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| John, Edward and Hutchinson Lancaster, Photographers at Birkenhead and Chester. |
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| John Lancaster was the first of the brothers to set up in business in Grosvenor St.,Chester in 1860. (The History Gazetteer and Directory for Cheshire 1860 by Francis White & Co.) |
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| His brothers Edward and Hutchinson joined him soon after, as by 1861 the Lancaster brothers had produced their first carte de visite with the monogram "Messrs.Lancaster, Grosvenor St., Chester" printed on the reverse. |
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| By about 1863/4 the brothers had started up another branch of their business under the name of Messrs. Lancaster at 6, Price St. Birkenhead. (Carte de visite monogram: "Photographed by Messrs.Lancaster, Grosvenor Street, Chester & 6 Price St. Birkenhead"). |
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| The partnership was short lived, as shortly afterwards, about 1865, John Lancaster was running the Birkenhead branch on his own. (Carte de visite monogram: "J.Lancaster, 6 Price St., Birkenhead", and later "John Lancaster, Photographer, Grosvenor St., Chester & 6, Price St., Birkenhead") |
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| John Lancaster continued to run both his Grosvenor St., Chester studios and the one at 6, Price St., Birkenhead, until about 1877 when Elizabeth Young took over the Birkenhead studio. (Birkenhead electoral roll 1878). He continued to run his Chester studio until he left for Australia in 1879. |
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| Edward Lancaster continued in business under his own name in a separate establishment in Grosvenor St., in Chester until about 1870. |
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| Hutchinson Lancaster was never in business under his own name, and after the dissolving of the partnership - Messrs, Lancaster - he appears to have worked for one or both of his brothers. |
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| Compiled by Marjorie Williams. [email protected]. August 2001. |
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