Lewis Chapman
Lewis Chapman CBE (1890-1963)
Born 5 Jan 1890
1905 Apprenticed aged 15 to J. J. Saville and Co with whom he remained and progressed on the commercial side.
1928 director of William Jessop and Sons and J. J. Saville and Co.
1931 appointed Managing Director of J J Saville and of William Jessop and Sons. He was also appointed a director of their parent company BSA.[1]
1936 stepped down from the board of BSA to devote himself entirely to the two Sheffield steel companies.[2]
1952 elected back onto the Board of BSA.[3]
1953 elected chairman of High Speed Steel Alloys of Widnes in succession to Lord Riverdale.[4]
1955 New Year honours - Lewis Chapman, Managing Director, William Jessop and Sons, Ltd. awarded CBE. [5]
1955 Effective 1 Aug, retired as MD of William Jessop and Sons and of J J Saville and Co, and elected chairman of both.[6]
1958 appointed deputy chairman of BSA.[7]
1959 President of the British Iron and Steel Federation.[8]
1959 Chairman of newly formed Jessop-Saville Limited.
1959 relinquished deputy chairmanship of BSA at end of 1959.[9]
Died 18 Jan 1963, aged 73.[10]
1963 Obituary [11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 1 Aug 1931
- ↑ Sheffield Independent - 2 Nov 1936
- ↑ Financial Times - 24 Jul 1952
- ↑ Financial Times - 10 Aug 1953
- ↑ London Gazette 31 Dec 1954
- ↑ Yorkshire Post - 27 Jun 1955
- ↑ Financial Times - 20 Nov 1958
- ↑ Financial Times - 17 Dec 1958
- ↑ Financial Times - 19 Nov 1959
- ↑ The Times - 22 Jan 1963
- ↑ The Engineer 1963 Jan-Jun: Index