MUNTZ

George Frederick (eld. son of Philip Frederick Muntz, merchant, d. 1811). b. Great Charles st. Birmingham 26 Nov. 1794; managed his father’s metal works in Water st. 1811; made a large fortune by manufacture of what is known as Muntz metal, patented by him 1832; a partner with Pascoe, Grenfell and Sons, copper smelters, London and Swansea 1837; founded with Thomas Attwood and Joshua Scholefield the Political Union for the protection of public rights 1829; chairman of a meeting of 15,000 persons in Birmingham to consider the general distre Jany. 1830; M.P. Birmingham 24 May 1840 to death, was the first M.P. who wore a beard; author of Letters upon corn and currency 1841; The true cause of the change in the commercial affairs of the country, 2 ed. 1843. d. Umber slade hall, near Birmingham 30 July 1857. J. Grant’s Portraits of public characters (1841) 86–101; R. B. Pro er’s Birmingham Inventors (1881) 93, 170, 206, 225; Dent’s Birmingham 398, 476, 493, 530, 533, (1880) portrait ; I.L.N. i 92 (1842) portrait , xiv 196 (1849) portrait ; E. Edwards’s Personal recollections of Birmingham (1877) 79–88.