William Leyland Hunter 1851 

William Leyland Hunter was born June 3rd, 1844 at St Anne’s Square, Manchester. His father was John Hunter and his mother Alice Southam. John Hunter was in the tea business with “Binyon’s” at St Anne’s Square in Manchester. John Hunter later had a more formal affiliation when it became “Binyon’s and Hunter” for a short period of time. That seems to have not worked out.

On the 1851 Census of England, William Leyland Hunter is listed as aged 6, and along with his mother Alice Hunter and a servant Ellen Entwhistle, was domiciled at the Legh Arms Hotel at Newton in Mackerfield, which looks to be about half-way between Manchester and Liverpool.

It’s interesting that his name is spelled out in full on the census form, seeming to indicate he was given some status, if only by his mother, at such an early age.