John Hennon Hackworth (1843 - 1923) was the fourth child of Thomas Hackworth (1797 - 1877) but his three eldest siblings all died as children. (Thomas, of course, was the only (and younger) brother of Timothy Hackworth).
I don't quite know the history of this material that I found in a case of Hackworth material kept by John Wesley Hackworth's great granddaughter Joan Hackworth Weir nee Parsons.
John Hennon Hackworth was, as stated above, was descended from Timothy Hackworth's brother Thomas but seem to have taken over some of John Wesley Hackworth business and the london premises after his death. I will add these letters here and fill in any details that come to light as a when!
The original address of 147,Queen Victoria Street London corresponds to one of John Wesley Hackworth's addresses. in 1885 John Wesley Hackworth seems to be living or perhaps had an office or other premises at this address while still having a darlington address of Victoria Road which runs up to Darlington Railway station. The current railway station at Banktop was built in 1887, shortly before John Wesley Hackworth's death in 1991. Here are two letters to and from JWH.
These are some adverts for John Hannon Hackworth after moving to 46 Queen Victoria Road in London.
It seems that John Hannon Hackworth bought the Machinery and hardware Company in 1894 and rescued them from liquidation.
There also this item from the London Gazette with the material and is probably where the above cutting came from but I'm not sure how it all fits - it's here as source material, but I can't explain it at present.
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