James Moorhouse
James Moorhouse was born in Knottingly, near Pontefract, in about 1784. According to Leader (1905-6)1, his father was a farmer. By 1815, he was part of Moorhouse, Rushworth & Steele, as a pen and pocket knife manufacturer. When this partnership was dissolved in 1828, Moorhouse continued to trade in Devonshire Street as a manufacturer of pen and sportsman’s knives. He married Jane Frances née Bowman and they had one son, James Moorhouse (1826-1915). The latter recalled his ....
