Timme, George Augustus

First name(s)

George Augustus

Surname

Timme

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *2

• Curator of George III Museum 1853-56 a temporary position;
• Clerk of Works (1849) -1873;
• Superintendant of (Engineering) Workshop 1850-1876;

Education & professional details

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

1841 - Engraver and lathe maker at Holtzapffel and Co (Mechanical tool makers) Charing Cross Rd

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *1

1816

Place of birth ^Ref: *1

Sandhurst Berkshire

Date of death ^Ref: *1

1874

Place of death ^Ref: *1

Stanstead Essex

Family details ^Ref: *3

Son of Friedrich Christian Timme, born 1773 in Saxony Germany and died 10th January 1839 at Sandhurst, and Eliza Sutter; married Eliza Jackson; children: Elizabeth, Conrad, Charles and Walter

Notes ^Ref: *4

• Gave evidence in a libel case, written in Times August 1841;
• Timme took over the post of Curator of George III museum temporarily from John Edward Cock, A long letter from the Principal to the Committee explains why this happened;
• Will - left personal effects of less than 300 to his widow;
• Manuscript and printed letters to the Secretary of King's College London including E Timme, informing the College of the death of her husband, George Augustus Timme ([1816]-1874), Superintendent of Workshop and Curator of the George III Museum, and the College's offer to put her step-children in the Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum