Hodgkinson, Isaac (1800-1860)
Hodgkinson, Isaac
Nottingham; cabinet maker (c.1800–60)
One of a family of cabinet makers and chair makers of the name of Hodgkinson or Hodgkison.
The family lived in the Amersham, High Wycombe and Thame districts between 1770–80. One of them, another Isaac Hodgkinson, chair maker, emigrated to Australia and formed a business with Henry Corlass, a cabinet maker of Yorkshire.
Other members of the Hodgkinson family spread to other parts of England, including John Hodgkinson, chair maker, to Carlisle, and Isaac (cabinet maker) to Nottingham.
The family chair making firm still exists in High Wycombe, the family having moved there from either Derbyshire, or Lancashire, possibly the Preston area, long associated with chair making.
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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