F. S. Cleaver and Sons
From Graces Guide
32-34 Red Lion Street, Holborn, and 9 Princeton Street, Holborn, London
Wholesale perfumers and toilet soap makers.
Established at Red Lion Street by Frederick Samuel Cleaver. The business, however, originated as far back as 1770
1884 Introduced a process for preparing soap including a machine, invented and patented by Mr. F. Cleaver, in which the soap tablets are finished[1]
1906 F. S. Cleaver and Sons Limited was incorporated.[2] The flotation was described as a risky task of resuscitating a business with fallen fortunes, the business having been carried on by court-appointed receivers and managers since the death of the proprietor a year before, and with the purpose of returning it to family ownership.[3]
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