Whitworth, Sir Joseph, eminent mechanician, born at Stockport; the rival of Lord Armstrong in the invention of ordnance; invented artillery of great range and accuracy; was made a baronet in 1869 (1803‒1887).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Whittington, Sir Richard * Whyte-Melville, George John