Maria Ustonson was the daughter-in-law of
Onesimus Ustonson
Onesimus Ustonson (April 1736 – after 1783) was an English manufacturer of fishing tackle. He invented the multiplying reel, and supplied fishing tackle to the naturalist Joseph Banks for the second voyage of James Cook, 1772–1775. The firm o ...
, founder of the London-based fishing tackle maker, Ustonson. She was married to his third son, Charles Ustonson (1775-1822), who took over the business in 1815, but when he died in 1822, his widow Maria Ustonson took over.
Under Maria, Ustonson received a
Royal Warrant from three successive monarchs starting with King
George IV
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten y ...
.
In 1830, she married the portrait painter
William Armfield Hobday
William Armfield Hobday (1771 – 17 February 1831) was an English portrait painter and miniaturist whose clientele included royalty and the Rothschild family.
Life
Hobday was born in Birmingham, the eldest of 4 sons of Samuel Hobday (1746 ...
, and after his death in 1831, married Robert Joy in 1833.
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English businesspeople