Watson, Saville and Co
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Watson, Saville and Co Ltd. of Bruce Crucible Steel Works, Mowbray Street, Sheffield.
The company was originally founded in about 1909 as Saville and Son, but that year found themselves in dispute with J J Saville and Co over the use of the Saville name. The parties involved were named as J J Saville and Co Ltd vs Arthur Saville, Charles Arthur Saville, Saville and Son Limited and others.[1] The outcome of this court case has not been found so could have been settled out of court.
1909 Saville and Son Limited. “At a meeting of the subscribers to Saville and Son Limited, Bruce Crucible Steel Works, Mowbray Street, Sheffield, Mr. J. Stanley Watson was elected chairman and managing director. Mr. Horace Holmes, Mr. S. H. Le Tall, and Mr. Arthur Saville were also appointed directors. Mr. A. Saville will also act as secretary. It will be remembered that Mr. Stanley Watson was until recently a director of the firm of J. J. Saville and Co., Limited.”[2]
Arthur Saville (1855-1933) was the brother of John James Saville, founder of J. J. Saville and Co. Arthur was associated with that business for 28 years, stepping down as company secretary on 1908. Charles Arthur Saville (1886-1954), son of the above Arthur Saville. Lt Col John Stanley Watson (1857-1933) was also a former director of J J Saville and Co. Sidney Harold Le-Tall (1881-1968)
1911 Two entries in directory at Bruce Works, Mowbray Street, Watson, Saville and Company Ltd., and C A Saville & Co. Both steel makers, and both have the same telegraph address, “Savico”. [3] The change of the company name was perhaps the result of the dispute with J J Saville. Nothing is known of C A Saville and Co.
1911 Census shows S H Le Tall as director and works manager, Arthur Saville as Secretary and Charles Arthur Saville as a clerk.
1919 Directory entries Watson, Saville and Co. Ltd. and C A Saville & Co., of the Bruce Works, Mowbray Street. Both steel makers. [4]
1921 Census shows John Stanley Watson and Sydney Harold Le Tall, managing directors; Arthur Saville, secretary; Charles Arthur Saville, manager, all of Watson, Saville and Co., Crucible Steel Works
1927 Chairman Lt Col J S Watson, Managing Director Mr Le Tall, Secretary Arthur Saville.[5]
1928 Capital reduced from £25,000 to £17,645 on 2 Jun 1928.[6]
1933 – Arthur Saville died 22 Nov 1933. John Stanley Watson died 13 Dec 1933.[7]
1937 Crucible steel manufacturers. "Castle" High Speed Alloy and Crucible Steels. "Clipper" Hardening Steel. "Magnaflux" Magnet Steel and Permanent Magnets. "Nabive" Die Steel. "No-Perm" Non-Magnetic Steel.[8]
1945 Acquired by Neepsend Steel and Tool Corporation. [9] Chairman at this time was Harold LeTall, and he continued in that role. Manufacturer of high grade steels, hand tools and permanent magnets.
1967 continuing as a subsidiary of Neepsend Steel and Tool Corporation. Their works was being expanded to meet demand for magnets and specialised steel castings. [10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 1 May 1909 and Sheffield Independent - 15 May 1909
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 29 May 1909
- ↑ White’s Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham 1911
- ↑ White’s Directory of Sheffield 1919
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 20 Apr 1927
- ↑ London Gazette 8 June 1928
- ↑ Probate Registers
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Financial Times – 9 Nov 1945; Birmingham Daily Gazette - 9 Nov 1945
- ↑ The Times - 10 Nov 1967