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Birchenough with 458, Wadsworth 322, and Samuel Brown, 176. In 1866 there was no contest, but in 1869 Birchenough had again to fight for his seat. His Liberal colleague on this occasion was Joseph Barclay, and they were opposed by J. Tunstall and W. Barnett. Birchenough received 521 votes, and Barclay 503, which placed them far ahead of their opponents.
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for over thirty years, and served as the chairman of
Brunswick Chapel, chairman and president of the School of Art and the Technical School. He was particularly engaged in fundraising for the establishment of the Macclesfield School of Art and Science in 1876 and remained its president until 1882. He
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The next stage in his business career was the purchase of the
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Macclesfield Town Council on 17 November 1856 at a bye-election in No. 3 Ward where his business interests were centered. In 1857 his re-election was unopposed but in 1860, and again in 1863 the seats were contested. In the latter year Birchenough's colleague was
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Birchenough purchased the extensive Park Lane mills from Henry Wardle. At this time the Chester Road mill and the Prestbury Road mill were both being worked by Birchenough. About fifteen years before his death he took his sons into partnership, and the firm was renamed John Birchenough
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Birchenough was a prolific supporter of local charities. He was governor of the
Macclesfield Infirmary, a governor of the High School for Girls, a member of the committee of the Macclesfield Industrial School, vice chairman and an ex-president of the Chamber of Commerce, and in connection with the
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Birchenough started his career working with his elder brother Thomas
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Liberal Unionists, and the predominant Conservative Party secured his re-election. W. C. Brocklehurst and Birchenough received the unanimous vote of the council, but for the other four seats the Liberal Aldermen (Stancliffe, Wright, Hooley, and Rowbotham) were
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No one could desire to see women looking more healthy than the operatives in some of our factories in
Manchester, Bradford, and, Halifax. I shall long remember going through Messrs. Birchenough's silk mills at Macclesfield. Certainly the occasion was an exceptional one. The eldest son had been
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Macclesfield. On the same day that he took office the council accepted a resolution moved by R. Brodrick, and seconded by Alderman Jackson, recommending that the names of R. Thorp, A. Hordern, G. R. Killmister, J.
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in the nineteenth century. He was the head of the Macclesfield silk manufacturing firm Birchenough and Sons with mills at Park Lane, Prestbury Road and Henderson Street in Macclesfield. He was a
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Birchenough, C. Brocklehurst, and J. Dawson, be forwarded to the Lord Chancellor for appointment as borough magistrates, and in due course the names were placed on the commission of the peace.
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described at the time of his death as "The Elms, a pretty mansion in Byrons' lane, Sutton, Macclesfield". His sons included William Taylor Birchenough of
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Birchenough was a Liberal Unionist and served as Mayor of Macclesfield Town in 1875–76. His portrait hangs in Macclesfield old Town Hall.
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also served as chairman and treasurer of Mill Street Wesleyan School and supported the work of the "useful Knowledge Society".
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