Lonsdale or Lownsdale, Francis

Lancaster, Lancs.; cabinet maker (fl.1756-1792)

The son of Thomas Lonsdale, victualler of Milnthorpe, Westmorland, he was apprenticed to Robert Gillow to serve from 9 June 1756. He was one of nine workmen listed in the firm's Petty Ledger for 1760-62. He may have been the Lonsdale who is recorded in the Gillow Archive who made a circular snap table on eagle's claw feet in November 1792.

Source: Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840 (2008), II, p.260.