Heber MARDON

1840 - 1925  (85 years)

• Name	Heber MARDON
  Born	28.04.1840	South Molton, Devon   [1]
  Christened	JP for Somerset   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	Wesleyan Chapel, South Molton   [1]
  Occupation	1849	Bristol
  	Purchased two lithographic presses.
  Census	1871
  	Apsley Villas, St James & St Paul Parish, Bristol Registration district Clifton Heber aged 30 Annie ME aged 34 Reginald aged 9 Ella J aged 8 Ernest G aged 6 Evelyn J aged 3 Lucy Osborne - Governess aged 19 Ellen Taylor Servant aged 22 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census RG10 piece # 2546 Folio 79 page 17
  Census	1881	Southfield House, Westbury upon Trym, Gloucs.
  	Reg District Barton Regis, Archive RG11 piece #2504 Folio 77 page 24 First Last status Sex Age Birth Occupation Birth place Heber Mardon Head Married Male 40 1841 Wholesale Stationer &c South Molton, Devon, England Anna M E Mardon Wife Married Female 44 1837 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Reginald H Mardon Son Single Male 19 1862 Stationer Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Ella J Mardon Daughter Single Female 18 1863 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Ernest G Mardon Son Single Male 16 1865 Clerk Westbury, Gloucestershire, England Evelyn J Mardon Son Single Male 13 1868 Scholar Westbury, Gloucestershire, England Christine L Mardon Dau Single Female 9 1872 Scholar Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Effie L Mardon Dau Single Female 5 1876 Scholar Clifton, England Arthur C Mardon Son Single Male 1 1880 - Westbury, Gloucestershire, England Ann Moon Servant Single Female 42 1839 Cook Dom Serv Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England Hannah Gore Servant Single Female 19 1862 Housemaid Dom Serv Clyro, Radnorshire, Wales Sarah J Green Servant Single Female 24 1857 Nurse Dom Serv Coventry, Warwickshire, England Elizabeth Thatcher Visitor Single Female 30 1851 - St George's, Gloucestershire, England
  Occupation	of Ashwick,Dulverton,Som.  [1]
  Died	01.04.1925	Cliffden, Teignmouth   [1]
  Person ID	I1269	Tarleton | Mardon descendents from Clannaborough
  Last Modified	4 May 2021

  
  

  Father	James MARDON,   b. 03.01.1808, South Molton, Devon ,   d. 4 Feb 1897, Bristol?  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary MORRIS,   d. 24 Nov 1847, Arno's Vale Cemetery, Bristol
  Married	23.02.1835  [2]
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Maria Elizabeth HALL,   b. 1836, Somerset ,   d. 11.05.1911  (Age 75 years)
  Married	25.08.1860	Emanuel Church, Weston super Mare,Som.   [1]
  Children	1. Reginald Heber MARDON,   b. 13.11.1861, Clifton, Gloucs ,   d. 25.12.1945, Westminster, London  (Age 84 years)   2. Ella Josephine MARDON,   b. 04.11.1862, Bristol ,   d. 09.09.1955  (Age 93 years)   3. Ernest George MARDON,   b. 14.04.1864, Westbury, Gloucestershire ,   d. 23.02.1943  (Age 79 years)   4. Evelyn John MARDON,   b. 25.07.1867, Clifton, Gloucs ,   d. 20.09.1958, Minehead; of Halsway Manor, Crowcombe  (Age 91 years)   5. Christine Lilian MARDON,   b. 08.12.1871, Bristol ,   d. 21.06.1954  (Age 83 years)   6. Effie Louise MARDON,   b. 17.07.1875, Bristol ,   d. 18.02.1969  (Age 94 years)   7. Arthur Claude MARDON,   b. 07.07.1879, Westbury on Trym, Glocs ,   d. 26.07.1952, Willingdon, Sussex  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Eliza FLINTOFF,   b. 1850, Middlesex
  Married	POST 1912
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Heber Mardon

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Heber Mardon, of Cliffden, Teignmouth, left ?399,518, net personalty being ?384,276. The will is proved by his sons, Mr. Reginald Heber Mardon, of Henley-on-Thames, Mr. Ernest George Mardon, Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire, Mr. Evelyn John Mardon of New Court, Topsham, and Colonel Arthur Claude Mardon, of Oakhays, Woodbury. He left ?500, an annuity of ?2,000 and the use of Cliffden, and while she makes that her principal residence, the income from other land and premises to his wife; 300 ?1 shares in Chappell Allen and Co, Ltd, to his granddaughter, Christine Mary Harrison; ?10 for each year of service to his servants, and the residue to his four sons, having already provided for his daughters. Mardon, Son & Hall was founded in 1846 by James Mardon in partnership with his brother-in-law John Harris. Headed business notepaper provided the firm's initial success whilst expansion into label and packaging printing, allied with a diversification into letterpress printing and the purchase of eight new lithographic machines in 1866-67 provided further growth. Crucial to the firm's sustained growth, however, was its association with W.D. & H.O. Wills which led to Mardon's being perceived as printers to the English tobacco trade. They were one of the first firms to utilise the inserted stiffening card placed in cigarette packets to create the immensely successful cigarette card and soon, Mardon's indispensability to the British tobacco trade saw them become part of the newly-formed Imperial Tobacco Group in 1902. By the beginning of the First World War Mardon's had opened eight new factories, by 1939 employing 5,270 people and, although during World War II nine factories were destroyed, following the war the firm has rebuilt and expanded, during 1979 celebrating the opening of their nineteenth factory. Heber Mardon obituary in the Western Daily Press, 2nd April 1925. eber Mardon was a former head of the well-known firm of Mardon, Son & Hall. He was born on the 28th April, 1840 and was the son of Mr James Mardon who, in 1846, moved to Bristol to join his cousin, Mr John Harris, in the printing trade at 39 Broad Street. Heber and his brother John were trained in the business, which developed considerably in the course of years, absorbing others and ever requiring larger premises. In 1860 Mr Heber Mardon founded, with his father, the firm of Mardon and Son, with works at 10 & 11 St. Stephen Street. In the same year he married a daughter of Mr Joseph Hall, of Clifton, whose son George became a partner in the printing business in 1863, the name then becoming Mardon, Son & Hall. The firm became known far and wide for cardboard box making and artistic colour printing, including cigarette picture cards. In 1867 the business moved to Milk Street. Mr James Mardon died in 1896, having retired many years earlier, leaving Mr Heber Mardon sole proprietor. The extensive factories at Temple Gate were erected in the 1880s and in 1897 a limited company was formed with Mr Heber Mardon as chairman. The firm catered largely for Messrs W.D. and H.O. Wills and other leading tobacco manufacturers, and became associated with the Imperial Tobacco Company on its formation. Heber Mardon retired to Teignmouth in around 1914, where he made an impact in the local community. The land now belonging to the Teignmouth Golf Club had been generously given to the club by Heber Mardon in the 1920s. He also made a superb gift of engraving plates to the Bristol Museum and gave his collection of Napoleonic artefacts to Exeter Museum.

  
  

• Sources

  [S167] Victor Mardon, family tree and papers sent to Adam, March 1998. [S273] Burke 2004, Burke.