Rathbone, Richard (1794-1800)
Rathbone, Richard, 3 Dufours Ct, Broad St, Golden Sq., London, carver and gilder (1794–1800). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 9 July 1794 for £600 on his house, contents and utensils. Recorded at 3 Dufours Pl. in the account books of Edward, Lord Harewood, 1st Earl, and Edward, Lord Lascelles, relating to Harewood House, Yorks., and Harewood House, Hanover Sq., London. Between 19 June 1795 and 25 May 1799 Rathbone was paid a total of £361 4s for unspecified work. On 23 June 1797 he supplied ‘a frame for Mrs. Chaloner’, costing £4 19s; on 27 October 1798, a picture frame costing £7 2s; and on 14 June 1800 he was paid 12s 6d ‘for taking down the great Lanthorn’. [GL, Sun MS vol. 401, ref. 630179; Leeds archives dept, Harewood MS 211–12 and 189–92]