William Tress
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William Tress (10 May 1800 – 7 March 1859) was an English architect[1] best known for his buildings for the South Eastern Railway.
He was born on 10 May 1800 in Faversham, Kent, the son of Thomas Tress (1779–1825) and Esther Finch (1781–1854).
He married Ann Fearn (b. ca. 1803) on 7 February 1832 in Langham and they had the following children:
- Ellen Anne Ruck Tress (1836–1919)
- Marian (or Mary Anne) Tress (born 1839)
- Esther Tress (born 1841)
He married secondly Emma Wood (born 1830), youngest daughter of Lieutenant William Wood, R.N. of Brambling House, Kent on 19 November 1853.[2] at St Paul's, Bunhill Row, Finsbury Park. They had one son.
- William Tress (born 1854)
He died on 7 March 1859 at Redhill Lodge, Redhill after a short illness.[3]