Lewis Chapman
Lewis Chapman (1890-1963)
Born 5 Jan 1890
1905 Apprenticed aged 15 to J. J. Saville and Co with whom he remained and progressed
1931 appointed Managing Director of J J Saville and of associated company William Jessop and Sons. He was also appointed a director of 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.[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 Savilles and Jessops, 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 aat end of 1969.[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