Frederick Chesterfield Ryland

Frederick Chesterfield Ryland (1857-1927), metal broker.

1857 Born in Birmingham son of Charles and Emma Ryland

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1927 Obituary

F. C. RYLAND died suddenly at his home in Southampton on. March 6, 1927, at the age of sixty-nine.

He succeeded to an agency and merchanting business which his father had established at Mount, Handsworth, in 1830, and he was closely associated with the iron and steel industry for many years.

He attained great prominence in the industry, and, among other things, established Ryland's Iron Trade Circular, which ultimately developed into a regular weekly newspaper, and from which sprang "Ryland's Directory."

Mr. Ryland was one of the earliest members of the Birmingham Exchange; he became a member of the managing committee in 1905, and after being Treasurer he became its President in 1919, still holding the office of Vice-President at the time of his death.

He was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1897.

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1927 on Sunday March 6th, Mr Frederick Chesterfield Ryland, the managing director and chairman of Charles Ryland and Son, iron and steel merchants and agents, of Birmingham died. Mr. Ryland, who was sixty-nine years of age, was well known on the Birmingham Exchange, of which he was one of the most respected members. He was President of the Exchange from 1919 to 1925, and had been a member of the Committee for a long period of years. The firm of which Mr F. C. Ryland was associated was founded in 1830 by his father, Mr. Charles Ryland, and on his death Mr. Ryland succeeded to the business, which he conducted until 1923, when it was converted into a limited company, and he become managing director and chairman.

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