Background
He was born in Pebmarsh, Essex in 1802, the younger son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton.
He was born in Pebmarsh, Essex in 1802, the younger son of George Courtauld and Ruth Minton.
Their five children were:
George Courtauld (Member of Parliament), Justice of the Peace, (1830-1920)
Samuel Augustine Courtauld (22 February 1833 – 23 September 1854)
Louis Courtauld (2 September 1834) married Elizabeth Robinson 2 July 1862 in Croydon, Surrey
Susanna Ruth Courtauld (4 June 1838) married Lewis Barrett Solly on 2 April 1864
Sydney Courtauld, Justice of the Peace, (1840-1899)
George Courtauld, sometimes referred to as George II Courtauld, spent four years in the United States of with his father. The father, the elder George, had visited in his youth and it had had clearly created a deep impression upon him, as it was to that he wished to return when he retired from the silk firm he had created, in 1816. The son would now spend some youthful years in, before returning to England and settling down to the responsibilities of running a silk business, exactly as his father had done before him.
George the younger stayed with his father in his final years, until the old man died in 1823.
He returned to England the following year, once he had wound up his father"s and his own affairs in the United States. He continued to work for the family firm for the remainder of his life.
George and Susanna Courtauld were both buried at Gosfield, also in Essex, where many other members of the Courtauld family are also buried.