Alexander Brogden
From Graces Guide
Born 3 November 1825. Died 26 November 1892
Of John Brogden and Sons, contractors, iron masters and coal masters
1852 of Sir Harry's Road, Edgbaston and South Staffordshire Railway
1868 Elected MP for Wednesbury
1872 Director of newly formed Diamond Rock Boring Co.[1]
c1874-1876 - Partner in the Cumberland Diamond Boring and Tunnelling Company.[2]
1880 On application of Alexander, the appointment of a receiver to wind up John Brogden and Sons was agreed in Court. [3]The partnership was "dissolved as from the 26th day of July, 1880, by an Order of the Chancery Division of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice."[4]
1883 Alexander Brogden filed a petition for liquidation, with debts of nearly £3/4m. [5]
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