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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Robert Seymour Benson

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Robert Seymour Benson (1858- )

1922 M.Inst.M.M., M.I. and S.I., Constructional and Mining Engineer, Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees; Middleton-Saint-George, Co. Durham. b. 1858. Ed. at Rugby School and Royal School of Mines. Professional Career: Associate of Royal School of Mines. Engaged in the Iron and Steel Works of the Barrow Hematite Co. and Consett Iron Co. From 1875 (sic) -1905 Managing Director of Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Ltd., of Stockton-on-Tees, and from 1906 Director of Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., of Stockton-on-Tees. Public Position: J.P. for County of Durham. Clubs; Mining and Metallurgical, Junior Constitutional, Public Schools.

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