Theodore Waterhouse (1838–1891) was an

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solicitor and founder of the

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law firm Waterhouse & Co, which now forms part of

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. Theodore Waterhouse was born in 1838 in Aigburth,

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, the son of a wealthy cotton broker Quaker parents. He was one of a famous triumvirate of brothers. Alfred Waterhouse was a prominent

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and designer of

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and many other iconic Victorian buildings.

Edwin Waterhouse Edwin Waterhouse (4 June 1841 – 17 September 1917) was an English accountant. He is best known for having co-founded, with Samuel Lowell Price and William Hopkins Holyland, the accountancy practice of ''Price Waterhouse'' that now forms part o ...

was an equally prominent accountant, who co-founded the accountancy practice of

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that now forms part of

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1838 births 1891 deaths English solicitors Lawyers from Liverpool 19th-century English lawyers {{England-law-bio-stub