John Staniland
John Staniland was a table knife manufacturer, who was active in the late eighteenth century. Reconstructing his family tree at this distance is speculative. But apparently he was the brother of Richard Staniland. They were granted their Freedoms in 1757. The listing in 1774 of Wainwright & Staniland (a table knife manufacturer, Hawley Croft) probably marked John Staniland’s first appearance in a directory. His trade mark was ‘GRACE’. In 1774, this mark was combined w....
