William Chawner II

William Chawner II (active London 1815-1834) was apprenticed to Wm Eley and Geo. Fearn in London from 1797. In 1808 he became a third partner of Eley, Fearn & Chawner, spoonmakers. In 1815 he set up his own shop Chawner & Co. His son, William II apprenticed with his father. Upon his death in 1834, his wife Mary, also a spoonmaker, continued the firm with her son (until he left to join the clergy in 1838) and son-in-law George Adams who became her partner in 1840. Chawner & Co. operated from 1840 to 1883, using the initials of George Adams as its makers mark.