Charles Verity

Biography

Charles Verity (27 August 1814 – 4 December 1899) was an English stone mason, building contractor and mayor of Doncaster. He began his career as an itinerant railway ganger but, after his ability was noticed by railway engineer Charles Bartholomew, he received building contracts, including the Frodingham Viaduct, which started him on the road to a successful career as a building contractor. He became a wealthy man and was elected mayor of Doncaster in 1881. He sired a large family, and two of his descendants were Charles Henry Verity owner of the Swinton Wagon and Railway Wheel works, and "principal in the firm of Verity & Son, wheel, tire, (sic) and axle manufacturers at Swinton", and the inventor Claude Hamilton Verity.