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[[File:TitheringtonList.jpg|600px|thumb|center| The LCBA removed Titherington from its list of past presidents<ref>Cotton and the Civil War, Jim Powell</ref>.]]
In Ellisons noted book "The Cotton Trade of Great Britain: Including a History of the Liverpool Cotton Market and of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association" (a standard work) a list of LBCA Presidents also avoids mentioning
Titherington's story (and the Coat of Arms) is worth further exploration. There are some clear suggestions that he was acting as a broker for cotton speculation during the American Civil War, This may have involved buying cotton from the Confederacy - frowned upon on some circles, and much hampered by blockade. In Manchester, the massive reduction of available American cotton caused an economic disaster referred to as the "Lancashire Cotton Famine". Private British blockade runners sent munitions and luxuries to Confederate ports in return for cotton and tobacco - it could make a healthy profit. A broker could ensure that an investor could speculate and remain anonymous
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