Edward Vickers
Edward Vickers (1804-1897) was the founder of Naylor Vickers & Co. which became Vickers Limited.
Career
Vickers was a successful miller who invested his money in the railway industry.[1] In 1828 he gained control of his father-in-law's steel foundry business, formerly Naylor & Sanderson, and renamed it Naylor Vickers & Co.[2] He went on to be Alderman and the Mayor of Sheffield and was the first President of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce before he died in 1897.[1]
Family
In 1828 he married Anne Naylor, they had seven children (George Naylor (1830-1889), Thomas Edward (1833-1915), Sarah Ann (1836-1919), Albert (1838-1919), Frederick (1840-?), Gertrude L. (1845-?) and Isabel (1847-?)).[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Grace's Guide
- ↑ Zander, p. 111
Sources
- Zander, Patrick Glenn (2011). Right Modern Technology, Nation, and Britain's Extreme Right in the Interwar Period. Proquest. ISBN 978-1243624611.
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