Born at Oakfield,
Aigburth,
Liverpool, Edwin Waterhouse was the son of a wealthy cotton broker. His brothers were prominent
architect Alfred Waterhouse, designer of
London's
Natural History Museum and many other iconic
Victorian buildings, and
solicitor Theodore Waterhouse, who founded the firm of
Waterhouse & Co. that continues to practise in the
City of London (now as part of
Field Fisher Waterhouse). He joined forces with
Samuel Lowell Price and
William Hopkins Holyland at new offices at No. 13
Gresham Street in London in 1865. In 1889 Waterhouse, along with a group of prominent businessmen, politicians and lawyers, founded
The Law Debenture Corporation. He also served as president of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants for the years 1892 to 1894. Waterhouse's
memoirs, describing his upbringing, education and professional life, along with his relationship with his two brothers, were found in the firm's archive in 1985, and an edited version produced in 1988. His son,
Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse, became senior partner of Price Waterhouse & Company, and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. ==References and sources==