Oddy, John Charles (Flower Oddy)

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Watercolour portrait of John Charles Oddy (Flower Oddy), aged 60. Born Feb 15th 1830 son of Joseph Oddy a famous flautist.

from John Sowden's notebooks:

'Born February 15th 1830. Son of Joseph Oddy a famous flautist. He was apprenticed to Mr E Mitchell, stuff merchant. Commenced business on his own account in 1860, and became one of the principal merchants in the town. He was a prominent Freemason and an ardent Conservative. He was particularly fond of flowers and gardening, and always wore a boquet (sic) in his buttonhole and was familiarly known amongst his personal friends as Flower Oddy. He was a great raconteur.'

Year

1889

Creator

John Sowden

Image filename

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