Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,104 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.
1857 born son of Rev. C. C. Wharton, M.A., of Allesley, near Coventry.
1881 Founder of Laing, Wharton and Down, electrical engineers and contractors
Manager, Director (subsequently Chairman) of British Thomson-Houston Co.
1896 electrical consulting engineer; of Palace Chambers, Westminster, and 44, Bedford Row, W.C.1.
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