Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 166,274 pages of information and 246,583 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
c.1839 Born in Ipswich, son of Jeremiah and Mary Head[1]
1867 Bought the interest of his brother, Thomas Howard Head, in Head, Ashby and Co
1871 Manufacturing mechanical engineer, living in Stockton, employing 421 men and 62 boys[2]
1890 Chairman of Head, Wrightson and Co when it went public.
1911 director of various companies, living in Folkestone, with his wife Edith age 50[3]
1924 Died in Kent; buried in Folkestone[4]
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