David Sydenham

David Sydenham
Residence	104 Edgware Road The Library, Bournemouth [1867]
Occupation	business
Society Membership membership ASL ordinary fellow ASL Foundation Fellow left 1867.07.15 last listed elected_ASL 1865.01.03

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appears to have been a printer/publisher of archaeological books and maps

Bournemouth's first newspaper ... founded 1846, first registered proprietors being the late Mr John Sydenham, jun., and Mr David Sydenham, now of the Royal Marine Library, Bournemouth

The P.S. Empress was built on the Thames in 1879 for Cosens and Co. of Weymouth. She entered service in 1880 based at Bournemouth and ran on the Isle of Wight and Swanage services. In 1881 David Sydenham, one of the founders of the Bournemouth Company, joined Cosens which created rivalry between the two companies. By 1882 Empress was operating weekend excursions to France and the Channel Islands. Two years later, Cosens new steamer Victoria arrived and Empress returned to local services. Both ships in fact had strengthened bows for landing passengers at Lulworth Cove. Towards the end of her career Empress appeared in David Lean's 1946 film version of Dickens' 'Great Expectations'. 1955 saw her last sailings from Weymouth before going to the breakers. Her engines, built by John Penn of Greenwich, were the last operational oscillating engines in Britain and are preserved at the Maritime Museum in Southampton.