Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,256 pages of information and 244,497 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.

Francis Henry Sheppee

From Graces Guide

Colonel Francis Henry Sheppee (1874-1960), founder of the Sheppee Motor Co

1874 November 30th. Born the son of Francis Faulknor Sheppee and his wife Alice Jesse

Apprenticed to James Simpson and Co

1911 Living at 46 Queen Annes Road, York: Francis Henry Sheppee (age 38 born Chester-le-street), Steam Motor Car Manufacturer - Employer - Single. Two servants.[1]

1939 Director of National Glass Works, (York)


Cambridge alumini

Adm. at PEMBROKE, Oct. 1893. Eldest s. of Francis Faulkner, Lieut.-Colonel, R.A., retired (and Alice Jessie, dau. of Major-Gen. Robert Manwell Johnstone). B. Nov. 30, 1873, at Pictree House, Chester-le-Street, Durham. School, Uppingham. Matric. Michs. 1893; B.A. 1896. With James Simpson and Co., Ltd., engineers. M.I.M.E. Director of the national glass-works, York; of the Sheppee motor and engineering Co., and the Exchange Telegraph Co., Ltd. Of Holly Spring, Bracknell, Berks., in 1946.


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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 Census