Cleator, George, Liverpool, cm (1767–82). At 7 Atherton St, 1767–81 according to directory entries but in 1782, the year of his retirement, he was in Lord St. By this year he also had a partner Thomas Potter whose death was the occasion for the termination of the business. Their stock of furniture was sold on 7 January 1782 and consisted of ‘mahogany chairs, tables, desks, chests of drawers, bedsteads, a very good mahogany wardrobe, looking-glasses etc.’. On 14 January 1782 the stocks of timber were auctioned consisting of ‘about seven thousand feet of mahogany in boards & plank, & a quantity of very fine veneers; together with some walnut, oak, deal etc.’. [D; Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 3 and 10 January 1782]