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Edmund Potter
British industrialist and politician (1802–1883)
Edmund Potter (1802–1883) was an English politician and industrialist.
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He was a businessman in Manchester, a Member of Parliament (MP) and a grandfather of the author Beatrix Potter.
He was a unitarian and, from 1861 to 1874, Liberal MP for Carlisle.[1][2] Potter moved his business to Glossop in 1825, he rebuilt Joseph Lyne's Boggart Mill, and converted it to a printworks.
He moved his family to Dinting Lodge in 1842. Originally calico printing was done by hand, but Potter introduced precision machine printing. By 1883, the mill employed 350, and had printed 1 million pieces on 42 machines.
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It was the world's largest calico printing factory.[3]
Family
James Potter (1710–1770) of Hindley was a flax merchant. He moved to New Market Place, Manchester. His son John Potter lived at rural Ardwick Green, Manchester, He married Catherine Eccles of Macclesfield.
He visited America in 17