Turton Brothers and Matthews
Turton Brothers and Matthews of Wentworth Street and Neepsend Lane, Sheffield; and 34 Gracechurch Lane London
1860 Company founded. See Turton Brothers
1871 Dissolution of the Partnership between Thomas Turton, William Turton, and Frank Turton, as Merchants and Manufacturers, at Sheffield, in the county of York, under the firm of Turton Brothers. All debts due to and from the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Frank Turton and Thomas Bright Matthews, of Sheffield, who will in future carry on the said business on their own account.[1]
1879 Partnership dissolved. '... the undersigned, Frank Turton and Thomas Bright Matthews, carrying on business at Sheffield, in the county of York, as File and Steel Manufacturers, under the style or firm of Turton Brothers and Matthews, was, on the 29th day of July, 1879, dissolved by mutual consent; and that the said business will be continued by the said Thomas Bright Matthews on his own account, under the same style or firm...'[2]
1879 Creditors meeting. '…In 1864 Mr. Frank Turton left the Hallamshire Bank, where he had been a clerk, to enter the service of his brothers, who traded as Turton Brothers, and to gain an insight into the business. The members of the firm then were Messrs. Thomas, William, and Joseph Turton. On the 27th of March, 1867, Mr. Joseph Turton died, and shortly afterwards Mr. Frank Turton was induced to join the surviving partners, and he took into the business £2,000. Sometime after this Thomas Turton went to reside Liverpool, and gave very little attention to the affairs of the firm, so that the debtor was left with almost the sole responsibility....It was ultimately arranged that Messrs. Thomas and Wm. Turton should retire from the firm, and Mr. Frank Turton was to find £4,000 to make up the estimated deficiency. When this had been done Mr. T. B. Matthews joined Mr. Frank Turton and brought in the capital for carrying on the business. This last mentioned partnership commenced on the 1st day of December, 1871, and was carried on under the title of Turton Brothers and Matthews. Mr. Frank Turton had had to borrow the £4,000 required to make up the deficiency of Turton Brothers, so that on the said 1st of December, 1871, he owed, besides his ordinary household debts, £1,000 lent to him by Mr. Matthews and £3,000 borrowed from his bankers....Mr. Turton was legally liable at the date of his petition, and such assets as were legally vested in Mr. Turton jointly with Mr. Matthews. None of the joint debts are expected to rank against the estate for dividend, there being no doubt that they will all be paid in fall by Mr. Matthews in due course of business....It was then resolved to liquidate the by arrangement...'[3]
1897 Private company.
1901 Directory: Railway Spring Manufacturers. [4]
1914 Directory: Steel Manufacturers of File and Spring Works, Sheffield. [5]
1914 Steel manufacturers. Specialities: tool steel of all kinds, files, railway springs and shear blades. [6]
1914 Directors: Wilfred A. Matthews (Chairman), Denis Conway Wightman, Ronald W. Matthews (Managing Directors), Major Durham S. Matthews.
1925 Mr George Bradshaw was appointed to the board of the company. He was for many years before manager of the firm's Spring Works in Neepsend lane.[7]
1937 Manufacturers of tool steel, springs, magnets and small tools. [8]
1961 Manufacturers of high speed steels and alloy tool steels, coil springs, permanent magnets, shear blades, twist drills, lathe and planer tools, tool bits and small tools. 250 employees. [9]
1968 'In addition to magnets, steel castings and other interests this company has two outstanding manufacturing divisions — shear blades and springs. The shear blade factory is widely recognised as one of the most efficient ..'[10]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 9 January 1872
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:15 August 1879 Issue:24752 Page:4993
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 11 November 1879
- ↑ 1901 White's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham p980
- ↑ 1914 Kelly's Directory of Durham p798
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Engineer 1925/03/06
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times 23 November 1968