Background
He was born in 1748 and died in 1777. Edward France was born in 1748 in Lancaster, the son of cabinetmaker John France.
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He was made a Freeman of Lancaster in 1773-1774. lieutenant is also recorded that Edward France & Company, Upholders of London were paid £12 12s on 3 July 1766 by the Duke of Portland for work done at Burlington House. Although the Royal Family favoured awarding the royal warrant to succeeding generations of a tradesmans family, this did not happen after the death of Edwards Uncle, William, in 1773.
As John (Edwards father) was not an upholsterer and Edward, at twenty four, too young to take on the appointment of what was one of the largest suppliers of goods to the Royal Household, William Farnborough was appointed in William"s stead.
At this time Edward was working out of 101 Street Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross, London as an Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker when he was admitted as a Freeman of Lancaster, 1773-1774, when stated ‘of Westminster‘. Even then it is Edward France"s name alone that is recorded c 1775, as supplying furniture for the state rooms at Erddig Park, Clwyd.
The name of the firm appears in the Royal Household bills until the end of the century, and their trade card ‘France and Beckwith Upholsterers and Cabinet makers to His Majesty, no 101 Street Martin’s Lane‘, is dated 1803.
