 1861. Travelled to the United States on business in 1880.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/2882/71/18), 1881 (RG11/320/102/26)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 3 January 2020)

England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 3 January 2020)

ODNB s.v. Smith, Madeleine Hamilton

Sharp and Marsh 2012, p. 109 n.2