Sydney Jessop Robinson
Sydney Jessop Robinson (1858-1928)
1858 Born at Sheffield the son of William Robinson, Steel Manufacturer
1891 elected a director of William Jessop and Sons Limited.[1]
1893 Managing Director of William Jessop and Sons.[2]
1904 Appointed a director of J. J. Saville and Co when Jessops acquired a controlling interest.[3]
1905 Elected Master Cutler for the year 1905-1906.[4]
1906 Awarded Knighthood of the First Class of the Royal Swedish Order Wasu by the King of Sweden.[5]
1911 Living at 12 Tapton House Road, Sheffield: Sydney Jessop Robinson (age 53 born Sheffield), Managing Director, Steel Works - Employer. With his wife Ann Elizabeth and their daughter.[6]
1919 Retired as MD following the take over of Jessops by BSA, but remained on the Board as a consultant.[7]
1928 Died at home on 16 Dec 1928.[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Sheffield Evening Telegraph - 25 Mar 1891
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 29 Nov 1893; White's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham 1901, 1905 and 1911
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - 3 Feb 1904
- ↑ Sheffield Evening Telegraph - 9 Aug 1905
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 15 Sep 1906
- ↑ 1911 Census
- ↑ Yorkshire Post - 19 Jul 1919
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 18 Dec 1928