10 Facts About Theodore Doxford

Sir William Theodore Doxford was a British shipbuilder and politician.

Theodore Doxford was the eldest son of the eight surviving children of William Doxford and his wife, Hannah Pile Doxford.

Theodore Doxford was baptised on 14 March 1841 in St Michaels, Bishopwearmouth.

On 9 April 1863, Theodore Doxford married Margaret Wilkinson, daughter of Richard Wilkinson, a local shipbuilder.

Theodore Doxford was present at Gladstone's funeral service at Westminster Abbey in 1898.

Theodore Doxford had been involved in local affairs, serving on Sunderland town council, as a River Wear commissioner and as a magistrate for Sunderland and County Durham.

Theodore Doxford was a Deputy Lieutenant for County Durham from 1896 and was a founding member and second president of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders.

Theodore Doxford represented Wearside on the National Federation of Shipbuilding Employers and was chairman of the Wear Shipbuilders' Association from 1908 to 1912.

Theodore Doxford died on 1 October 1916, aged 74, at his home, Grindon Hall, a few months after the death of his wife.

Theodore Doxford was buried with his wife in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery.