Austin, John (1773-96)
Austin, John, London, upholder (1773–c.96). Son of John Austin of Sheerness, Kent, victualler. App. to Robert Phipps on 3 June 1762 and admitted freeman of the Upholder's Co. by servitude on 7 April 1773. His addresses were 29 Cannon St (1776–78), Gt Tower St (1781), Redman's Row, Mile End (1786) and ‘The Stag’, Brewhouse St, St Mary, Westminster (1796). [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.