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Sir John Wormald (.pdf file) - writing about his family and his life - in 1929
(Added February 2008, courtesy of Mark and John Hartley - answering many questions posed on this page.)
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| Joseph Dawson Wormald was a Writer to the Signet. The 1911 on-line Encyclopaedia carries this definition: "WRITERS TO THE SIGNET, in Scotland, a society of law agents corresponding to solicitors in England. They were originally clerks in the secretary of states office and prepared the different writings passing the signet; every summons is still signed on its last page by a writer to the signet. By the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868, they have the exclusive privilege of preparing all crown writs, charters, precepts, &c., from the sovereign or the prince of Scotland. They have no charter but are usually considered a corporation by long custom; they have office-bearers and are members of the College of Justice. On the Act of Union there was much debate as to whether writers to the signet should be eligible to the Scottish bench. It was finally decided that they should be eligible aften ten years practice. But, with the exception of Hamilton of Pencaitland in 1712, no writer to the signet has ever had a seat on the bench." |
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Text from Tyco/Wormald NZ "The early history of Wormald is the history of the fire protection industry in Australia and New Zealand. In 1889 Russell & Wormald was established in Australia acquiring the agency for Grinnell sprinkler systems. An agency was set up in New Zealand through A.D Riley Ltd. The first sprinkler system to be installed in New Zealand was at the Northern Roller Mills in Auckland in 1889. In 1911, Harry Wormald joined his brother Joseph to establish Wormald Brothers Pty Ltd. in Australia. In 1946 Wormald Brothers established its first New Zealand branch and registered as a private company a year later (Wormald Brothers NZ Ltd). Operations in New Zealand were confined to fabricating and installing sprinkler systems until 1953. In this year, the decision was made to expand and develop the New Zealand operations, using the sprinkler business as the base company. The Christchurch based Vigilant Alarm Company (est. 1914) was purchased in 1956. This added electronics manufacturing, together with the design and installation of fire alarms to the services offered to clients. Today, Wormald has expanded its operations from that early base of sprinkler systems and fire alarm systems, to include portable fire equpment and special hazard fire protection. In August 1990, Tyco International
from the USA merged the worldwide operations of Grinnell
Fire Protection, Wormald International and their
subsidiaries, including Mather and Platt and Total
Walther to create the largest fire protection company
in the world, with operations in over 50 countries. Tyco
International is a Fortune Global 500 Company, currently
ranked at 182."
As a matter of "Mather & Platt" interest, there is a record of a John Wormald marrying an Alice Mather on 5th November 1644 at Birstall in Yorkshire. This John Wormald was bu. February 1678 and his wife, bu. May 1675. His parents are recorded as Richard Wormall and Dorithie Fearnley. They were married in Birstall in August 1591. John (Alice Mather) Wormald had a brother - William Wormald - who married 1624/25 Alice Walker. (Information courtesy of Christine Wormald whose husband, Christopher John Wormald's line descends from this latter, William Wormald. 1/2002) |
John
Wormald (Sir)
William Edward Wormald
(Henry)
Harry Percy Wormald -
Born 1874