Lesser house / family
Redd family
Also called Redd · the maritime Redd interest
One of the maritime houses whose junior branches staff British consular houses abroad so the family has eyes on the quay.
A wider maritime family known in consular service, to which Dover's best-known shipwright belongs.
Named with it
- Master Shipwright Elias Redd
Ties
- staffs British consular houses under the Westminster office
- Elias Redd works at Archcliffe Yard
At the table
Consuls from such families often marry locally, creating relatives on both shores. The yard treats Elias Redd as a shipwright before anything else.