Austin Porritt

Not to be confused with (Col) Austin Townsend Porritt of Ramsbottom

•  Birth date           1876 at Bamford, Heywood
• Marriage              1902 to Ethel, eldest daughter Mr. and Mrs. James H. Peters of Broadhalgh, Rochdale
• Death date          2 April 1939 at Church Stretton, Shropshire

Austin Porritt was the fourth son of Alderman Joseph Porritt woollen manufacturer of Bamford near Heywood and his wife Lydia.  Joseph is assumed to be related to the Porritt families, manufactures in the Rossendale Valley who delighted in calling their male offspring “Austin.” He was in partnership with J D Mould and S Mould 1900 to 1907 - “ The partnership hitherto subsisting between J D Mould, S J Mould, and A Porritt, architects, etc, Bury, Lancashire, Manchester, and Queen Victoria Street, London, E C, under the style of Moulds and Porritt, has been dissolved.” [Building News 31 May 1907 page 752]. He is recorded as an Architect, residing at Bamford in the 1911 census but is not included in the RIBA Kalendar for 1913.

Austin Porritt married Ethel Peters of Rochdale in April-June 1902. Their only son, Humphrey Milne Porritt emigrated to Ashbury College, Ottawa. Canada, where he was a master.

Address
Victoria Buildings, Silver Street, Bury

Obituary              Rochdale Observer - Saturday 8 April 1939 page 9