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Buist, Henry Seaton (or Seton) (1804-46)

Buist, Henry Seaton (or Seton), London, cm and pianoforte maker (b. c. 1804–d. 1846). Addresses given at 6 Hudson's Terr., Westminster, 1834; 23 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, 1836–38; and 13 Smith Sq., Westminster, 1846. Eldest son of William Buist, cm, of 10 Queen St, Grosvenor Sq., and bapt. on 5 June 1804 at the Scots Church, Crown Ct, Russell St. His own children were bapt. in 1834, and 1836–38, at St John the Evangelist, Smith Sq., Westminster. He died, aged 42, on 13 August 1846, of ‘ulceration of the wind pipe’. [PR(bapt.); death certificate from General Reg. Office, London]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.