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Revision as of 07:46, 12 January 2013
Colonel Thomas ('Tom') Edward Vickers (9 July 1833 - 19 October 1915) was Chairman of Vickers Limited.
Career
Born the son of Edward Vickers and Anne Naylor, Tom Vickers was educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and at Neuwied in Germany.[1] He worked in the family business of Naylor Vickers & Co.[1]
Tom Vickers, together with his brother Albert, took over the business in the 1850s.[2] Tom developed the firm into a leading steel casting business using the German Riepe process and in 1867 it was incorporated as Vickers, Sons & Co Limited with himself as Chairman.[2]
Tom Vickers lived at Bolsover Hill and became Commanding Officer of the Hallamshire Rifles in 1871 and Master Cutler in 1872.[2] He handed over the chairmanship of the company to Albert Vickers in 1909 and died in London in 1915.[2]
Family
In 1860 he married Frances Mary Douglas; they had two sons (Douglas Vickers and Ronald Vickers) and four daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Biography of Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers Institute of Civil Engineers, 1 January 1916
- ^ a b c d Thomas and Albert Vickers